A new series of seminars in the Innovation Forum
of the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation

Absorptive Capacity - A Key Factor for
Innovation Capacity

Access to sources of knowledge beyond the limits of one's own corporation and the integration of external know-how into the company are becoming increasingly important for corporate success. A key factor in this regard is absorptive capacity. In a new seminar series, the Innovation Forum will address this topic. See ...

Underway in Mission Research

Colleagues of the Collegium "ClockWORK" drive onto Munich's schoolyards with a mobile sleep laboratory and study schoolchildren's sleep. The Federal Research Ministry found the idea not only well-suited for everyday life, but also prizeworthy. More ...

The "Alumni of the Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz Foundation"

During the Fellowship Holders' Meeting in September 2009, an Alumni Association was founded. This wasn't the only accomplishment which made this meeting different from earlier ones. Why, you can find out here ...

		Fellowship applications deadline cancelled The fellowship applications deadline 1st March 2010 has been cancelled. Unfortunately, the foundation is not able to accept new fellowship applications. We will inform as soon as a new deadline for the applications has been determined. If you want to be informed about a new deadline, see here ...

More events

	In the spirit of Bertha Benz: the winner of the first Bertha Benz Prize, Eng. D. Katharina Fischer, and the speaker of the 26th Bertha Benz Lecture, the Diversity Manager Ursula Schwarzenbart. You can find reports on the Bertha Benz Prize here ... and on the Bertha Benz Lecture here ...
	The 13th Berlin Colloquium "Conference (on) Sleep" on May 27th 2009 intended to give those interested from the fields of medicine, science, the economy, from trade associations, politics and administration a well-founded overview over the current state of research on sleep medicine. You can find a report on the conference here ...
	Change of Management in the foundation's Executive Board: As of November 1st 2008, Professor Eckard Minx as President and Professor Rainer Dietrich as a further member of the new Executive Board. For further information, see here ...
	Conference proceedings of the 10th German Vietnamese Seminar (GVS10) "Physics and Engineering". More details see ...