European Foundations supporting Research and Innovation. Facts, feelings and fantasies.

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Discussion

Abstract

Foundations are an important factor in research funding. The EUFORI study gave the first comprehensive overview over the European landscape research funding foundations. Building on the EUFORI Study, this session will show the importance of foundations for research in Europe and hint at their specific roles in research funding. What is the correlation between government and foundation funding and are there new forms of financing? What are new possibilities for partnerships? Afterwards, we will discuss how it is to be funded by foundations, by a Swiss case study on a research institute that was founded by foundations and a broader beneficiaries’ perspective from Germany.

Sub Unit

• Emerging Areas of Theory and Practice

Chair

• Marta Rey Garcia, Universidade da Coruna

Presenters

• georg mildenberger, university heidelberg

• Rene Bekkers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• Georg von Schnurbein, Center for Philanthropy Studies, University of Basel

Session Organizer

• georg mildenberger, university heidelberg