Grants and Sponsorships

The GOLDENE PLIETSCH 2026 will fund 10 projects in line with the NKK strategy

For the third time, the University of Bremen Foundation and its trust foundations did not make their funding decisions behind closed doors, but publicly and with audience participation. A total of 12 ideas from the fields of research, teaching, campus operations and knowledge transfer were pitched for a total funding amount of 25,000 euros.

Following a vote by the jury and the audience, the €25,000 was allocated to 10 of the 12 projects. In addition, a jury prize and an audience prize were awarded.
Read here  here about the event at the Forum am Domshof and the successful projects.

Strong together for education: The 2025/2026 Germany Scholarship Award Ceremony

Around 250 sponsors, scholarship recipients, their families and friends, as well as members of the University of Bremen, gathered in December 2025 in the GW1 lecture theatre at the University of Bremen to celebrate the presentation of certificates and the “15th anniversary of the Deutschlandstipendium”. A varied programme featuring a welcome address, a panel discussion, a quiz and music provided the festive backdrop for the joint launch of the 2025/2026 funding year. We congratulate all scholarship recipients and look forward to the funding year ahead!

Mariela Tapia and Rohit Samant are delighted to have won the CAMPUS PRIZE

Prize Ceremony of the CAMPUS PRIZE: Research for a sustainable future

On 7 May, this year’s “CAMPUS PRIZE: Research for a Sustainable Future” was awarded to one doctoral thesis and two master’s theses. This year’s prize winners – Mariela Tapia, Rohit Samant and Niccolò Orlandi – impressively demonstrate through their work how research can contribute to sustainable solutions. The CAMPUS PRIZE recognises outstanding final-year projects that focus on the sustainable use of resources and the protection of the environment, climate and oceans. The prize, worth a total of €3,000, was established in 2016 and is awarded annually by the KELLNER & STOLL FOUNDATION FOR CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), the University of Bremen and the University of Bremen Alumni Association. We congratulate the prize winners and our trust foundation on this inspiring event!

Sabine Doff presents the ‘Unlock the Future’ project
Sabine Doff presents the ‘Unlock the Future’ project

Educational equity – the key to the future

At the end of January, we launched the Educational Equity Funding Alliance in collaboration with university professor Sabine Doff, the Stiftungshaus Bremen and the GfG. At the heart of this ambitious project is a travelling exhibition entitled “Unlock the Future”, complete with an accompanying digital programme. It will launch in Bremerhaven in May 2025 and arrive in Bremen in June 2025. The exhibition will showcase 12 schools and their best practices – schools that serve as inspiring role models through their attitude, humanity, empathy, team spirit, personal responsibility and practical focus.
In addition to the University Foundation, the project is supported by Bremische Volksbank e.g., Collegium AG, the Dieckell Foundation, the Dr Heino Rose Foundation, the Dr Heines Foundation and the Schütting Foundation.

Our offers to recruit your commitment

Promote clever minds - with the Deutschlandstipendium

With the introduction of the Deutschlandstipendium in 2012, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) established a new scholarship culture in Germany: Gifted and committed young people receive targeted financial support during their studies. The unique feature is that the grants amounting to 300 euro per month are funded in equal parts by the federal government and by private sponsors, foundations and companies. Every private donation is therefore doubled by the federal government. The University of Bremen has been participating in this program since its introduction – in the interest of its students and the future capability of the state of Bremen.

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What the future will eventually look like is also in your hands. Perhaps you have sometimes asked yourself how you can personally contribute as a private person or with your company to finding solutions to the challenges of our times and help give young people a better future. The motives for entering into a commitment to the University of Bremen Foundation are as diverse as the benefactors themselves. However, one thing connects us all: The idea that knowledge moves the world.

A Trust Foundation – your own foundation

You would like to set up a foundation that bears your name and permanently promotes a specific area of ​​research. Then a trust foundation under the umbrella of the University of Bremen Foundation is just the right thing for you. The setting-up and administration of such a (legally dependent) foundation is straightforward and safe. The umbrella foundation takes over the administration of your foundation and the investment of the foundation's assets. This minimizes administrative costs, so that the proceeds benefit the purpose of the foundation. You and / or a board of trustees of your choice determine which projects are funded.

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Cooperation ventures with business

Universities are important factors for economic and social development. This is where innovations and important impulses for society emerge. They are, moreover, important training facilities for the young academics needed in business and society.

The University of Bremen, the largest university in north-western Germany and a widely recognized research university, covers a wide range of teaching and research in its 12 subject areas. More information in German

Endowed Chairs

Do you attach personal interest to a specific area of research? Would you like to generate sweeping impulses in research and promote the targeted education of students? Join us in exploring new fields of research and promoting the establishment of a new professorship at the University of Bremen. The professorship will be named after you.

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Alumni - Stay in touch!

As a former student, doctoral candidate or former employee of the University of Bremen, you have spent what was certainly a formative part of your life at our institution. We would be happy to know that you continue to accompany us with critical interest. The interdisciplinary association “Alumni of the University of Bremen e.V.” was established to foster this contact. The association and its members are committed to the University, its many graduates and former employees. This is how you keep in touch with your University roots.

Our sponsors

The sponsors of the Deutschlandstipendium

Well-educated people are vital to our shared future. The University of Bremen’s mission is to educate students who are equipped to meet the challenges ahead. The German government’s National Scholarship Programme – known as the Deutschlandstipendium – offers the ideal opportunity to support these committed individuals whilst they are still studying.

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Donors

We would like to thank our donors for their remarkable commitment to science and education within civil society. With their support, the University of Bremen Foundation, together with its trust foundations, is able to facilitate outstanding projects by researchers at the University of Bremen that help tackle societal challenges and have a positive impact on the local community.

Contact

CJ 2025

Educational partnerships and foundations

Dr. Christina Jung

Tel. 0421-218-60336

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Fabian Oestreicher

Cooperation and sponsorship relationships

Fabian Oestreicher

Tel. 0421-218-60333

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