INNOVATIVE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH.

Projects and Achievements.

Cutting-edge research is essential to addressing the pressing issues of the future. However, public funding is often not approved until most of the preliminary work has already been completed. Through your support, you can provide effective initial funding for new ideas and research approaches.

The University of Cologne Foundation plans to help promising research projects get off the ground—for example, by providing seed funding or endowed professorships. Two clusters of excellence at the University of Cologne, among other examples, demonstrate the societal impact your donation can have.

CECAD: Staying Healthy as You Age

CECAD: Staying Healthy as You Age

This interdisciplinary research network, comprising six disciplines, is one of the world's leading centers for research into aging processes and related diseases. The cluster's vision is to use basic scientific knowledge to develop new therapies for diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

CEPLAS: For Sustainable Crop Production

CEPLAS: For Sustainable Crop Production

Due to climate change and population growth, arable land, water, and nutrients are becoming increasingly scarce. Scientists at CEPLAS are therefore researching, among other things, the mechanisms
of plant adaptation and ways to grow crops in a resource-efficient manner.