PROJECTS, GRANTS, AWARDS (Selected)

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• Bioinformatics: Using information technology to support research in molecular biology and medicine
• Man-machine interaction: Intuitively usable software and genuinely user-friendly interfaces
• Astronomy: DIVA small satellite project
• Tax law: Innovative approaches to solving tax and pension problems
• Economy, society, and information: Series of lectures and discussions (The Hettner Lecture)
• Teaching: Klaus Tschira Professorships (e.g. for patent law); support for the International University in Germany (Bruchsal)
• Communication: Improving communication and media skills for scientists
• Gerda Tschira Grant for single parents studying information science and economics
• Grant for participation in the bioinformatics further-education program at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim
• Klaus Tschira Prize for youth software
• Klaus Tschira Prize for understandable science
• Support for science and informatics competitions and summer schools for students (high school and university)