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Kreidetrophäe Einstein Foundation Award

11/10/2025

Who will take home the €100,000 early career award? Join us online to hear from up to six outstanding early career researchers, competitively selected by an international jury from 72 applicants as finalists for the prestigious Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research.

[Bitte in "Englisch" übersetzen:] Book Shelf Library

11/07/2025

Join an Oxford-style debate on the future of scholarly publishing. Experts Bernd Pulverer and Alexandra Freeman present their views on traditional vs. innovative models, with audience voting. Free registration!

11/06/2025

Our Scientific Commission is on the move: after many years of dedicated service, we are bidding farewell to esteemed members – while at the same time welcoming new brilliant minds to strengthen our ranks.

Visualisation proteins

11/05/2025

Proteins are molecular machines essential to life. How do they work exactly? In her presentation, biophysicist Cecilia Clementi takes us on a journey into the universe of atoms and uses examples to show how machine learning is changing the process of scientific discovery. Register for free!

Photo of the Berlin TV Tower

10/07/2025

The Fellows Club brings together researchers affiliated to FU, HU, TU Berlin or Charité on a limited-term basis through programs of the Berlin University Alliance or Clusters of Excellence who want to cement their network while they are here. More information & registration here

Berlin Wall

09/30/2025

On September 30, Einstein Professor Gwendolyn Sasse and Einstein Visiting Fellow Andrew Hurrell, among others, will discuss the historical development of the Cold War and parallels to current events in the context of U.S.–China rivalry.

Portrait Surjo Soekadar

09/02/2025

The Einstein Foundation Berlin is pleased to once again support the research of Professor Surjo R. Soekadar through an Einstein Professorship. The internationally renowned neuroscientist is considered a pioneer in the field of clinical neurotechnology.

Panoramic view of Berlin in black and white

08/21/2025

The Einstein Foundation has launched a new English-language website to promote its Postdoctoral Grant and Einstein Visiting Fellow programs to the international scientific community.

07/28/2025

Enzymes drive reactions that enable life. Einstein Visiting Fellow Professor Wonwoo Nam is researching how metalloenzymes produce oxygen through photosynthesis and how they are used in the body for various vital reactions. This basic knowledge is crucial for the transition towards a green chemistry.

07/28/2025

At its July meeting, the Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin approved new funding totaling €9.6 million. The focus is on topics such as the mental health of young people, the role of soils and bodies of water in the climate system, and alternative forms of economic planning.

Kugel des Berliner Fernsehturms und Metallbögen der Weltzeituhr

07/27/2025

The Berlin University Alliance has launched a ‘welcome portal’ to help international researchers at every career stage in making Berlin their next academic destination. The Gateway brings together comprehensive information on research opportunities as well as useful information on life in Berlin.

[Bitte in "Englisch" übersetzen:] Christopher Schmied und Helena Jambor

07/09/2025

PixelQuality has—together with the international consortium QUAREP-LiMi—played a key role in the introduction of new reporting standards for light and fluorescence microscopy data in four prestigious Nature Portfolio journals.