# Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich

**Source**: https://www.fau.eu/university/universitys-profile/success-and-awards/academy-members/bayerische-akademie-der-wissenschaften-muenchen/
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Founded in 1759, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, one of Germany’s oldest scientific academies, is not only a traditional intellectual society but also an important institution of international significance. It focuses primarily on fundamental research in the sciences and the humanities, mainly through large, long-term research projects. Since 2010, the Academy has been promoting excellent young talents from all disciplines with its young academy (‘Junges Kolleg’).

[Further information](http://www.badw.de)

- Mechthild Habermann: \
  2020\
  (Foto: FAU/David Hartfiel)
- Heiner Bielefeldt: \
  2020\
  (Foto: FAU/Harald Sippel)
- Peter Wasserscheid: \
  2019\
  (FAU/Kurt Fuchs)
- Heike Paul: \
  2019\
  (FAU/KL)
- Friedrich Knop: \
  2018
- Regina Therese Riphahn: \
  2018
- Michaela Gläser-Zikuda: \
  2018\
  (Foto: Isabelle Grassme)
- Mathias Rohe: \
  2018\
  (Bild: Karoline Glasow)
- André Kaup: \
  2018\
  (Peter Kraus)
- Nicole Koschate-Fischer: \
  2017\
  (Gerhard Schnabel)
- Nadine Gatzert: \
  2017\
  (Guilia Iannicelli)
- Andrea Abele-Brehm: \
  2017\
  (Georg Pöhlein)
- Andreas Hirsch: \
  2017\
  (Boris Mijat)
- Nicole Janine Saam: \
  2015
- Johannes Huber: \
  2009\
  (Foto Brincke)
- Norbert Oettinger: \
  2006\
  (Martin Öttinger)
- Robert Singer: \
  2005
- Hartmut Bobzin: \
  2003
- Franz Durst: \
  2002
- Joachim Kalden: \
  1999\
  (Ron Germain)
- Johanna Narten: \
  1995
- Wulf Dieter Geyer: \
  1994
- Karl Bertau: \
  1989
- Manfred Neumann: \
  1988

## Young Academy (‘Junges Kolleg’)

The Young Academy is the funding programme of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities aimed at excellent young researchers in Bavaria.

[Further information](https://www.badw.de/junges-kolleg.html)

- Carolin Müller: \
  2025\
  (Foto: FAU/Georg Pöhlein)
- Julia Böttcher: \
  2019\
  (FAU/Kurt Fuchs)