Volkswagen Foundation: Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown (Short Proposals)

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27/08/2026

Volkswagen Foundation: Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown (Short Proposals)

Description:

groundbreaking and risky research ideas with high scientific relevance. Looking for basic research projects that are not dedicated to the already ‘known unknown’, but that strive to explore the ‘unknown unknown’ thereby holding the potential for major scientific breakthroughs, but also for failure.

area of research: all disciplines

type of funding: visionary projects from the field of basic research

Funding: up to 1.3 million Euro for 3 to 5 years

Lead applicants must be affiliated with a German university or research institution

https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/funding-offer/pioneering-research-exploring-unknown-unknown

Fields :

Exact sciences
Humanities and Social sciences
Life Sciences

Source :

Foreign