Welcome to the
Joachim Herz Foundation

The Joachim Herz Foundation is a modern non-profit foundation. It is based in Hamburg, Germany and promotes innovative, application-oriented research at the interfaces between business, engineering, natural sciences, and medicine. It also supports talented trainees on their career path by promoting education with a focus on transatlantic experience, personal skills, and the digital transformation in vocational training.


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5 million euros in funding for a fossil-free future

We support visionary research into new materials and resources - with the aim of creating solutions for a fossil-free future.

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Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Science and Transfer

We support researchers with innovative, interdisciplinary projects who want to further develop their transfer potential.

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New funding program for biogenic resources

Joachim Herz Foundation supports interdisciplinary research projects for a fossil-free future with “innovate! Fund”.

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Dieses Bild zeigt eine transparente Glaskugel, die auf einem grünen, moosbedeckten Boden liegt. In der Kugel spiegelt sich die Erde, die durch Licht und Reflexionen auf subtile Weise sichtbar wird. Die Umgebung wirkt natürlich und symbolisiert Nachhaltigkeit, Umweltbewusstsein und die Verbindung zwischen Technologie und Natur. Die frischen Grüntöne und die Klarheit der Kugel vermitteln eine Botschaft von Reinheit, Innovation und globaler Verantwortung.

Joachim Herz Award: For resource-saving biotechnologies 

We award 500,000 Euros to scientists who are developing resource-saving biotechnologies for a fossil-free future.

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Windräder auf einer grünen Wiese unter klarem, blauem Himmel, symbolisierend nachhaltige Energielösungen und erneuerbare Technologien.
We support risky, interdisciplinary and application-oriented research projects at the interfaces between engineering and the natural sciences, because we can only meet the challenges of our present with innovative ideas from science.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst
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