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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:39

New Foundation leadership: Chitkala Kalidas and Kyra Constanze Pauly join Bayer Foundation

Bayer’s Board of Management has appointed Chitkala Kalidas as Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Bayer Foundation. This role is integrated into Chitkala’s current leadership of Bayer’s Environmental, Social and Governance organization. Kyra Constanze Pauly joins the team as Vice President and Managing Director of Bayer Foundation and will report to Chitkala Kalidas. We thank our esteemed former Executive Director, Monika Lessl, for her dedicated service and outstanding contributions to Bayer over the past 30 years and wish her the best in her future endeavors.

Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:03

News, Stories, Social Innovation

Using digital technology to serve female farmers in Peru

As the gatekeepers to family nutrition and the guardians of crop diversity, women play a defining yet underappreciated role in Peru’s food system. To solve this issue, Producers Direct, a global smallholder owned not-for profit organization is pioneering Farm Direct, an AgriTech solution serving female smallholders in Peru. 

Mon, 10/28/2024 - 13:31

News, Stories, Science

Winners Announcement: Otto Bayer Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards 2024

Professor Meritxell Huch, a director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany receives this year’s Otto Bayer Award for her pioneering research on human organoids. Four early career scientists are honored with the Early Excellence in Science Awards for their boundary breaking research in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Data Science and Medical Science.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:53

News, Science, Stories

Inspiring the next generation of scientists: Science@School projects 2024!

The foundations for innovation and the spirit of discovery are laid in the classroom. That's why the Bayer Foundation has established its Science@School program to support extracurricular STEM school projects. Find out more about this year’s selected initiatives and how teachers are promoting exciting and inclusive STEM education in local schools.

Voices of Early Career Scientists: Data and Insights

Mon, 08/12/2024 - 09:22

News, Stories, Science

Voices of Early Career Scientists: Insights and Perspectives Unveiled

Insufficient funding, academic pressure, and gender discrimination were highlighted as major challenges faced by early career scientists (ECS) in a recent comprehensive study conducted by Bayer Foundation in collaboration with Impact Intelligence. The research explored the experiences of ECS in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), health sciences, natural sciences, and life sciences, focusing on Germany and sub-Saharan African countries such as Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Mon, 07/15/2024 - 13:55

News, Stories, Social Innovation

Impact Analysis: Access to vision services and eyeglasses for remote Ugandan communities

We supported Healthy Entrepreneurs and RestoringVision to collaborate on the Reading Glasses Initiative (RGI) in Uganda. The partnership is made possible through the Million Lives Collective collaboration grant funded by Bayer Foundation. With equitable access to eye screenings and low-cost near vision glasses, 94% of our beneficiaries have reported a significant improvement in their quality of life, resulting in increased confidence, greater independence and better productivity at work.