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Kreidetrophäen des Einstein Foundation Award

Who will take home the €100,000 Early Career Award? Meet the finalists pioneering research quality! Join us onsite or online to celebrate groundbreaking projects by early career researchers that enhance research rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency on Nov 5, 3 pm (CET)

Dice form the words quality/quantity

The urgent need for reform in the current scientific evaluation system—largely driven by quantitative metrics—is widely acknowledged. Yet, what progress has been made in turning these ambitions into reality thus far? Register for our panel discussion (online or on site)

Kreideanimation

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences/Washington has entered into a partnership with the Einstein Foundation Berlin for the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research. The international prize is presented annually to recognize outstanding researchers and institutions whose work helps “to advance the quality and robustness of research findings — whether they are breaking new ground, using and testing innovative methods, or collecting and sharing their data in novel ways.”

Porträt Eric J. Johnson

The professor at the Center for Decision Sciences of Columbia University is honored for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological researchby the Association for Psychological Science.

Porträt Moritz Schwarz

The results of an unprecedented analysis of climate policy measures over the last 20 years have now been published by the international research team in the renowned journal Science.

An international study involving the team of Einstein Professor Stephan Sigrist at Freie Universität Berlin found that the life-prolonging effects of fasting are due to an increase in the concentration of the body's own substance spermidine.

The funded projects look into sustainable batteries, better treatment options for stroke patients, and childhood cancer treatment.

Illustration mit Fragezeichen in den Farben der Einstein Stiftung

The Einstein Foundation Questionnaire – completed by Einstein Professor Stefan Flasche. You will find all the questions and answers here.

Hand with petri dish

Following a successful evaluation last year, the Einstein Center 3R (EC3R) will continue its work from July 1, 2024. The center is active in the areas of communication, training, and research.

Illustration zur Entscheidungsfindung

Our choices depend on our options. Psychologist Eric Johnson looks at how the design of choices can push us towards decisions that are either good or bad for us. One of his aims is to improve labels that disclose information to motivate sustainable behavior.

Portrait of Andrew Sharott

AskDifferent #34 – The brain is a complex system, and an extremely clever one, too. In order to remain functional, it constantly compensates for external changes and influences. In this episode of #AskDifferent, we learn from Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Andrew Sharott how understanding these fundamental properties of brain activity can help the discovery and treatment of Parkinson’s. Sharott is a professor at the University of Oxford’s MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit and an internationally recognized expert on how neuronal activity changes in Parkinson’s and its treatment with neurosurgery. Bearing in mind the fact that more than 10 million patients are affected by the disease worldwide, we talk about chances of finding a cure, what the abbreviation DBS stands for, and the progress Professor Sharott hopes to achieve through his research.

Cover der Zeitschrift Nature

For the first time, the paper examines and explains mechanisms of directional hearing in fish. Directional hearing as a means of locating sound sources has been confirmed behaviourally, although the mechanisms have remained unknown for decades.