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.
The application deadline expired on 31.10.2025.
Due to the large number of applications received, processing will take some time. You will be notified by the foundation in due course. We kindly ask you to refrain from making any interim inquiries.
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