EXCELLENCE STRATEGY GLOSSARY AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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+3 program | The option of bridging funding over a maximum of three years for independent junior researchers on the path to a professorship |
3DMM2O | Cluster of Excellence “3D Matter Made to Order” |
4EU+ | 4EU+ European University Alliance (Charles University in Prague, Heidelberg University, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, Sorbonne University in Paris, University of Copenhagen, University of Geneva, University of Milan, University of Warsaw) |
AAC | Academic Advisory Council |
AIMS | African Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
CaRLa | Catalysis Research Laboratory |
CAS | Certificates of Advanced Studies |
CCTP | CellNetworks Core Technology Platform |
CF | Core Facility |
CNSR | Core Facility for Neuroscience of Self-Regulation |
CRC | Collaborative Research Center |
CWTS | Centre for Science and Technology Studies |
DAAD | German Academic Exchange Service |
DFG | German Research Foundation |
DKFZ | German Cancer Research Center |
ECR | Early-career researcher |
ELLIS | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems |
EMBL | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
EMS | Engineering Molecular Systems |
ERC | European Research Council |
EXC | Cluster of Excellence |
ExStra | Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments |
ExU | University of Excellence |
FAIR principles | A set of guidelines for making research data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable |
FI | Flagship Initiative (designed to develop research areas of high scientific potential and societal relevance into mature fields that drive structural renewal) |
FI EMS | Flagship Initiative “Engineering Molecular Systems” |
FI TCH | Flagship Initiative “Transforming Cultural Heritage” |
FoF | Field of Focus |
FoF 1 | Field of Focus in the Life Sciences and Medicine |
FoF 2 | Field of Focus in the Natural and Engineering Sciences |
FoF 3 | Field of Focus in the Humanities and Cultural Studies |
FoF 4 | Field of Focus in the Social Sciences and Law |
FoSKom | Commission for Research and Strategy |
German U15 | Association of fifteen leading universities with a strong research tradition in Germany |
GitLAB | A web-based, DevOps lifecycle platform |
GmbH | Limited Liability Company |
GreenRobust | Cluster of Excellence “GreenRobust – Understanding Robustness in Plants from Molecules to Ecosystems” |
GSI | Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research |
GUIDE | Procedure for dealing with conflicts and misconduct |
HBIGS | Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School |
HCA | Heidelberg Center for American Studies |
HCDH | Heidelberg Center for Digital Humanities |
HCE | Heidelberg Center for the Environment |
HCIAS | Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies |
HCLA | Heidelberg Center Latin America, Santiago de Chile |
hei_INNOVATION | Heidelberg University’s transfer agency |
heiAIMS | Graduate exchange with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
heiCLOUD | A fully integrated cloud service for data sharing and joint work on documents |
heiDOCS | Quality program for doctoral candidates and junior researchers at Heidelberg University |
heiEDITIONS | Infrastructure for digital editions of Heidelberg University Library |
heiEXPERT | Upcoming platform that offers networking opportunities inside and outside the university |
HEiKA | Heidelberg Karlsruhe Strategic Partnership |
heiONLINE | Heidelberg University’s central platform for digital offerings such as lectures and panel discussions |
heiQUALITY | Comprehensive quality management system of Heidelberg University |
heiSERVICES | Include the central administration, the University Library, the University Computing Centre, and further decentralized research-supporting structures |
heiSKILLS | Competence and Language Centre at Heidelberg University |
heiTRACKS | Integrated platform for postdoctoral career development programs |
HeKKSaGOn | German-Japanese University Consortium (Heidelberg, Kyoto, Karlsruhe, Sendai, Göttingen, Osaka) |
HfJS | Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies |
HGGS | Heidelberg Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences |
HGSFP | Heidelberg Graduate School for Physics |
HGSMathComp | Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods in the Sciences |
HIGH | Heidelberg Institute of Global Health |
HITS | Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies |
IDS | Leibniz Institute for the German Language |
iGEM | International Genetically Engineered Machine |
IMSEAM | Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials |
INC | Interdisciplinary Incubator |
IoC | Industry-on-Campus |
IWR | Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing |
JCfE | Camilla and Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics (a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration on pressing ethical questions) |
LERU | League of European Research Universities (a well-established network of 24 European research-intensive universities) |
LHG | State Higher Education Act |
MK | Marsilius Kolleg |
MPIA | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy |
MPIK | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics |
MPIL | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law |
MPImF | Max Planck Institute for Medical Research |
NFDI | National Research Data Infrastructure |
NFDI4Culture | Consortium for Research Data on Material and Immaterial Cultural Heritage |
OMERO | Open Microscopy Environment |
OMP | Olympia Morata Program |
POEM | Precision Organoid Engineering for Multi-Organ Interaction Studies |
RC | Research Council |
RDU | Research Data Unit |
SDS@HD | Scientific Data Storage |
SSC | Scientific Software Center at the IWR |
STRUCTURES | Cluster of Excellence “STRUCTURES: A unifying approach to emergent phenomena in the physical world, mathematics, and complex data” |
SVH | ScienceValue Heidelberg GmbH |
SynthImmune | Cluster of Excellence “SynthImmune – Engineering Immune Function with Synthetic Biology” |
TCH | Transforming Cultural Heritage |
THE | Times Higher Education |
TRN | Thematic Research Network (funding to build interdisciplinary communities and develop them into competitive consortia) |
UB | University Library |
UHD | Heidelberg University |
UNIFY | Central Unit for Family, Diversity, and Equality |
URZ | University Computing Centre |
W1 | Category of salary |
W3 | Category of salary |
WIPANO | Knowledge and Technology Transfer through Patents and Standards |
WR | German Science and Humanities Council |
YMF | Young Marsilius Fellowships |
ZEW | Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research |
ZI | Central Institute of Mental Health |