Memberships of the Academy of Science and Humanities in Hamburg

Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities

The Academy is the youngest member of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (Akademienunion).
The Akademienunion is the association of eight German science academies. In total, the member academies bring together more than 2,000 scientists from various disciplines who are among the most outstanding national and international representatives of their disciplines. Together, they are committed to scientific exchange, ensuring scientific excellence and promoting young talent (see statutes).
The Akademienunion coordinates the Academies' Program - currently the largest research program in the humanities in Germany. The Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg is currently involved in the Academies' Program with seven long-term research projects.
The Akademienunion also represents its member academies abroad and sends representatives to national and international scientific organizations.
For the Akademienunion and its eight member academies, respect, appreciation and a commitment to diversity and equal opportunities form the basis of scientific cooperation.

German Research Foundation (DFG)

The Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg has been a member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) since June 2023. At the DFG Annual Meeting in Saarbrücken on 28 June 2023, the General Assembly accepted the Academy's application for membership by a large majority. The DFG is the largest research funding organisation and central self-governing institution of science in Germany.

National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)

Since 2020, the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg has been actively involved in the Text+ consortium as part of the nationwide initiative to establish a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).

The aim of the consortium is to preserve text and language-based research data in the long term and thus to ensure their broad use in science in the long term. Participation in Text+ not only guarantees the Academy broader accessibility and visibility of its research data and results in the long term, but also allows it to incorporate the subject-specific needs of researchers into the infrastructure development.

Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study e. V. (HIAS)

The Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg is one of eight founding members of the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study e. V. (HIAS). It was founded in late September 2019 as an association with its seat in Hamburg and pursues, above all, the goal of inviting visiting scholars (Fellows) from Germany and abroad to carry out research projects of their own choice in Hamburg and so to create an open meeting-place together with the Hamburg scholarly and scientific community.