Endowment programmes
The activities of researchers at the University of Münster are funded by various foundations. Below you will find current grants for selected foundations and funding schemes.
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorship für Prof. Dr. Gustav Holzegel
Duration: 2020 - 2025 | Funding scheme: Alexander von Humboldt Professorship - Precious Space: Ice and organics at the microscale
Duration: 2019 - 2024 | Funding scheme: Sofja-Kovalevskaja-Award
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorship für Prof. Dr. Gustav Holzegel
Volkswagen Foundation
- Comprehensive Papyrology and Digital Study of Ancient Manuscripts
Duration: 2022 - 2028 | Funding scheme: World Knowledge – Structural Support for "Rare Subjects" - Ghost in the protein: how do new proteins come about?
Duration: 2021 - 2026 | Funding scheme: Life? – A Fresh Scientific Approach to the Basic Principles of Life - Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature with a focus on Transatlantic Literature History
Duration: 2020 - 2025 | Funding scheme: Lichtenberg Professorship - Surviving under pressure: Adaptation to mechanical forces as a key step in the evolution of multicellular life
Duration: 2019 - 2024 | Funding scheme: Life? – A Fresh Scientific Approach to the Basic Principles of Life - An international interdisciplinary program on "Democracy, Human Rights and Religion"
Duration: 2019 - 2024 | Funding scheme: Between Europe and the Orient - A Focus on Research and Higher Education in/on Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Comprehensive Papyrology and Digital Study of Ancient Manuscripts