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Farbverlauf von hellgrün zu hellblau
Publication of the Foundation 21 June 2022

Status 2021 - The Volkswagen Foundation in figures

In 2021, the Volkswagen Foundation approved EUR 238.8 million for scientific projects. The most important figures, data and facts from our 2021 annual report.

Publication of the Foundation 20 June 2022

Annual Report: Status 2021

Logo der VolkswagenStiftung
Publication of the Foundation 17 June 2022

Supervisory Board: Rules of Procedure

Cover des Jahresberichts 2020
Publication of the Foundation 28 June 2021

Annual Report: Status 2020

Cover Impulse 2021
Publication of the Foundation 23 June 2021

Impulse 2021 (in German): "Nur nicht aufhalten lassen!"

Publication of the Foundation 11 February 2021

New Beginnings: The Volkswagen Foundation’s new funding strategy

Eine Frau, die aufmerksam zuhört
Story 06 March 2025

So that everyone can have their say: Citizens' assembly on AI research

Rhetoric expert Anika Kaiser researches how people can make themselves heard on the major issues of our time – artificial intelligence (AI) being a case in point. She is the right person to take care that this grassroots democratic process does not remain too detached from reality: in her first life, she trained as a painter.

Frauen mit Kopftüchern sitzen an Tischen und haben Steinblöcke mit Inschriften vor sich liegen, die sie betrachten.
Story 26 February 2025

Archaeology as reconstruction: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Mosul

He came to Mosul with the task of excavating ancient Nineveh. In the meantime, however, the mission of the ancient orientalist Stefan Maul goes far beyond this: he is rebuilding the study of antiquity in Iraq. And he is teaching the people what the Islamists robbed them of: pride in their cultural heritage.