The Research Center THINK including its major research equipment is jointly financed by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Federal Government according to Art. 91b GG. THINK has been recommended for funding by the Joint Science Commission (GWK) on 5th July 2019 (press release: https://www.gwk-bonn.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Dokumente/Pressemitteilungen/pm2019-10.pdf).