Research Projects
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Coordinated Programmes of the DFG
With its coordinated programmes, the DFG promotes cooperation and structural development through supra-regional and in some cases international cooperation in particularly cutting edge research areas. Coordinated programmes also bundle the scientific potential at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
- Clusters of Excellence
- Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs)
- Research Units
- Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Research Training Groups (GRKs) by DFG and others
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
The BMBF supports the implementation of research projects in subject-specific and open-topic funding programmes. Collaborative projects and research programmes at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin play a special role in this context.
- Käte-Hamburger Kolleg heritage in transformation - inherit
- BMBF-collaboration project Cubes Circle – Future Food Production
- BMBF-collaboration project de:link_re:link
- Deutsches Zentrum Psychische Gesundheit
- Research alliance Landschaften der Verfolgung
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorships
European Research Council (ERC)
The European Commission promotes excellent top-level research within the framework of the European Research Council, which awards grants to researchers at various career stages and to European research consortia.
Foundations and other funders
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-Universität zu Berlin. A selection of donors and special projects: Link
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorships
- Einstein Foundation Berlin
- Volkswagen Foundation
- International cooperations and sponsors
- Further sponsors
Early Career - R3 Groups
Postdocs and researchers at early career stages are an important pillar of research at HU Berlin. Particularly important in this context are R3 or junior research groups, which are funded by the DFG as part of the Emmy Noether Program, by the BMBF as junior research groups and by the Volkswagen Foundation as Freigeist Fellowships: Link
- Emmy Noether Groups (DFG)
- BMBF and BMAS junior research groups
- ERC Starting Grants
- Freigeist Fellowships (Volkswagen Foundation)
- Heisenberg Fellowships (DFG)
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