About the Einstein Foundation Berlin

The ECN is funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, a foundation that aims to promote science and research of top international caliber in Berlin and to establish the city as a centre of scientiﬁc excellence.

The Einstein Foundation Berlin was founded in 2009 by the State of Berlin.

An independent scientiﬁc commission of the highest standard selects projects for funding.

Aims

To promote excellent cross-institutional research projects in Berlin.
To raise the visibility of Berlin as a center of research excellence.
To enable new forms of cooperatione between universities and non-universtity research institutions
To evaluate new fields of research, to give strategic advice on identifying focuses of future research
to encourage top international scientists to collaborate with Berlin institutions

For more information please visit: www.einsteinfoundation.de