Cook Bruns Foundation

The Cook Bruns Foundation pursues exclusively and directly charitable purposes, in particular the promotion of science and research in architecture, urban planning, landscape planning and other areas of spatial planning in the search for solutions that serve to achieve UN sustainability goals. The foundation's purpose is to be realized primarily through the promotion of scientific internationalization.

Funding is provided to young researchers at the University of Kassel, including their research cooperation partners in Germany and abroad. Foundation funds are used if no or insufficient funding can be expected elsewhere for the measures to be supported.

Funding includes, among other things

  • Awarding prizes for very good research work, such as scientific theses, dissertations and post-doctoral theses, research publications;
  • Awarding scholarships, for example for the preparation and implementation of international research and development projects and scientific events;
  • Awarding of investment grants;
  • Awarding grants for international publications.

Proposals for prizes and funding applications should be sent informally to bruns[at]asl.uni-kassel[dot]de

Proposals for prizes should be accompanied by a professional assessment of the work submitted. For the awarding of scholarships and grants, applications should outline the financing of the respective project, including the need for and scope of additional funding.

Announcement of the Cook Bruns Prize 2024

Young researchers are invited to apply for the Cook Bruns Prize 2024. The prize is awarded for the strategy and planning of studies. All studies in the field of spatial planning and development that relate to actions to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are eligible.

Proposals and applications for funding are assessed by a committee appointed for this purpose. The board of directors decides on the allocation of funds.

Directors

Nancy Cook Bruns MD and Prof. Dr. Diedrich Bruns

Contact us

Cook Bruns Foundation at the University of Kassel
For the attention of Ms. Cordula Kremer - Documentalist

Documentation and Media Workshop for Architecture and Planning - Faculty 06
University of Kassel
Universitätsplatz 9
34127 Kassel

Phone: +49 561 8043109
Email: kremer@dokulab@uni-kassel.de