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Here you will find press releases and images related to the foundation’s funded projects.

14.04.2026|Press release

How did the human brain evolve? What brain organoids derived from marmosets can achieve

Interview with Dr. Michael Heide, German Primate Center, Brain Development and Evolution junior research group, Scholarship holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation

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16.03.2026|Press release

Improved German language skills for preschoolers

Pilot project using the “WUSCHEL app” assesses the language skills of 2,000 four-year-olds in Saarland

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18.09.2025|Press release

How petroleum can be eliminated: Algae-bacterial communities break down oil.

Interview with Dr. Lisa Voskuhl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Scholarship holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

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24.07.2025|Press release

Bertha-Benz-Prize 2025 – Hatice Ceren Ates receives award for her dissertation

The Bertha Benz Prize, which is endowed with 15.000 Euro was awarded to Dr.-Ing. Hatice Ceren Ates from TU Munich.

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17.07.2025|Press release

Math, how awful! How fractions can perhaps be taught better

Interview with Prof. Dr. Frank Reinhold, Freiburg University of Education, scholarship holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

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07.07.2025|Press release

“Science Streets” – How comics are used to explain neuroscience “Science Streets” – How comics are used to explain neuroscience

With the "Science Streets" project, Agata Patyczek brings neuroscience to the center of Leipzig in 2026 and makes science accessible to the general public in an understandable form.

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19.02.2025|Press release

Artificial intelligence in the judicial system

A new research association of the Daimler and Benz Foundation is investigating the opportunities of modern software technologies in the legal system.

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14.02.2025|Press release

New science promotion initiative for Africa

In the new “Ladenburg Horizons” format, the Daimler and Benz Foundation is promoting research alliances between German and African institutions. Two projects have been chosen to launch this format.

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18.11.2024|Press release

The Aggressor: Self-perception and external perception of an actor between nations

The interdisciplinary project focuses on the question of how national and external aggressors are interpreted and how these interpretations shape national ideas.

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26.07.2024|Press release

True Math: The real essence of mathematics

In the participatory online event series with Prof. Dr. Christian Spannagel, interested people between the ages of 16 and 99 can gain mathematical knowledge from October 2024.

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24.07.2024|Press release

New research consortium “AI-based methods for supporting opinion-forming and participation”

The research consortium “AI-based methods for supporting opinion-forming and participation” aims to develop an innovative software tool for evaluating political information.

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16.07.2024|Press release

Lena Marie Saure receives 2024 Bertha Benz Prize

The Bertha Benz Prize, which is endowed with 10,000 euros, was awarded to Dr.-Ing. Lena Marie Saure from Kiel University on July 16, 2024.

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26.06.2024|Press release

What do baroque songs have to do with our culture today?

Interview with PD Dr Astrid Dröse, German Seminar at the University of Tübingen, scholarship holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

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03.06.2024|Press release

How tourism in Germany came about

Interview with Dr Mathias Häußler from the Institute of History at the University of Regensburg, scholarship holder of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

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13.07.2023|Press release

Maren Scheel awarding the Bertha Benz Prize 2023

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

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19.06.2023|Press release

A scientific "child's game"

Expert colloquium on the long-term funding project "Sprachstandmessung". The aim is to use the developed app in standard daycare operations throughout Germany.

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10.05.2023|Press release

New international research network investigates on dealing with agressors

A research network funded by the Daimler and Benz Foundation investigates historical narratives in Europe between conflict and dialogue.

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06.03.2023|Press release

Combating money laundering more efficiently

Interview with Prof. Dr. Kilian Wegner, Daimler and Benz Foundation Scholarship Holder, Criminal Procedure Law and Economic Criminal Law at the European University Viadrina,

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21.11.2022|Press release