New Partnership for European and Global Research Collaborations
The funding initiative "Europe and Global Challenges" is now supported jointly by the Wellcome Trust, the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Volkswagen Foundation.
The physicist Stefan Hell, who is associated with the Volkswagen Foundation since 2001, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shares the prize with Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner.
Strong Response to "Experiment!" Funding Initiative
630 applications have been submitted in the second round of calls. From the many outstanding proposals, the Foundation selected 19 exceptionally innovative projects in the areas of the natural and life sciences and engineering.