research projects

The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences launched its WIN College in 2002 with financial support from the MWK Baden-Württemberg. It is part of the Young Academy | HAdW. The aim is to promote outstanding young scientists by funding interdisciplinary working groups. The Academy also promotes networking with excellent scientists in the state, thereby contributing to the collegiate members' attachment to and identification with Baden-Württemberg as a center of science. Members of the Young Academy in the WIN-Kolleg are directly involved in the Academy's program over a longer period of time and participate in its design. 

In the WIN-Kolleg working groups, the recipients gain early in their careers an understanding of how fruitful it is to encounter other disciplines and collaborate across disciplinary boundaries. It is part of the WIN College's concept that the groups work very independently and thus acquire skills that are essential for appointment to a full professorship. To date, 32 projects in seven research areas have been successfully completed, and six further projects in two research areas are currently being funded.