Excellence Initiative
LMU Munich is building upon its success in the Excellence Initiative to further strengthen its position as one of the leading research-intensive universities in Europe on an international level. In this Germany-wide competition promoting top-level university research LMU Munich was already awarded all three lines of funding in the first round of proposals in 2006, thereby receiving the highest level of appropriations. By the end of 2012, LMU Munich will have received a total of €216 million to establish a Graduate school and three Clusters of Excellence and to support its Institutional Strategy LMUexcellent. LMU Munich is also participating in two additional Munich-based Clusters of Excellence.
By means of a consistent and systematic implementation of strategy processes across the University, LMU has succeeded in substantially enhancing its research profile and ensuring the sustainability of all three funding lines of the Excellence Initiative.
LMU Munich has recently submitted several proposals for the second program phase of the Excellence Initiative. These include renewal proposals for all existing Clusters of Excellence, the Graduate School and the Institutional strategy, as well as initial proposals for the establishment of three further Graduate Schools and a fourth Cluster of Excellence. A decision on these applications will be taken in June 2012.
