Schering Foundation
The Schering Foundation is a non-profit foundation under civil law based in Berlin . It was established in 2002 by Schering AG (now Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals ). It is legally and financially independent and serves to promote science and culture .
Foundation assets
Schering AG provided the foundation with endowment assets of 35 million euros. The foundation also has an art collection.
Foundation purposes
The Schering Foundation supports the life sciences, contemporary art, and scientific and cultural education. Projects at the interface between science and art are central to the foundation's work: These include exhibitions and formats for dialogue between scientists, artists and society. The aim of the foundation is to promote the exchange between the disciplines.
Prices
The Ernst Schering Prize , established in 1991 by the Schering Forschungsgesellschaft , has been announced and awarded annually by the Schering Foundation since 2003. The award is given to scientists around the world whose groundbreaking research has produced new models or fundamental changes in knowledge in the field of biomedicine. The Ernst Schering Prize, endowed with 50,000 euros, was most recently awarded to the molecular biologist Patrick Cramer for his research work on transcription and gene regulation at the molecular and cellular level.
In 2012, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Foundation awarded the Friedmund Neumann Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, for the first time to young scientists who have carried out outstanding research in the fields of biological, chemical and medical basic research. Neumann's (1935–2007) studies on modern gestagens and his commitment to promoting young scientists are thus recognized.
The foundation awards the Schering Foundation art prize every 2 years with the KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin). The prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, honors international artists who are considered to be the most important new discoveries in the field of visual arts in the past two years. In 2018, the Schering Foundation Art Prize went to Anna Daučíková .
Projects
Since 2009 the Schering Foundation has shown exhibitions by international contemporary artists in Berlin and offers a public platform for the interdisciplinary dialogue between art, science and society.
In the project room, artistic works are presented that are created in close cooperation or in dialogue with life scientists. In addition to the exhibitions, the Schering Foundation is designing a supporting program of scientific lectures, symposia and workshops. The artists shown so far include a. Carsten Nicolai , Susanne Kriemann , Pinar Yoldas, Carsten Höller , Christoph Keller , Sissel Tolaas , Yvonne Roeb and Anna Virnich.
The Schering Foundation has joined the Transparent Civil Society initiative of Transparency International Germany and publishes, among other things, its statutes, the names of the key decision-makers and information on the source of funds, use of funds and personnel structure.
organization
The foundation's organs are the foundation council and the executive board. The Board of Trustees monitors compliance with the founder's wishes and decides on the allocation of the foundation's funds. The board of directors manages the business and represents the foundation externally.
Board of Trustees (2020)
- Stefan Kaufmann (chairman), founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
- Christina Weiss (deputy chairwoman), journalist, consultant and professor for general and comparative literature, former Minister of State for Culture. D.
- Hartmut Michel , Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main / winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1988
- Charlotte Klonk , Professor of Art and New Media at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- Ulrich Köstlin , business lawyer
- Kemalettin Ünal, Former Head of Finance at Schering AG, freelance investment advisor
Board
- Katja Naie, managing director
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Facts & Figures - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ^ Art Collection - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ^ Foundation purposes - Schering Foundation. Accessed December 14, 2019 (German).
- ^ Ernst Schering Prize - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Ernst Schering Prize 2019 - Schering Foundation. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).
- ^ Friedmund Neumann Prize - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ^ Promotion of young talent - Schering Foundation. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Kevin Hanschke: Schering Art Prize 2018: Transformation and Body . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 14, 2019]).
- ↑ Leonie Claire Recksiek: Anna Daucikova receives Art Prize of the Ernst Schering Foundation. July 5, 2018, accessed on May 20, 2020 (German).
- ↑ When the artist rings twice. Retrieved December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Project room - Schering Foundation. Retrieved on May 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Beate Scheder: Recommended exhibition for Berlin: Explore the city with your nose . In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 17, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 14, 2019]).
- ↑ Octopus, snake, human. Retrieved December 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Madeleine Fletcher: 10 under the radar shows to catch at Berlin Art Week 2019. Accessed on May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Facts & Figures - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Board of Trustees - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Board of Trustees - Schering Foundation. Retrieved on May 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Executive Board - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).