Excellence Strategy: Two clusters submit proposals
The first decisions have been made in the second round of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments to further strengthen top-level research at universities in Germany. The University of Münster is submitting two proposals for its two existing Clusters of Excellence "Mathematics Münster" and "Religion and Politics" to the German Research Foundation by August 22. A decision on funding will be made in May 2025.
For the rest of the competition, all proposals should be submitted by August 22. All proposals will then be reviewed by an international panel of experts between October 2024 and February 2025. On this basis, the Excellence Commission will then decide on May 22, 2025 which projects will be funded. In addition to the members of the expert panel, the federal and state ministers responsible for science and research will be represented on the Commission. The successful Clusters of Excellence will be funded for seven years from January 2026.