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Welcome

Curious, determined and creative scientists and researchers are the driving force behind groundbreaking discoveries and insights. They are the ones who advance our research, our institutions, and our society – and make a difference. This is why they are at the heart of the programs we fund at Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft.

Student Grant

Grants for students in the final stage of their degree

Appointment Accelerator
Tenure Track Professorship

Top-up funds to expedite appointment negotiations 

Tenure Track Professorship

Professorships for promising researchers from abroad

President Coaching

Seminars for newly elected presidents and rectors

Sandpit

Workshops addressing challenging research questions
Start: to be announced

Our mission

We see ourselves as a strategic partner and service provider for German universities and research institutes, helping them identify, attract and integrate outstanding international academics. We believe in the value of unconventional ideas, and encourage students, researchers and universities to break new ground.

Who we are

Collector's Piecesseries

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introduced by Peter-André Alt

#2 Benjamin List

In our “Collector's Pieces” video series we present a selection of discussions, interviews, and lectures by renowned academics. The second episode of Collector's Pieces is a lecture by Nobel Prize winner Benjamin List. The enthusiasm for his specialist field - catalysis research - is not only palpable in the lecture hall at TU Dortmund University.

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News

Ausschreibungsstart Förderprogramm Welcoming International Professors
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International appointments

To mark the start of its funding activities in the area of international appointments, Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft has launched the Appointment Accelerator and Tenure Track Professorship programs. The Tenure Track Professorship program supports universities in the appointment and onboarding of promising international researchers in the first years of a tenure track professorship. Appointment Accelerator is intended to speed up appointment negotiations.

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