Insights

Events, news, and features – discover the work of our researchers and the Foundation.

Portrait Fatma Deniz

A warm welcome to Prof. Dr. Fatma Deniz! The President of TU Berlin officially took up her position on the Foundation Council of the Einstein Foundation Berlin on 1 April 2026. She succeeds the President of FU Berlin, Prof. Günter M. Ziegler, to whom we extend our heartfelt thanks for his many years of dedication and commitment!

On 14 March 2026, we celebrated science and the laureates of the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Join us for two minutes - watch the video highlights on YouTube here.

Further insights

Einstein Professor Kallol Ray and Einstein Visiting Fellow Wonwoo Nam will bring together international coordination chemistry researchers in Berlin-Adlershof from 4 to 6 July. Our Managing Director Thorsten Wilhelmy will deliver the welcome address.

To what extent are results from progression-free survival in cancer trials biased by informative censoring and trial design? As a guest of the Einstein Circle Causal Inference from Observational Health Data, Miquel Serra-Burriel will give a lecture at the BIH in English. Registration (for digital or on-site participation) is required.

AI generated tuft dendrites

New research led by Matthew Larkum, with vital contributions from former Einstein Visiting Fellow Dieter Jaeger, reveals how tuft dendrites in the frontal motor cortex enable flexible learning. Discover this groundbreaking study now published in Science.

Porträt Tarik Abou-Chadi

Congratulations to Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Tarik Abou-Chadi on his new position! The political scientist from Oxford will establish a new research unit on democracy at the WZB starting in January 2027.

Brain organoids held in a dish by two hands wearing blue laboratory gloves

Detecting and treating disease before symptoms appear: the Einstein Center for Early Disease Interception has officially opened. Backed by six million euros from the Einstein Foundation, the new center brings together leading institutions across Berlin.

On Albert Einstein's birthday, we bestowed the Einstein Foundation Award at the Bode-Museum Berlin. Winners, jury members, and foundation leadership shared why the award is truly unique. Watch the short statements on YouTube!

Group photo with the winners of the Einstein Foundation Award on stage

On 14 March, the Einstein Foundation Awards were presented in a festive ceremony. Click here to view the photo gallery.

With a €350,000 annual prize, the Einstein Foundation Award empowers and incentivizes researchers, organizations, and early-career initiatives to reshape how science is conducted, shared, and evaluated globally. By Ulrich Dirnagl & Ulrike Pannasch, written for REACH Science Integrity Alliance

Brandenburg Gate in the sunlight with AI generated soap bubbles

The Einstein Foundation Berlin warmly congratulates the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) on the extension of its funding for a further seven years under the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the Länder.

The Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin has approved funding for five outstanding postdoctoral researchers from the USA, Israel, and the United Kingdom. This further strengthens Berlin's international visibility and competitiveness.

[Bitte in "Englisch" übersetzen:] Porträt Kallol Ray

Starting on 1 April 2026, the Einstein Foundation will support Prof. Dr. Kallol Ray, an internationally leading expert in bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis, as an Einstein Professor at HU Berlin, where he will further expand his research on sustainable energy sources and environmentally friendly chemistry.

Bunte Illustration unterschiedlicher Menschen (Köpfe)

The Einstein Center for Population Diversity regularly invites the public to a free lecture. Changing speakers offer insights into their research on unequal life courses, ageing societies and social diversity. Further information is available here.

Browse the archive: "News"