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University of Mannheim Receives EUR 2 Million to Expand Collaborative Research

In a fundraising campaign launched in late 2025, the University of Mannheim has to date raised around EUR 2 million to strengthen collaborative research. Using these funds, the university is specifically expanding structures intended to bring researchers from different fields together and promote collaborative projects.

Major donors having participated in the campaign, which will continue to run in 2026, include Dr. Hans-Peter Wild, Freudenberg SE, PERI SE, FUCHS SE, SAP SE, SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, Dr. Lorenz Näger, and cbs Corporate Business Solutions GmbH. 

“We are incredibly grateful for the generous donations and the great amount of trust our donors put in the University of Mannheim,” says Professor Thomas Fetzer, President of the University of Mannheim. “Nowadays, top-level international research is usually conducted by large teams and research networks. If we want to further strengthen our research and continue to stand out from international competition, we have to specifically invest in structures that promote interdisciplinary collaboration,” Fetzer adds. “Our donors’ support gives us room to do just that.”

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