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HRK on the Second Initiative for Excellence
At the General Meeting of the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz - HRK) held in Leipzig on 24 November, the German universities acknowledged and praised the role which the Initiative for Excellence plays in the German science system and tabled proposals on how to organise the Second Initiative for Excellence Call for Proposals in March next year."The Initiative for Excellence is a particularly successful instrument for promoting research as well as young scientists and researchers," said HRK President Wintermantel speaking to the press in Berlin today. "This is why it is of inestimable importance for the whole German science system that the heads of government decided to extend the Initiative for Excellence over the period from 2012 to 2017. It helps the individual universities sharpen their profiles and raises the visibility of university research, in general. It is important that attractive goals are also achievable for the universities that are not among the "great winners". Only then can the dynamism be maintained that has been initiated so far."
The General Meeting drew attention to the fact that a sound core budget is the prerequisite for success in this important competition. It called for the excellence funding to be provided long-term so that good new concepts can be turned into reality time and time again.
The 2.7 billion euros earmarked for the continuation of the Initiative for Excellence, which has been running since 2006, will see new proposals competing with renewal proposals. The universities want to have both types of projects reviewed separately. Only then should a decision be made on the best projects from each group.
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