The Berlin University Alliance has won funding as a group in the Universities of Excellence funding line of the German government’s Excellence Strategy. The four Berlin partners – Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin – submitted a joint proposal entitled Crossing Boundaries toward an Integrated Research Environment. 

In the first funding line of the new round of the research competition, the Berlin partners acquired 5 Clusters of Excellence#mce_temp_url# for funding on May 22, 2025. The interdisciplinary research projects will initially be funded with around 6.5 million euros per year for seven years from 2026. An extension of the funding for a further seven years is possible on the basis of a continuation application.