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
Previously: Molecular Foundations of Life, Health and Disease

FoF 2

Field of Focus in the Natural and Engineering Sciences
Previously: Patterns and Structures in Mathematics, Data, and the Material World

FoF 3

Field of Focus in the Humanities and Cultural Studies
Previously: Cultural Dynamics in Globalised Worlds

FoF 4

Field of Focus in the Social Sciences and Law
Previously: Self-Regulation and Regulation: Individuals and Societies

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