Members of the Foundation Board
- Kathrin Moosdorf(Chair), Senator for Environment, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Green Party)
- Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Senator for Cultural Affairs (SPD)
- Melf Grantz, Mayor of the city of Bremerhaven
- Peter Klett, Board of Trustees for the Promotion of the DSM
- Jörg Schulz, Board of Directors of the Sponsors' Association of the DSM
- Dr. Harald Benke, former Director of the German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund
- Susanne Grobien, Member of the Bremen Parliament (Bürgerschaft) (CDU)
- Maja von Korff, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Prof. Dr. Olaf Köller, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
- Susanne Ruser, Member of the city council of Bremerhaven (SPD)
- Janina Strelow, Member of the Bremen Parliament (Bürgerschaft) (SPD)
- Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn)