Press Releases & Information

The Minerva Center for Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging and the Minerva Center on Intersectionality in Aging have each been extended for an additional six years following a successful evaluation. As a result, both Minerva Centers will be able to collaborate with their partners through 2031. more

The Minerva Stiftung mourns the loss of its long-standing member of the Minerva Fellowship Committee, Prof. Dr. Matthias Koenig. Matthias Koenig died on January 12 after a serious illness at the age of 54.  more

32 new projects were selected at this year's meeting of the Minerva Weizmann Committee, which took place at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot again after a two-year hiatus. For the committee, the meeting was special not only because of its location in Rehovot again. more

In his farewell address to the members of the Minerva Weizmann Committee, which met in September 2025 at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Ulman Lindenberger shared his journey through academic life in Israel. more

Lou Bohlen presented the Minerva team's work during a presentation at the Max Planck Society, discussing the impact of the past two years of war on their operations. more

Increase in family allowance and monthly scholarship rates further strengthen the appeal and the family-friendliness of the Minerva Fellowship Programme more

Deadline has been extended until December 3rd, 2025
In relation to the following topic: “Integration – Differentiation – Disintegration” more