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.

News May. 12, 2022

Thirteen exceptional researchers receive Freigeist Fellowships

Around 17 million euros for unusual, high-risk research projects: Thirteen scientists were able to convince in the assessment process and receive a Freigeist Fellowship, which offers them maximum freedom for their research.

Interview May. 05, 2022

NEXT: Experimental space for science

In the following interview, Hanna Denecke, leader of the "Exploration" funding team, and Tobias Schönwitz, funding officer for the NEXT program, explain how we are paving the way for new topics and research methods under the NEXT funding framework.

Funding offer Apr. 12, 2022

Data Reuse – Additional Funding for the Preparation and Storage of Research Data

In the context of its Open Science Policy, the Volkswagen Foundation supports Open Data. The foundation provides its grantees with additional funding for the preparation of research data for data reuse and for making generated data available as Open Data. Apply anytime

Header KSCN
Story Mar. 08, 2022

Exploring science communication: The KSCN

What we feel when we see: Artists, designers and researchers explore the emotional impact of visual representations in the new Kiel Science Communication Network.

360 degrees picture from a weather station in Costa Rica
News Mar. 07, 2022

Science Communication: With Virtual Reality to Costa Rica

News Mar. 03, 2022

Academic freedom on the decline

The new Academic Freedom Index data is now available. The 2022 report shows that academic freedom has decreased substantially in many countries.