Additional funding for German-Israeli collaborations

BMBF approves additional funding of 0.5 million euros

Following the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court an audit of the expenditure of federal ministries had been initiated. It was initially unclear what impact the agreement on the 2024 federal budget would have on the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). However, shortly before Christmas, the Minerva Stiftung received the approval of funds for two crucial programme lines supported by the BMBF: the Minerva Fellowship Programme and the Minerva Weizmann Programme.

The additional funding for Arab Israelis within the Minerva Fellowship Programme as well as the funding for the two research projects "Human Rights and Democracy" and "Life under Extreme Conditions" has now also been approved, with an annual allocation of 0.5 million euros each.