Advisory Board
In addition to the International Commission, the Advisory Board also works to ensure the quality of the Elite Network of Bavaria’s funding lines and is responsible for the future development of their underlying structure. By making recommendations to the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, the Board ensures the high quality of the Max Weber Program and the Marianne-Plehn-Program in the Elite Network of Bavaria.
The role of the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board provides the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts with advice on the configuration of the scholarship program operated by the Max Weber Program as well as the Marianne-Plehn-Program offered under the umbrella of the Elite Network of Bavaria.
The Max Weber Program supports gifted students with a Semester Allowance as well as a diverse, interdisciplinary events and support program. The Marianne-Plehn-Program aims at outstanding doctoral students in Bavaria. The State of Bavaria has transferred the implementation of both programs to the German National Academic Foundation.
Chair
| Prof. Phillip Hellwege (Chair since 2019) | Chair of Civil Law, Business Law and Legal History, University of Augsburg |
Board members
| OStDin Elisabeth Götz (Member since 2016) | Headmaster at Marktgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium, Bayreuth |
| Prof. Peter Gritzmann (Member since 2020) | Chair of Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics, Technical University of Munich |
| Ltd. OStD Dr Christoph Henzler (Member since 2020) | Ministerialbeauftragter für die Gymnasien in Schwaben |
| Prof. Kirsten Jung (Member since 2016) | Chair of Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| Prof. Stefanie Kürten (Member since 2020) | Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| Prof. Bernd Mühlfriedel (Member since 2020) | Faculty of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Landshut |
| Prof. Barbara Sponholz (Member since 2016) | Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg |
Former members
Chairs
| Prof. Helmut Altner (Chair up to 2012) | Former President of the German Academic Sponsorship Program Former Rector of the Universität Regensburg |
| Prof. Wolfgang Frühwald (Chair up to 2009) | Former President of the German Research Foundation Former President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| Prof. Oliver Reiser (Chair until 2019) | Institut of Organic Chemistry, Universität Regensburg |
| Prof. Helmut Ruppert (Chair up to 2016) | Former President of the University of Bayreuth |
Board members
| Prof. Ingrid Bennewitz (Member until 2019) | Chair of Medieval German Philology, University of Bamberg |
| Dr Christiane Gaehtgens (Member until 2009) | Former Secretary General of the German Rectors |
| Prof. Alexander L. Gerbes (Member until 2016) | Deputy Director of the Medical Clinic II at the Klinikum der Universität München |
| Prof. Bernd Grottel (Member until 2019) | KPMG Bayerische Treuhandgesellschaft Chair of the University Council, University of Passau |
| Prof. Karl-Dieter Grüske (Member until 2009) | Rector of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| Ltd. OStD Peter Kempf (Member until 2019) | Former Ministerialbeauftragter für die Gymnasien in Schwaben |
| Hubert Lepperdinger Member until 2012 | Former Ministerialbeauftragter für die Gymnasien in Schwaben |
| Barbara Loos Member until 2009 | Former Chair of the Bundesvereinigung der Oberstudiendirektorinnen und Oberstudiendirektoren Deutschlands |
| Prof. Ursula Peters Member until 2012 | Institute of German Language and Literature, University of Cologne Former Vice President of the German Academic Sponsorship Program |
| Dr Michael Rosenthal Member until 2009 | Baerlocher GmbH |
| Prof. Godehard Ruppert Member until 2016 | President of the University of Bamberg |
| Melanie Tropp Member until 2010 | vbw – Bavarian Industry Association |
| Sylke Wischnevsky Member until 2016 | Headmaster at Otto-von-Taube Gymnasium |