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These traditional Academy Projects, of which 23 exist today, make the Academy the largest non-university research institution with a profile in the humanities in the region.</p> <p> </p> <p>In interdisciplinary work and research groups, study and initiative groups – unique forms of collaboration for a German academy –, topics of particular scientific and social interest are explored by Academy members, external experts and young scientists, and presented to the general public in, for instance, research reports and memoranda.</p> </div> </div> <div id="c15871" class="ce ce-textpic col-12 auto-init" data-module="modules/text"> <div class="ce-bodytext legacy-content auto-init" data-module="modules/legacyContent"> <div id="infoboxWrapper1"><div class="infobox"><div class="infoboxTitle"><h3>Centres</h3></div><div class="infoboxContent"><p>To date, the Academy has established a number of research centres, including those for Basic Research on the Old World, Prussia-Berlin, and Language. Each of these centres pools the expertise found in different research projects. With their cross-project themes, they enhance the research profile of the Academy, stimulate innovations, and improve possibilities for intensifying cooperation between universities and non-university institutions in regional, national, and international contexts. Consequently, the Academy is aiming at increasing its impact on research and on the public at large.</p> <p> </p><ul class="noliststyle"> <li><a href="http://zentrummittelalter.bbaw.de/" target="_blank" class="more" rel="noreferrer">Research Centre for the Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="http://altewelt.bbaw.de/" target="_blank" class="more" rel="noreferrer">Research Centre for Primary Sources of the Ancient World</a></li> <li><a href="http://zentrumpreussen.bbaw.de" target="_blank" class="more" rel="noreferrer">Research Centre Prussia - Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="http://zentrumsprache.bbaw.de/" target="_blank" class="more" rel="noreferrer">Research Centre Language</a><br> (German only)</li> </ul></div></div><div class="infobox"><div class="infoboxTitle"><p> </p> <h3>Research Projects in the Humanities</h3></div><div class="infoboxContent"><p>23 long-term projects make the Academy the largest non-university research institution with a profile in the humanities in the region. These projects include large German and foreign-language dictionaries; historical-critical editions of ancient, medieval, and modern texts and sources; “classic” works from diverse scientific fields; as well as a number of documentations. <br> The Academy research projects are part of the <a href="http://www.akademienunion.de/en/research/the-academies-programme/" target="_blank" class=" external-link " rel="noreferrer">Academies' Programme <span class="icon-external-link"></span></a>, a research funding programme co-financed by the German federal government and individual federal states. Coordinated by the <a href="http://www.akademienunion.de/en/the-union/about-us/" target="_blank" class=" external-link " rel="noreferrer">Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities <span class="icon-external-link"></span></a>, the Programme intends to retrieve and explore our cultural heritage, to make it accessible and highlight its relevance to the present, as well as to preserve it for the future.</p> <p> </p></div></div><div class="infobox"><div class="infoboxTitle"><h3>Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Initiatives</h3></div><div class="infoboxContent"><p>In a rather innovative form for the academic world in Germany, Academy members work on interdisciplinary projects with external and talented young experts on issues relevant to the future of society. Their findings are presented to the public in research reports and memoranda. 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