Dear HEiKA friends,
The first really hot days are already behind us - time to let you know what summer 2025 (and beyond) has in store for HEiKA.
Stay cool and hydrated!
>> EVENTS
FALLING WALLS LAB BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 2025
One stage, three minutes and your idea for solving global challenges:
Join us on July 18, 2025 in Konstanz at the Data Theatre and be part of the audience learning first hand about the groundbreaking ideas presented at the Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg.
For the latest information and registration, visit the events website, follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lab-bw or download the program booklet below.
Program Booklet Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg 2025
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(application/pdf, 5.74 MB)
HEiKA DAY 2025 - SAVE THE DATE - October 21, 2025, 4:00 pm, at Marsilius Kolleg in Heidelberg.
Join us for the perfect opportunity
to get to know the HEiKA-STAR consortia and learn about their individual research foci,
find out about the first track of the HEiKA Student Innovation Lab and exchange ideas with the students
and, of course, join the first HEiKA-Indian Summer Party (starting around 7:00 pm), and plan your next projects over fruitful conversations and nice refreshments.
More details about the event will follow soon!
Save the Date: HEiKA Science Slam Workshop 2025
>> NEWS
EXC 3DMM2O: ERC Advanced Grants for Groundbreaking Research
Two Principal Investigators of the Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order - 3DMM2O have secured valuable research funding through the ERC Advanced Grant, one of the most prestigious and competitive funding programs in Europe, provided by the European Research Council (ERC).
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice (Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University.) received ERC funding for his project, PICNIC. This project investigates how photonic circuits using physical randomness can drive a new generation of probabilistic, light-based computing.
Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil (Institute for Physical Chemistry, Universität Heidelberg) received funding for her project, SCALE-NT. This project aims to develop sustainable methods for processing semiconducting carbon nanotubes. Biodegradable materials, such as cellulose, are used as supporting agents to replace harmful chemicals in the processing steps.
CONGRATULATIONS!
>> OPPORTUNITIES
CfA: Horizon Europe - MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025
With the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA DN), the EU supports transnational doctoral programmes between different academic and non-academic institutions. The aim is to improve the career prospects of researchers through international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility and to strengthen knowledge transfer between participating institutions. The MSCA DN funding line is intended to increase sustainability, quality and relevance of doctoral programmes.
Application deadline: 25 November 2025
Applications have to be submitted via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal
CfN: Academy Awards 2025
Providing impulses. Setting standards. Promoting excellence.
Exceptional achievement deserves to be recognised.
This is why every year, the state Academy of Baden-Württemberg, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, awards science prizes for outstanding
scientific achievements in both the natural sciences and the humanities.
Nominations can be submitted until 31 August. Learn more about the nomination process: https://www.hadw-bw.de/en/preise/nominierungsportal
CfA: STEP USA University Program
The STEP USA University Program is a three-day initiative designed specifically for German university start-ups and spin-offs looking to scale their business in the United States, where they will gain hands-on knowledge and experience through a series of customized workshops and networking events.
The program is taking place between November 10-12, 2025 in New York and this year, applications from startups in the health and life sciences are particularly encouraged. The application deadline is August 1, 2025 or until all eight spots are filled.
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CfA: CZS Science Communication
The Carl Zeiss Foundation offers its partners additional funding for science communication. These funds can be used in particular for personnel with expertise in the field of communication that matches the planned measures.
Depending on the project, the funding period complies a minimum of one year and a maximum of six years and can go up to €40,000 per year. The aim is to make the scientific work in the projects funded by the CZS more accessible.
Professors and scientists can apply until December 31, 2025. The prerequisite is existing funding from the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
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