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Storm surges, rising sea levels, endangered coasts: as part of her Change! Fellowship, Dr Claudia Wolff from the University of Kiel is working with local...

Our new user-optimised funding platform is now available! You can use it to submit applications and access all important information and documents related to...

Marine scientist Dr Christina Roggatz from the University of Bremen is leading her own team for the first time – and through her work wants to arrive at a...

Ministerpräsident Stephan Weil empfing das Kuratorium und die Geschäftsführung der Stiftung im Gästehaus der Niedersächsischen Landesregierung. Das...

Ângela Gonçalves is this year's winner of the Women's Impact Award and Science Breakthrough of the Year. Her research is revolutionising our...

With the new funding program, the Volkswagen Foundation supports scientists who conduct research on transformation processes and, with the help of their...

At the Falling Walls Science Summit 2025, leading representatives of the scientific community discussed threats to academic freedom – and how research...

Register now for the free livestream: Falling Walls will take place in Berlin from 6 to 9 November 2025. Here is an overview of all live-streamed events in...

Mit diesen Fellowships unterstützt die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftler:innen, die zu Transformationsprozessen forschen und mithilfe ihres Netzwerks das...

Die VolkswagenStiftung unterstützt mit insgesamt 11,6 Mio. Euro neun Vorhaben, die geschlossene Rohstoff-Produkt-Kreisläufe adressieren – darunter auch...

Why and how is the Volkswagen Foundation committed to basic research? A conversation with Henrike Hartmann, Head of Funding, and Hanna Denecke, Head of the...

As a tool of science, artificial intelligence entails numerous risks, opportunities, and ambivalences. These need to be identified and classified. However,...

The Volkswagen Foundation supports professors three to five years after taking up their first tenured professorship at a university in Germany.  Next deadline...

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the...

This is about the future of your research area: What is the current status? What prospects are there for further development - and how can they be realised?...