Donations and Support
Support research, innovation, and translation at Germany’s largest nonprofit research institution dedicated to infection research. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how vulnerable we are as a society and how important it is to work together for infection resilience. With your donation, you can actively help shape the future of infection research and expand our scope of action, even beyond the limits of public budgets.
Infection research saves lives—please help
There are many different ways to support HZI’s research at its five sites in Braunschweig, Hannover, Würzburg, Saarbrücken, and Greifswald:
- Fund scientific projects
- Support young scientists
- Contribute your knowledge and networks as an alumnus or alumna
- Promote the connection between culture and science at our various research campuses or through events such as “Sounds&Science”
In addition, there are always exciting new individual projects underway at our various sites that could use your support. Please feel free to contact us!
Why donate to infection research?
The HZI stands for scientific excellence and a clear societal mission: to sustainably strengthen our society’s resilience to infectious diseases. Those who support the HZI’s research are investing in the future of infection medicine—and in our society’s ability to better identify infection risks, address them more effectively, and limit their consequences.
Infectious diseases are among the most dynamic and pressing challenges of our time. The risk of these diseases is increasing worldwide—driven by urbanization, global mobility, climate and environmental changes, as well as health and social inequalities. As a result, new pathogens are spreading more rapidly, and antimicrobial resistance is further exacerbating the situation. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that infections do not affect everyone equally. Age, pre-existing conditions, immune status, and living environment all play a role in determining the severity of disease and which prevention and treatment approaches are successful.
Those who support the HZI are investing in a future in which infection risks are detected earlier, therapies are developed with greater precision, resistance is combated more effectively, and the health consequences of ecological changes are better understood. This is not just about research in the narrow sense. It is about the resilience of our society in the face of one of the greatest—and at the same time most dynamic—challenges of the 21st century.
