Woman in front of a shelf with records
Story Mar. 16, 2023

Supporting Science in Sub-Saharan Africa: Saving people and sounds from being forgotten

Lizabé Lambrechts researches South African popular music from the apartheid era 

Frau in einem Museumsarchiv mit großformatigen Gemälden
Story Feb. 16, 2023

Provenance Research: The Stories Behind the Things

Diving into archives, tracing the migration of museum objects through time and contexts – this is how provenance researcher Claudia Andratschke describes her work. A portrait.

Funding offer Feb. 23, 2023

New funding offer "Earth System Sciences"

Universities in Germany with a geoscience focus can apply for one to two junior tenure-track professorships. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2023.

Gruppe von Wissenschaftler:innen im Labor
Video Dec. 14, 2022

Video portrait of Tobias Erb: Artificial photosynthesis

2 Männer schneiden eine Torte
Video Oct. 05, 2022

Video: "Festival of Science" (in German)

Zwei Personen als Grafik
Video Feb. 02, 2018

Volkswagen Foundation - Who we are, what we do