Crossing Boundaries Together

Three major Berlin universities and Charité submitted joint proposal in the German government's Excellence Strategy. No 353/2018 from Dec 10, 2018 Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have completed their proposal within the German government's research funding competition, the Excellence Strategy. On December 10, 2018, the three universities submitted the document to the German Council of Science and Humanities in Cologne. Under the title Berlin University Alliance - Crossing Boundaries toward an Integrated Research Environment , the four partners describe their plans, the special features of the Berlin consortium, and the opportunities they see for this unique regional collaboration in research and teaching. By applying together in the Excellence Strategy, the Berlin universities and Charité aim to expand and institutionalize their cooperation. The partner institutions are planning an integrated research area that will bundle the strengths of the separate institutions, thus creating new academic potential. Their aim is to develop innovative research collaborations that will be able to address specific societal challenges of global significance in a targeted and flexible way.