German Excellence Strategy

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 decision in the German Excellence Strategy research competition has also been a great success for TU Berlin. Three of the four Clusters of Excellence proposals are to receive funding.