Research Funding 2.0

Die begleitende Erforschung der aktuellen Ereignisse in der arabischen Welt ist das Thema einer Konferenz, die vom 24. bis zum 26. Februar 2012 in Leipzig stattfindet.

Vom 22. bis zum 24. Februar 2012 veranstaltet die TU Berlin in Potsdam das Symposium "New trends in simulating biological systems and soft matter".

The internet is a powerful organizing tool, but it also enables digital surveillance and censorship by repressive regimes-much of it facilitated by products manufactured by Western companies.

Zum 50. Geburtstag: Nachwuchsfotografen der Hochschule Hannover porträtieren die Arbeit der VolkswagenStiftung.

By Todd Cohen Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, the North Carolina philanthropist who died Jan. 25, less than a month shy of her 92nd birthday, epitomized what is best about philanthropy. Wealthy but modest, she was caring, thoughtful, considerate, curious, genuine, and graced with charm and wit. And while true to the roots of the philanthropic wealth she helped oversee, and the values and vision of the family that created it, she also was open to change. Her willingness to listen to and embrace new ideas about how philanthropy should operate and the way it should support causes it cares about represents a role model for organized philanthropy. Born two years after the end of World War I, Mary Semans lived to see the blooming of the digital age. She was born and raised in New York City, and arrived at Duke University at age 15, then spent most of her life in North Carolina. She saw sweeping social, economic and demographic change, along with revolutionary advances in technology that have...

Lichtenberg-Professor Georg Pohnert und Forscher der Universitäten Jena und Ghent (Belgien) decken auf, wie Meeresalgen unliebsame Konkurrenten ausschalten.

By Todd Cohen Despite their seemingly endless evangelizing about the need for change, foundations sure seem slow to embrace it. But if they expect to have even a prayer of making change happen on the causes and issues they care about, grantmakers first need to change the way they themselves do business. Many foundations are disconnected from the nonprofits they fund and the communities those organizations serve. Tone deaf to what nonprofits say about the operating and financial problems they face, and the kind of support they need, many foundations prefer to push their own pet ideas or those of consultants and other hangers-on who seduce them with management jargon and philanthropic-correctness. Foundations drone on about the need for collaboration, evaluation and diversity, but they shun true partnerships, reject criticism, and dismiss ideas that differ from or challenge their own. To help nonprofits and the people and places they serve cope with unprecedented challenges in the face...