To mark its 50th anniversary in 2026, the Gerda Henkel Foundation is launching a funding programme that seeks to enquire into the realms of the possible and the horizon of the not-yet-known. Researchers from all the fields supported by the Foundation are invited to reflect on the significance of their disciplines in terms of the meaning these have for lived reality and as a way of providing orientation and thus to explore the future with regard to its possible shapes and the potential for interpretation and creation it offers.

The funding programme is open to post-doc researchers. The form in which the approved funds are used is at the discretion of each recipient, and alternative, experimental formats for tackling the subject and documenting the results are expressly encouraged. The results should also be aimed at an audience beyond the academic and university world. Applications are not dependent on the nationality of the applicant or their place of work.

?A total of 50 projects will be announced with a project sum of up to EUR 50,000 in each instance.

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Further information about the funding program and the application can be found here.