Outstanding Research in Berlin

Seven Clusters of Excellence approved in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. No 251/2018 from Sep 27, 2018 In the Excellence Strategy research competition run by the German federal and state governments, seven Clusters of Excellence of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been adopted in total. Starting in 2019, the interdisciplinary research projects will be funded each for seven years with up to ten million euros per annum, as declared in Bonn. After the first seven years, with a renewal proposal, it may be possible to extend the funding a further seven years. The institutions submitted nine proposals in total. These decisions also fulfill the prerequisite for the planned collaborative proposal by the four institutions in the Excellence Strategy. The presidents of the participating Berlin universities and the Chief Executive Officer of Charité stated, "The approval of seven clusters in the Excellence Strategy is a resounding success for our scholars and scientists, for the research in the Berlin University Alliance, and for Berlin as a center of science and research.