In order to ensure high quality throughout the entire process, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony use well established procedures, for example in the form of (inter)national review panels for project selection.
The Strategy Advisory Board accompanies the implementation of the program and advises the Ministry and the Foundation on further development.
Members of the Strategy Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz Experimental physicist and President of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Kharim Khakzar Electrical engineer and President of Hochschule Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Photo: Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff Professor of Energy Informatics and Chairman of the Board of OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology, University of Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen Art historian, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Prof. Dr. Claudia Stockinger Institute for German Literature, Humboldt University zu Berlin (Photo: Swen Pförtner)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue Neuroscientist and Director of the German Primate Center, Göttingen (Photo: Karin Tilch/DPZ)