Welcome

“Making it Work – Best Prac­tices in Hiring In­ter­na­tio­nal Tenure Track Pro­fes­sors” was the title of a work­shop that the Foun­da­ti­on or­ga­ni­zed with in­ter­na­tio­nal experts in Berlin at the end of No­vem­ber. Six uni­ver­si­ties were invited, each having de­le­ga­ted a team of three par­ti­ci­pants, con­sis­ting of the uni­ver­si­ty’s (vice-)pre­si­dent, a re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve of its aca­de­mic ap­point­ments de­part­ment, and a re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve of its in­ter­na­tio­nal de­part­ment. The in­ter­na­tio­nal experts and the Foun­da­ti­on were im­pres­sed with the re­spon­se and the keen in­te­rest shown by the uni­ver­si­ties.

Wübben Stif­tung Wis­sen­schaft will be laun­ching four new calls for its Sandpit program next year. Having kicked off the program with “Big Data in cli­ni­cal re­se­arch” in 2024, the Foun­da­ti­on’s follow-up calls in 2025 will be looking for in­no­va­ti­ve project ideas on Big Data in the social sci­en­ces, the natural sci­en­ces, en­gi­nee­ring, and the hu­ma­nities.

Wübben Stif­tung Wis­sen­schaft is sup­por­ting 54 stu­dents with one-year student grants worth €550 per month from the start of the winter se­mes­ter. The grants will enable stu­dents in the final phase of their degree pro­grams to con­cen­tra­te fully on their re­se­arch. The re­ci­pi­ents come from 14 dif­fe­rent coun­tries, in­clu­ding India, Iran, Spain, and the USA, and re­p­re­sent a range of dif­fe­rent subject areas, es­pe­ci­al­ly biology, physics, en­gi­nee­ring, and me­di­ci­ne.