Common Structures for Promoting Research and Innovation

The 4EU+ European University Alliance - made up of six strong research universities in Europe, including Heidelberg University - has successfully acquired additional funding for the alliance. In order to combine the research infrastructures of the universities involved and develop a joint strategy to strengthen research and innovation, the European Union is making approximately two million euros in funding available for a period of three years. It comes from the funding line "Science with and for Society" and was approved in the framework of a special call addressed to European university alliances for the TRAIN4EU+ initiative. With the project "Transforming Research & Innovation Agendas and Support in 4EU+", the partner universities aim to drive forward the structural expansion of their alliance. The funding now acquired is not meant to promote individual research projects but to support the implementation of long-term institutional and strategic objectives. In a cross-institutional approach, the members of 4EU+ intend to systematically identify the best approaches to boosting research and innovation in order to derive a joint package of measures in this area. The funds will deliberately supplement existing funding, which is allocated primarily to the action field of student affairs and teaching.