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Awards

Announcement of Winners: 2023 Hansen Family Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards

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.

Partnerships

Transforming communities: One flour bag at a time

Meet one of the first Sanku millers in Kenya! Her name is Lydiah Nyaga, and she has been running her own mill in Embu, Eastern Kenya since 2017. Trained as a nurse, Lydiah is a passionate advocate to tackle malnutrition in her community.

Announcement

Science Program: 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.

Partnerships

Smarter Harvest: A partnership transforming smallholder farming through digital solutions

Partnerships that align with common goals can lead to impactful solutions. We formed a transformative partnership together with Mercy Corps AgriFin aimed at supporting smallholder farmers in the Global South through digital solutions. This partnership represents a critical step towards building resilience in agriculture and improving the lives of smallholder farmers.

Health for All and Hunger for None

Announcement of Winners: 2023 Hansen Family Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards

Transforming communities: One flour bag at a time

Science Program: Welcoming Edith Heard to our Board of Trustees

Smarter Harvest: A partnership transforming smallholder farming through digital solutions

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