Snippets of the Network

This year's fes­tive recep­tion at Schleißheim Palace once again fo­cuss­ed on volun­tary work. The Elite Net­work of Ba­varia was able to send 10 com­mit­ted mem­bers who en­joyed a won­derful sum­mer even­ing.

Once again this year, Lindau became a Mecca for young researchers, who had the unique opportunity to exchange ideas with the big names in their field - this time in physics. Max Weber scholarship holder Maximilian Lutz was one of the 16 participants invited to Lindau by the Elite Network and reports on his experiences.

In the morn­ing, the pro­gramme in­clud­ed a key­note speech on the MWP's an­nual theme of ‘Re­nun­cia­tion’, while in the after­noon, the Re­gens­burg schol­arship hold­ers invit­ed eve­ryone to take part in many dif­ferent ac­tivi­ties: from mind­ful­ness work­shops and hikes to a Wal­halla ascent and his­tor­ical city and mu­seum tours.

The Euro­sci­ence Open Fo­rum (ESOF) is a bien­nial in-ter­disci­pli­nary con­fer­ence ex­plor­ing the con­nec­tions be­tween sci­ence and socie­ty. This year’s con­fer­ence took place in Ka­towi­ce, Po­land. Glob­al Change Ecol­ogy Alumna Sabina Khan was one of the Grantees repre­sent­ing the Elite Net­work of Ba­varia.

In 2024, numerous network members met again for a sporting competition as part of the traditional Elite Cup, this time in Regensburg.

Come rain or shine, over 20 mem­bers of the Mari­an­ne-Plehn-Pro­gram gath­ered in Augsburg for a week­end filled with work­shops, net­work­ing, and cul­tural activi­ties.

With over 15,000 members, the Elite Network can look back on 20 years of successful support for talented academics in Bavaria.

Stu­dents and pro­fes­sors of the Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram “Mac­romo­lecu­lar Sci­ence” visit­ed the Neue Mate­rialien Bay­reuth GmbH (NMB). The re­search insti­tute is known for its inno­vative power in the field of mate­rials re­search and pro­cess de­velopment. The stu­dents were able to gain an im­pres­sion of the top­ics, the ap­proach and the prepa­ration of com­po­nents on an indus­trial scale on site.

The Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram “Ba­varian Grad­uate School of Com­puta­tional Engi­neer­ing” con­tinues its yearly open­ing week­end for 2024; we wel­come the in­com­ing batch of stu­dents. The schedule in­cludes team-building and shared ex­peri­ences from the sen­iors and alum­ni.

Stu­dents of the Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram “Sat­ellite Tech­nolo­gy” travel to Ar­menia as part of the ana­log Mars simu­lation AMADEE-24 of the Aus­trian Space Fo­rum (OeWF) to carry out exper­iments with their two ro­bots.