Breakthroughs - excellence in research
As part of the “Breakthroughs” programme, the Carl Zeiss Foundation promotes top international research from Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia.
We help universities advance and expand their identified research strengths.
Funding under the “Breakthroughs” programme line is up to €4.5 million per project over a period of up to five years (in cases of co-application for a professorship: up to six years).
The applying university decides which type of funding is preferred.
Generally eligible are:
Prerequisite for funding by the Carl Zeiss Foundation is proven, national expertise in the respective field of research. This should be embedded within a corresponding structure and be relevant to the strategic direction of the university.
We help universities advance and expand their identified research strengths.
Funding under the “Breakthroughs” programme line is up to €4.5 million per project over a period of up to five years (in cases of co-application for a professorship: up to six years).
The applying university decides which type of funding is preferred.
Generally eligible are:
- Scientific and technical personnel including material resources
- Junior research groups and doctoral students
- Professorships (tenure track or full professorship as part of an endowed professorship)
- Large-scale equipment and research infrastructures
- Networking activities
Prerequisite for funding by the Carl Zeiss Foundation is proven, national expertise in the respective field of research. This should be embedded within a corresponding structure and be relevant to the strategic direction of the university.
The content of the requirement specification for “Breakthroughs 2020”
followed the annual theme of the Carl Zeiss Foundation:
Intelligent solutions for an ageing society.
followed the annual theme of the Carl Zeiss Foundation:
Intelligent solutions for an ageing society.
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