Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Association for the Advancement of Research at the German Clinic for Diagnostics Foundation (GFF) (German version) European Science Foundation (ESF) Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Fulbright Kommission German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) German Research Foundation (DFG) Japan Foundation KoWi ("European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations") The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem