Four days of energy, ideas and exchange at the e-conversion Cluster Conference 2025 in Tutzing ⚡ Don’t miss the highlights – check out the photo gallery 📸 here:
www.e-conversion.de/cluster-conf...
#science #research #ClustersOfExcellence #EnergyResearch #ScienceConference
Watch the first episode of our new "EXplained" series, introducing the seven #ClustersofExcellence with which we will enter the next funding phase of the #ExcellenceCompetition. First up is #BioSysteM, presented by speaker Friedrich Simmel: go.tum.de/925283
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UK Govt, @ukri.org, and @catapultnetwork.bsky.social could learn a lot from Germany's approach to #ClustersOfExcellence - 7 year fund streams for key research areas.
The seven #ClustersOfExcellence in detail - #1 📖📃 The #Cross-CulturalPhilology cluster takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of philological practices and cultural dynamics over a 5,000-year period. Find out more about the focus of the cluster and its goals here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social has been selected as a @dfg.de Cluster of Excellence! We’re proud to be part of this exciting initiative to understand the architecture of life at the molecular level 🎉 #ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster
📖: www.biophys.mpg.de/2868034/scale-excellence-cluster?c=2011019
🎉✨ Congratulations for the 70 newly @dfg.de -funded #ClustersOfExcellence ✨🎉
and especially for the
4 #PlantSci 🌿 🧬 🔬 🌱 🍀 clusters
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Members of the University of Jena and guests stand in the courtyard of the Botanical Garden and wait for the announcement of the future Clusters of Excellence to be funded, looking at a laptop. Media representatives film the event.
Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel, spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", Prof. Dr Andreas Marx, President of the University of Jena and Prof. Dr Johannes Grave, spokesperson of the new Cluster of Excellence "Imaginamics", toast with champagne glasses in the courtyard of the Botanical Garden (from left to right).
Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel (right), spokesperson for the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", embraces her predecessor Prof. Dr Axel Brakhage.
Members of the University of Jena celebrate the success of the Cluster of Excellence initiative "Imaginamics".
Two #ClustersOfExcellence for #UniJena – what a fantastic success! We are happy and proud that both our existing Cluster @microverse.bsky.social and our new Cluster #Imaginamics will receive funding through the #ExStra @dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de.
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🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster!
A huge thank you to our incredible team—this would not have been possible without your dedication and talent. 🙌 @dfg.de
#ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster 🧵
over the moon happy and grateful! on my way to @lundvision.bsky.social I followd the announcement of #ClustersOfExcellence by the @dfg.de on the floor of a crowded train. #NaviSense 🦋🧭🧬🧪🧠🐝🪲🔬 in all its beauty flew high! such a fantastic team, amazing spirit and wonderful vision - ready for take off!
Grateful & excited that more tern work will be funded through one of the 70 #ClustersOfExcellence granted by the @dfg.de today. From 01/01/2026, ‘Navisense’ will work to provide mechanistic understanding of animal naviation, and support conservation efforts. You can follow along here: navisense.org
Map of Germany with the Clusters of Excellence
The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
"Exzellent erklärt – Spitzenforschung für alle", the German #sciencepodcast of all #clustersofexcellence, starts! 🎉 In each episode, listeners are given insights into the science topics of one of the Clusters of Excellence, so subscribe now (German):...
