PROMOTING INNOVATION, SHAPING THE FUTURE.

Stiftung Charité was founded in 2005 by the entrepreneur Johanna Quandt (1926 – 2015). It is an independent private non-profit foundation. Stiftung Charité promotes Berlin as a world-leading center for the life sciences. It supports Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and other life science organizations with funding programs in three key areas: Innovation, Research, and Open Life Science.

 

Innovation Funding

Research Funding

Open Life Science

News

On October 9, 2024 we celebrated our first Welcome Reception 2024. In our Berlin head office, we warmly welcomed our new grantees in an enjoyable atmosphere and provided a platform for networking and personal exchange.…

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Bring new impulses and innovative ideas to Berlin! With the Visiting Fellows Program, we support renowned researchers from abroad or elsewhere in Germany who develop research projects with their hosts at the Charité –…

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Once more, Stiftung Charité is calling for scientists and media professionals to team up. The aim of our science x media Tandem Program is to promote the opening of the Berlin life sciences in general and to further…

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New call out now: Max Rubner Award 2025

The Max Rubner Award, endowed with a total of EUR 100,000, promotes the implementation of innovative ideas at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Apply now!

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Are you a physician in specialist training at Charité and seeking to combine clinical practice and research? Become a (Junior) (Digital) Clinician Scientist! You have until September 3, 2024 to apply. The digital strand…

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Events

Stiftung Charité not only provides external funding but is also actively involved in the Berlin life sciences. The foundation brings its funding recipients together and identifies its own areas of inspiration. Hosting its own events is an important way to achieve these goals. Regular events from Stiftung Charité include the Charité Management Lectures, Networking Events, and Welcome Receptions.

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Stiftung Charité in numbers

Focus areas of the foundation’s work
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Innovation – Research – Open Life Science
Funding volume
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Mill. per year (average from 2021, 2022, 2023)

Number of funding programs and initiatives
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12 programs + events
Number of new grantees
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per year (average from 2021, 2022, 2023)