In addition to support from the DFG, federal ministries and the European Commission, foundations and other, often international donors play an important role in funding research at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin.
Fig.: Stefan Klenke, HU-Berlin
Alexander von Humboldt Professorships
With the Alexander von Humboldt Professorships, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors top international appointments at German universities. The HU has so far been able to acquire four AvH professorships. Link
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Einstein Foundation Berlin
Through the Einstein Foundation Berlin, the state of Berlin funds research at the four Berlin universities and Charité-Universit?tsmedizin Berlin in order to provide targeted support for Berlin as a center of science.
Einstein Centers
With the Einstein Centers, the Einstein Foundation Berlin promotes cross-institutional interdisciplinary cooperation and thus strengthens innovative research.
By funding an Einstein Professorship for up to two years, the Einstein Foundation supports the Berlin universities and Charité in their appointment or retention negotiations.
Prof. Stefan Hecht, Ph.D., Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 10/2022-12/2023
Claudia Draxl,?Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, 2011-2012
Einstein Visiting Fellows
As Einstein Visiting Fellows, top foreign scientists can carry out a joint research project with a research project based at HU. Funding is provided for a maximum of four years.
The Einstein Research Units enable the Berlin University Alliance to establish inter- and transdisciplinary alliances for strategically important fields of research.
Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellows? will supervise a working group for three years in which they will conduct research on a "Grand Challenge" together with the Berlin University Alliance.
The VolkswagenStiftung is one of the most important funding institutions for research in Germany. Here is a selection of projects funded by the VWS at HU Berlin.
Challenges and Potentials for Europe
Prof. Dr. Ilse Helbrecht (PI),?THICE. Transformations in Housing and Intergenerational Contracts in Europe. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Geographisches Institut, 10/2024-09/2028
Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver (PI), COVIDEU.?The COVIDEU Project studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on support for the European Union.?Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, 01/2022-12/2025
Researching Research
Dr. Felicitas He?elmann (PI), MultiSocVal, Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, 09/2024-08/2028
Dr. Stephan Gauch (PI), Disapeer,? Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies, 09/2024-08/2028
Dr. Felicitas He?elmann (PI), MultiSocVal, 09/2024-08/2028
Research projects at the HU are also supported by international funding organizations and other players in the German and European funding landscape. Funding organizations include, among others:
List of international cooperations and foundations
