PROMOTING INNOVATION, SHAPING THE FUTURE.

Stiftung Charité was founded in 2005 by the entrepreneur Johanna Quandt (1926 – 2015). It is an independent private non-profit foundation. Stiftung Charité promotes Berlin as a world-leading center for the life sciences. It supports Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and other life science organizations with funding programs in three key areas: Innovation, Research, and Open Life Science.

Innovation Funding

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Research Funding

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Open Life Science

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News

Stiftung Charité funds top-level researchers

11/28/2022

Clarivate’s annual list of Highly Cited Researchers has been published, new ERC Grants have been announced: 19 of the world’s most influential scientists and one additional ERC grant holder are among Stiftung Charité’s…

New call out now: Visiting Fellows 2023

11/07/2022

Invite guest scientists, initiate new collaborations, implement new research projects.
Application deadline: January 10, 2023, 11.59 PM

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11/06/2022

Stiftung Charité is calling for scientists and media professionals to team up. The aim of our new science x media tandems is to promote the opening of the life sciences in general and the quality of science communication…

11/04/2022

As Visiting Fellow, Prof. Dr. Maike Sander has been a frequent visitor to Berlin since 2019. She leads a research group here on “Niche signaling in diabetic beta cell failure”. Now she is staying.

Press release…

11/03/2022

Stiftung Charité celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Johanna Quandt Private Excellence Initiative in Berlin on September 21, 2022.

Events

Stiftung Charité not only provides external funding but is also actively involved in the Berlin life sciences. The foundation brings its funding recipients together and identifies its own areas of inspiration. Hosting its own events is an important way to achieve these goals. Regular events from Stiftung Charité include the Entrepreneurship Summit, management lectures, and round tables.

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