Daimler und Benz Stiftung

Bertha Benz Prize
Bertha Benz Prize 2023 advertised

Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards the "Bertha Benz Prize" to a female engineer who has completed an outstanding doctorate in Germany as a Dr.-Ing. The foundation wants to make an active contribution to supporting women in technical professions and to making their scientific skills publicly visible.

New call for applications for new funding project
Historical Narratives in Europe between Conflict and Dialog

Nationalistic historical narratives are spreading in Europe. A new funding project will explore how to defuse the conflict potential of contested historical perspectives and initiate open dialog concerning antagonistic narratives. The call for applications is available for download.

Dialog in the Museum
Always follow your nose – How scents determine our lives

A lecture by Prof. Dr. Hanns Hatt, University of Bochum. The lecture can be followed in the livestream.

Former scholarship-holder honored
German Environmental Prize awarded to Dr. Christof Schenck

For his commitment to species and nature conservation in wilderness areas, Dr. Christof Schenck was presented with the German Environmental Award 2022 by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Schenck is Executive Director of the Frankfurt Zoological Society and a former scholarship-holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

Ladenburg Research Networks
Conflicting goals of future water distribution in Germany

Water is one of the most important raw materials on earth. But what if it becomes increasingly scarce as a result of climate change and future weather extremes? As part of the Ladenburg Research Networks funding format, an interdisciplinary group of scientists is setting out to identify conflicts of interest in the future distribution of water in Germany and to devise possible solutions.

Moment for Research
Ultra-short Flashes of Light for Molecular Snapshots

Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt presents her project " Ultra-short Flashes of Light for Molecular Snapshots”.

Dialog in the Museum
Mortui vivos docent – How Post-Mortem Examinations Save Lives

Marcel A. Verhoff uses specific examples to explain the significance of forensic medicine and shows perspectives opened up by molecular autopsy, in particular, as a further diagnostic option.

Berlin Colloquium
Living safely in the city of the future

The event planned for October 26, 2022 unfortunately cannot take place in the planned format. But since the subject is still highly topical, the invited experts will give live online presentations on a weekly basis rather than at the day event. The lecture series will begin in January 2023, and we will soon announce the exact dates on the website and in the social media.

Press releases
Which is why walking is worth exploring.

Interview with Dr. Sandra Dinter, Associate Professor for British Studies, at University of Hamburg and Daimler and Benz Foundation Fellow.

Research Forum
Early Human Evolution and Diversity in South East Asia

The Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, the Werner Reimers Foundation, and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are jointly launching a new grant project. Under the management of Prof. Dr. Ottmar Kullmer from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, scientists are studying the biocultural evolution of humans in South East Asia.

Moment for Research
How Do Birds Learn to Sing? Investigation of Brain Activity During Sleep and Learning

Janie Ondracek explains how birds learn to sing and what their brain activity tells us during sleep.

Bertha Benz Lecture 2022
Violence and Social Development

This year's Bertha Benz Lecture, held by Prof. Dr. Anke Hoeffler is now available as a podcast.

Moment for Research
Current Innovations in the Psychotherapy of Pathological Anxiety

Jan Richter gives an insight into new results of memory research.

Research Forum
Can a breathing robot reduce sleep problems and overexcitation in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder?

In a research project funded by the Daimler and Benz Foundation, scientists are using human-machine interaction methods to investigate whether a breathing robot can reduce sleep problems and overexcitation in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dialog in the Museum
Architects of the Universe: How black holes influence the evolution of galaxies

Dr. Dominika Wylezalek provides an exciting insight into her current research using real data from the James Webb telescope ...

Moment for Research
Malaria Pathogens in the Blood – Multiplying and Hiding

Julien Guizetti gives an insight into his research on malaria.

Publication
Product Development within Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Legal Risk

New book publication with research results from the "Villa Ladenburg" funding project: Open access publication by Prof. Dr. Thomas Winkle on autonomous driving.

Press Releases
Do gut bacteria determine whether a drug works?

Interview with Dr. Michael Zimmermann, biochemist at EMBL and Daimler and Benz Foundation Fellow.

Moment for Research
Microbial Natural Products, Their Structures, Tasks, and Origin

Christine Beemelmanns gives an insight into modern natural products research in her lecture.

Bertha Benz Price 2022
Award for Dr.-Ing. Renate Sachse

For her outstanding dissertation the engineering scientist receives the Bertha Benz Prize, which is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Moment for Research
Krupp and History in the 1950s

Eva-Maria Roelevink gives an insight into the public relations of an industrial company in the early post-war years.

Scholarship program
Scholarship Holders in 2022

The Daimler and Benz Foundation presents the eleven scholarship holders of the scholarship program for postdocs 2022 ...