Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation

The Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation is a legal foundation established in Berlin under civil law . The purpose is to promote science and research, education and training, as well as art and culture, monument protection and monument preservation.

The foundation was set up in 2007 by Lothar Wilhelmy with the primary goal of supporting the endowment of the Otto Klung Weberbank Prize by doubling the prize money. The promotion of art and culture, monument protection and monument preservation takes place through the allocation of funds to other tax-privileged corporations or corporations under public law, which use these funds exclusively for the promotion of art and culture, monument protection and monument preservation. The foundation capital is administered by the German Foundation Center in the Donors' Association for German Science .

The Otto Klung Foundation , the development company of Weberbank gGmbH (today Weberbank Foundation) and the Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation agreed in a cooperation agreement in 2007 on the name Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank-Preis, the distribution of the prize money between the cooperation partners and the type of public award ceremony, with half the share of Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation. At the end of 2013, the Weberbank Foundation ended its cooperation that had existed since 2001. The Otto Klung Foundation, the Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation and the chairmen of the Chemistry and Physics Prize Committee of the Free University of Berlin have determined the future name of the Klung Wilhelmy Science Prize . After another generous donor left, Dr. Wilhelmy Foundation assumed the role of senior partner. The provisions of the Otto Klung Foundation's statutes regarding the selection process for outstanding young scientists in physics or chemistry, alternating annually by volunteer experts from universities and research institutions, have been updated.

As a contribution to strengthening Germany as a location for science, the foundation has concluded further collaborations:

• Technical University of Munich , Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology , on March 27, 2013 for the award of particularly outstanding dissertations in the field of energy technology and its thematic environment , completed during an academic year . "Thematic environment" is understood to mean work, such as information technology, which focuses on questions of electrical energy technology in view of the challenges of the energy transition,

• German Scholars Organization (GSO) on October 19, 2013 to promote the return of German researchers in MINT subjects from abroad with the Dr. Wilhelmy GSO travel expense program ,

• VDE Association of Electrical Engineering Electronics Information Technology on May 12, 2014 for the award of outstanding doctoral theses completed during one academic year by electrical engineers in the field of electrical engineering and information technology,

• Technical University of Berlin , Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, on February 26, 2016 for the award of a particularly outstanding dissertation completed during an academic year in the field of electrical engineering, technical information technology / computer engineering and computer science. With regard to the challenges of the energy transition, another outstanding dissertation can also be recognized, which focuses on issues of electrical energy technology.

• VDI Association of German Engineers on July 10, 2018 to award outstanding doctoral theses completed during the last two calendar years by female engineers from all engineering disciplines, whereby the VDI agrees with the VDE that candidates will not be awarded by both organizations.

• University of Stuttgart , Institute for Energy Transmission and High Voltage Technology on May 28, 2019 for the award of an outstanding dissertation completed during one academic year. Wilhelmy completed his studies in electrical engineering with a doctorate at this institute in 1972 .

In the context of the statutory tasks, the following were and are also supported to a significant extent:

• the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Association for the purchase of works of art,
• the Berlin City Palace / Humboldt Forum for the restoration of the figurine decorations and
• the Potsdam City Palace / Brandenburg State Parliament for the restoration or restoration of roof figures.

Web links

• Klung Wilhemy Science Prize
• wilhelmy vde award
• Dr. Wilhelmy VDI Prize for female doctoral candidates

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of the "Senate Department for Justice" on the foundation business of July 7, 2007
2. ↑ Award ceremony for top researchers in Berlin at the Free University of Berlin
3. ^ Certificate of the "Senate Department for Justice" on the new version of the foundation statutes of January 26, 2011
4. ↑ Ice cold mechanics. Retrieved December 8, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ https://www.vde.com/resource/blob/1757622/916a00b5ca1da87091c1c16531c7f150/flyer---dr--wilhelmy-vde-preis-2019-data.pdf
7. ↑ Katharina Wiechers: The First Two , Potsdamer Latest News, April 27, 2016
8. ↑ Attic figure on the Potsdam City Palace: Marcus Manlius Capitolinus