The three major Berlin universities and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin joined forces in 2018 to form the Berlin University Alliance in order to consolidate their cooperation at an institutional level. Their joint application, “Crossing Boundaries toward an Integrated Research Environment,” was approved in 2019 as part of the German federal and state governments' Excellence Strategy research competition, and since November of that year, the Berlin University Alliance has been the only university network in Germany to receive funding. The funding will initially run until 2026 and totals €144.5 million.
