Research successes in figures

Freie Universität Berlin is involved in numerous research alliances and is successful in attracting individual projects that receive third-party funding, groups of junior scholars and scientists and scholarly and academic awards.

Initiative for Excellence Competition

Cluster of Excellence

Applicant: 4 (2 together with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin)

Graduate Schools

Spokesperson: 4
Spokesperson together with:
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin: 1
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: 2
Participation: 2

Current Programmes: German Research Foundation (DFG)

Collaborative Reseach Centers

Spokesperson: 10 (including TRR: 3)
Participation: 13 (including TRR: 4)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: 6 (including TRR: 3)

Research Units

Spokesperson: 8 (including 2 College Research Units)
Participation: 21
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: 1

Priority Programmes

Spokesperson: 1
Participation: 30

Research Training Groups

Spokesperson: 6
Participation: 7
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: 3

Einstein Foundation: Einstein Centers

Junior Research Groups

Federal Ministry of Education and Research: 4
Emmy-Noether-Program of German Research Foundation: 9
Heisenberg-Program of German Research Foundation: 9 (including 4 Heisenberg Professorship and 5 Heisenberg Fellowships)
Freigeist-Fellowship of Volkswagen Stiftung: 5
Lichtenberg-Professorship of Volkswagen Stiftung: 1

Academic Awards

Nobel Prize: 5
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize: 19
Max Planck Research Award for International Cooperation: 7
European Research Council (ERC): since 2008 57 Grants (3 with participation)
- ERC-Starting Grant: 24
- ERC-Consolidator Grant: 14
- ERC-Advanced Grant: 18
- Participation in ERC-Advanced Grant: 3
- ERC-Proof of Concept: 2
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship:
International Prize for Research in Germany: 1
Sofja Kovalevskaja-Program of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: 3