Researching Research: Strengthening University Centres supports German university Science Studies centres with structural development to strengthen interdisciplinary work and international visibility.
Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown supports researchers across disciplines pursuing high-risk basic research into uncharted scientific territory to enable breakthroughs or paradigm shifts.
Opus Magnum supports established professors through substitute professorships, freeing them to complete major scholarly books in the humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences with significance beyond their field.
Impetus for the German Science System: Strategic Experimental Spaces – University Development Requires Flexibility supports German universities and ministries in testing regulatory changes for transferable university development.
The Transatlantic Bridge Professorships from the Volkswagen Foundation support top US scholars in collaborative research on democracy, rights, or transatlantic relations at German institutions.