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.
Scoping Workshops support researchers across disciplines through expert working meetings that assess research fields and develop shared perspectives and recommendations for their future.
Momentum – Funding for Recently Tenured Professors supports professors in Germany with measures to develop their research and research-based teaching, strengthening creativity and research diversity.
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.
Heidelberg Harvard Strategic Partnership Grant and Explorer Seed Fund support researchers through joint research, stays at Heidelberg, and academic events to build lasting collaboration between the universities.