Joachim Herz Stiftung

The Joachim Herz Stiftung (Joachim Herz Foundation) is a nonprofit organization in Hamburg, Germany. It promotes education, science and research, with a stated central concern of promoting knowledge and education in the natural sciences and in the field of economics. The foundation was established in 2008, with Petra Herz serving as Chairwoman of the Board since its establishment and later becoming Honorary Chairwoman in 2016. Its Executive Board Chair is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst. The foundation also operates Joachim Herz Haus in Atlanta, Georgia, a venue designed for conferences, workshops and events open to project partners and regional non-profit organizations.

As early as the beginning of the 1980s, Joachim Herz and his later wife Petra held initial talks about the establishment of a foundation and discussed possible statutory purposes and areas of responsibility. The foundation was established in 2008; Petra Herz was Chairwoman of the Board since its establishment and took over the management after the death of Joachim Herz, and has been Honorary Chairwoman of the Joachim Herz Foundation since 2016. The foundation is based in Hamburg, Germany, and its farm of the founder has become Joachim Herz Haus in Atlanta, Georgia, designed for conferences, workshops and events.

A foundation supporting risky, interdisciplinary and application-oriented research projects at the interfaces between engineering and the natural sciences.

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