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Six ERC Consolidator Grants for Max Planck

December 09, 2025

Most successful German institution – ranked fifth in Europe more

Strong as a team

November 06, 2025

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Five ERC Synergy Grants awarded to Max Planck scientists this year more

17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck

September 05, 2025

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This puts the MPG at the top of the European ranking more

The Max Planck Synergy Grantees 2024 (from top left to bottom right): Benedetta Ciardi, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics; Torsten Enßlin, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics; Alessandra Buonanno, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics; Xinliang Feng, Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics; Axel Kleinschmidt, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics; Joël Ouaknine, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems; Florian Luca, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems; Angel Rubio, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter; Petra Schwille, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry; Alexander Herbig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Herwig Baier, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence; Jennifer Li and Drew Robson, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics; Aneta Koseska, Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – CAESAR; Alec Wodtke, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Leading across Europe

November 07, 2024

ERC-Grants Europe Research Policy

With twelve Synergy Grants, the Max Planck Society claims top spot in the ERC ranking more

Multi-million euro boost for young researchers: 16 ERC Starting Grants for Max-Planck

September 06, 2024

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In a European comparison, the Max Planck Society ranks second more

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MaxPlanckResearch 1/2026 Science Magazine - Focus: Therapies for Tomorrow

Medical therapies are constantly evolving. As part of our focus on the “Future of Medicine” Science Year, we are presenting new approaches in three areas. We describe how a team in Göttingen is advancing a treatment for cardiac arrhythmias that is far gentler than the painful electric shocks commonly used today. For mental health conditions, AI-powered apps could complement psychotherapy—researchers at various Max Planck Institutes are working on this. Finally, AI is also helping in the search for new antibiotics, which are to be produced from microorganisms using modified biochemical production lines.