The Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt
With the “Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt”, Stiftung Charité is supporting the establishment and development of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). In doing so, it is making a substantial contribution to the strengthening of translational health research in Berlin and the important intensification of cooperation between Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), which is crucial to this endeavor.
The Private Excellence Initiative concentrates in particular on sponsoring outstanding individuals in all phases of their academic career, from studying through to professorship. It supports individual projects generating a major added value for translational and systems medicine-oriented research. With its focus on individual funding, Stiftung Charité complements more structurally conceived research funding within BIH. In this context, it has not only opted for the conventional methods applied in individual funding but also seeks to take advantage of the program lines developed in the Private Excellence Initiative by acting as a creative initiator in Berlin’s medical research.
A total of up to 40 million euro has been provided for the Private Excellence Initiative for the period of 2014 to 2022. Funding is allocated in accordance with recognized academic criteria and in a competitive framework. An Academic Advisory Council has been appointed for the Private Excellence Initiative to maintain quality assurance regarding the program lines and funding decisions.
„I want to contribute to our offering the best conditions to the best brains. Students, physicians, and top-level scientists from all over the world are to have the opportunity to engage in outstanding and internationally visible translational research at the BIH. This will push forward not only biomedical research in Germany, but also Berlin as a science and research location.”
JOHANNA QUANDT, FOUNDER OF STIFTUNG CHARITÉ
PROGRAM LINES
Einstein BIH Visiting Fellows
in cooperation with Einstein Foundation Berlin
Recruiting leading scientists from abroad for continuous parallel activities at BIH, especially for setting up a working group in Berlin (3 + 2 years max.) » More
BIH Visiting Professors
Recruitment of leading scientists from Germany or abroad for temporary activities at BIH (9 months max.) » More
BIH Johanna Quandt Professors
Endowed tenure-track professorships to recruit women scientists from abroad or from Germany and in a subject area chosen by the applicant herself from the entire spectrum of the life and health sciences » More
Recruiting Grants
Supporting measures of BIH and its partners to actively recruit established or leading scholars for the Life and Medical Sciences in Berlin (without public tender)
Humboldt Research Fellowships at BIH
for postdoctoral researchers and experienced researchers
in cooperation with Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Recruiting early career scientists and established scientists from abroad for activities at BIH (2 years max.) » More
BIH Clinical Fellows
Supporting experienced senior physicians at Charité conducting a clearly defined research project (2 years max.) » More
BIH Charité Clinician Scientists
Supporting of clinical scientists in the context of specialist training at Charité ( 3 years max.) » More
Inventors for Health (Pilot)
Funding for persons with innovative ideas for inventions in the field of the life and medical sciences » More
Deutschlandstipendien
Funding exceptionally achieving and dedicated students at BIH and Charité » More
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An Academic Advisory Council has been appointed to guarantee the academic quality of the individuals and projects funded by the Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt. In addition to their own academic achievements, the Council’s members are distinguished by having been familiar with the German higher education and research system for a large number of years, by an international perspective as well as by their research policy expertise.

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