Berlin strengthens international top-level research: New postdocs at Einstein Centers
For years, Berlin has been attracting scientific talent from around the world - and is continuing to build on this strength. The Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin has now approved funding for five outstanding postdoctoral researchers from the USA, Israel and the United Kingdom, who can thus be recruited for Berlin as a research hub. This further enhances Berlin's international visibility and competitiveness. The fact that the group includes researchers from world-leading institutions such as the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and King's College underlines the attractiveness of Berlin as a center of science.
The Einstein Foundation Berlin has made these international recruitments possible through additional funds from the State of Berlin; the Senate is providing the Foundation with a total of eight million euros for an initial period of two years. In doing so, the Einstein Foundation reaffirms its mission to specifically promote international top-level research in Berlin. In an increasingly competitive global environment, it is deliberately investing in researchers who bring new perspectives, international networks and scientific excellence to Berlin.
"With the premise 'quality first' and thanks to the additional funds from the State of Berlin, we are bringing international talent to Berlin that enriches local research and further profiles the city as an ambitious and open scientific hub," says Prof. Martin Rennert, Chair of the Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin. He adds: "The new postdocs will be integrated into existing research alliances and will help strengthen the scientific core of our Einstein Centers and their partner institutions."
The postdoctoral researchers will advance their work in already established priority areas of Berlin's research landscape: Two of them will conduct research at the Einstein Center for Population Diversity on healthy ageing and health inequalities among older LGBTQ+ adults. The recruitment of two strategically placed postdoctoral researchers at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité) and the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (MDC-BIMSB) will complement expertise at the Einstein Center for Early Disease Interception, including in the areas of biomarker validation and cohort-based translational research. At the Einstein Center for Youth Mental Health, a postdoc based at Charité will work on MRI-based early detection of psychiatric disorders. The Einstein Centers offer a particularly attractive environment for international researchers, as they combine state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure with interdisciplinary collaboration in a cooperative ecosystem.
Funding under the "Einstein Postdoctoral Grant" program line is a central pillar of the internationalization strategy of Berlin's science system. It not only strengthens research at universities and non-university institutions, but also firmly anchors Berlin as an open, high-performing and dynamic center of science in the global competition for talent.
The Einstein Foundation Berlin is an independent, not-for-profit, science-led organization established as a foundation under civil law in 2009. It promotes international cutting-edge science and research across disciplines and institutions in and for Berlin. To date, it has funded more than 250 researchers, including three Nobel laureates, over 70 projects, and ten Einstein Centers.
For science. For Berlin.
Original source: EINSTEIN FOUNDATION