Six Saxon Research Projects in Excellence Initiative

Researchers in Germany have been waiting a long time for this: Today, the new excellence grants were announced. Leipzig and Halle are now among the leaders of the German research landscape, Dresden and Jena.

Unis Dresden and Leipzig receive grants for a total of six top research centres Dresden/Leipzig, 22 May 2025. In the coming years Saxony will receive around 200 million euros extra grants for its top research. The money from the federal and state governments is intended for a total of six excellence research centres, including three new ones. This was announced by Saxony's science minister Sebastian Gemkow (CDU), who attended the decisive jury m…

Saxony is a country of top-level research. Research projects are also being funded in the new round of the Excellence Initiative of the Federal Government and the Länder in anticipation of groundbreaking findings.Six research clusters in Saxony have made or remain involved in a tough competition in the Excellence Initiative of the Federal Government and the Länder in 2026.The five projects of the TU Dresden and one of the University of Leipzig b…