Daimler und Benz Stiftung - Research Forum

The “Research Forum” funding line brings together projects from the Daimler and Benz Foundation characterized by scientific originality, social relevance, and a clearly manageable scope. With the “Research Forum” funding line, the Daimler and Benz Foundation provides support to a limited extent for promising scientific projects from all disciplines. The funding is intended to enable scientists to initiate innovative scientific projects of relevance to society or to make existing findings available for practical application. Both basic and application-oriented research projects are eligible for this funding, as well as pilot projects.

Submission of applications:

The application deadline is October 31, 2025. Please only use our online portal to submit your application.

Further information:

Combating zoonoses in Africa

The new research project “Cross-border integrated One Health Surveillance-response System between Kenya and Ethiopia” is based on the “one health” approach, i.e. the principle that the health of humans, animals, and the environment ...

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, psychologists are investigating whether breathing robots can alleviate sleep problems and overexcitation in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Virtual Reality in Psychology

In a research project funded by the Foundation, scientists are using virtual reality methods to investigate the fundamental differences between anxiety and fear. Their objective is to gain differentiated biological insights ...

Are accidents predictable?

Despite declining accident figures, over 3,000 people still die in road traffic accidents in Germany every year. It is in everyone's interest to reduce this figure further and at the same time reduce the severity of accidents ...

Early Human Evolution and Diversity in South East Asia

In January 2023, a project jointly funded by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the Werner Reimers Foundation, and the Daimler and Benz Foundation was launched for research into the biocultural evolution ...

Ethical behavior in road traffic

The matter of how automated vehicles should behave in everyday road traffic has ethical implications. For many years, numerous aspects have already been at the focus of public discussion ...