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Fellowships & Stipends: Applications for our Fellowships Program 2024 has closed on April 8

We offer fellowships for master, PhD and medical students; for apprentices, young professionals, student teachers and teachers. We look forward to receiving your application.

Science Excellence: Recap of Bayer Foundation's Science Awards Ceremony

The Bayer Foundation celebrates outstanding achievements in science, supporting talented young researchers and honoring leading experts. In early 2023, five remarkable scientists received awards for their groundbreaking work at a ceremony in Leverkusen.

Science Awards Celebration: Meet our winners!

Our Science Awardees will be honored at Bayer Foundation’s 2023 Science Award Celebration on the 14th of February 2024 in Leverkusen. The celebration will feature a mini symposium, including brief flash talks from the EESA recipients and distinguished Bayer scientists. Please find below the agenda.

Bayer Foundation announces 2023 Science Awards winners

Professor Claudia Höbartner from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg, Germany receives this year’s Hansen Family Award for her pioneering research in biomolecular chemistry of functional nucleic acids. Four young scientists are honored with the Early Excellence in Science Awards for their boundary breaking research in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Data Science and Medical Science.

Welcoming Edith Heard to our Board of Trustees

As of October 2023, Prof. Dr. Edith Heard has become the new Chairwoman of the Bayer Foundation Board of Trustees for the Science Program. Prof. Heard will succeed Prof. Patrick Cramer, president of the Max Planck Society, who was officially the Chair of the Board of Trustees until end of 2022.

Science Fellowships: Here our 2023 Fellows!

In our work, we strive to enhance the impact of science for the benefit of society. With a focus on embedding a collaborative mindset in the next generation of scientific leaders, our three fellowships offer opportunities for international exchange for outstanding masters, PhD, and medical students in the fields of Drug Discovery, Agriculture, and Medicine. In 2023, we selected 35 brilliant minds from 13 different countries for this unique experience and provided more than 256,000€ in funding.

Female Science Talents: Breaking the Barriers for Women in Science

The Bayer Foundation has proudly been a founding partner of the Female Science Talents program, an initiative led by the Falling Walls Foundation to promote women with exceptional talents in science. At the end of May, the Bayer Foundation took part in the Intensive Track Spring Gathering in Berlin, where we had the opportunity to engage with remarkable panelists and female leaders from academia, industry, and foreign policy.

Boundary-Breaking Science Symposia: Learning from Life in Extreme Environments

Studying extreme phenotypes like cancer resistance, longevity, and drought tolerance may lead to biomedical insights that would not otherwise be possible. The scope of this symposium was to peek into the fascinating world of extremophiles and to let nature inspire the scientific community at Bayer in all three divisions: Pharmaceuticals, Crop Science, and Consumer Health.

Humboldt Research Hubs: African-German science partnerships for pandemic preparedness

The experience of the past three years with COVID-19 has shown that being prepared for and able to respond quickly to pandemics can help save lives and minimize the impact of global health crises on societies and economies. Policy-makers and scientists have recognized the importance of international cross-border collaboration in pandemic management. One promising example of this type of collaboration are the new Humboldt Research Hubs, established to build scientific capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Science Excellence: Get to know our new Bayer Foundation Science Awardees

Bayer Foundation recognizes outstanding achievements in scientific research, promoting brilliant young scientists with the potential to develop their fields, as well as honoring the breakthrough contributions of world-leading experts. In honoring these extraordinary scientists, Bayer Foundation awarded six distinguished scientists for their groundbreaking work in a ceremony in Leverkusen beginning of 2023.

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