ERC Advanced Grants for two research projects by Humboldt-Universität

Bernd U. Schipper from the Faculty of Theology and Bruno Klingler from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences receive a total of 4.3 million euros of funding Dr. Bernd U. Schipper, professor for History of Israel in its Ancient Near Eastern Context, and his team receive a total amount of 2.5 million euros for their project DEMBIB through an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). For the first time, findings on the emergence and literary form of Demotic literature are associated to theories on the literary history of the Old Testament. The project TAMEHODGE by the team of Bruno Klingler from the Department of Mathematics discloses a spectacular link between Hodge theory and tame geometry. It is funded by a maximum of 1.8 million euros by the ERC. ERC Advanced Grants support excellent and investigator-initiated research projects by leading advanced researchers. Applicants must have a track-record of significant research achievements of the last 10 years. The maximum amount of funding is 2.5 million euros for 5 years with the possibility of an additional top-up of up to 1 million euros.
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