Sponsorships & Donations
Sponsorships
ELLIS sponsorships are designed to create mutually beneficial relationships with strategic partners. With flexible terms and a range of contribution models — including monetary support, in-kind services, or expense coverage — sponsorships can be tailored to align with your organisation's goals.
Sponsors gain meaningful access to ELLIS's network, talent, and research ecosystem across three sponsorship types: Society, Unit, and PhD & Postdocs.
Benefits of Sponsorships
Branding opportunities across ELLIS events, the website, and promotional materials
Direct engagement with ELLIS's highly skilled researcher and graduate talent pools
Participation in joint calls and projects, with opportunities for strategic input
Early access to breakthrough research results and invitations to exclusive showcases
Access to ELLIS's broad community of scientists, researchers, and professionals
Featured content in newsletters, sponsor spotlights, and joint press releases
Additional benefits for Unit Sponsors:
Local talent access: Direct engagement with researchers and professionals within the Unit's region
Infrastructure access: Privileged use of Unit-specific resources such as labs, data centres, or hardware
Customised training: Bespoke programmes and workshops developed with Unit researchers for sponsor employees
Ecosystem development: Active involvement in regional innovation and community-driven initiatives
If you're interested in exploring a sponsorship with ELLIS, please get in touch with us to start the conversation.
Current Sponsors
G-Research
G-Research is a quantitative research firm where mathematicians, physicists, and statisticians work alongside engineers and technologists to understand financial markets and discover executable strategies. The firm works across one of the industry's most sophisticated and powerful high-performance computing environments, and is one of Europe's top employers of machine learning and AI talent.
Since 2026, G-Research has supported the ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program through scholarship funding for 36 student researchers, including fully funded PhD scholarships and support for international research exchanges between leading AI institutions across Europe.
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
MPI-IS spans two campuses in Stuttgart and Tübingen, Germany, working together toward a common goal: advancing the frontiers of artificial intelligence and robotics. By combining their expertise, they explore the fundamental principles of intelligent systems from multiple perspectives. They are part of the Max Planck Society, a scientific organization that conducts research in Germany and internationally.
Since the beginning of ELLIS, MPI-IS has played a significant role in supporting the efforts of the organisating by employing staff members, hosting workshops and events, and sponsoring efforts to increase the visibility of the ELLIS network within Europe and globally.
Baden-Württemberg Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung & Kunst
The MWK (Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst) is Baden-Württemberg's state ministry responsible for overseeing universities and higher education, research funding, and arts and culture across the region.
Since 2020, the MWK has supported ELLIS Program Workshops, the yearly ELLIS UnConference, as well as the communication and marketing initiatives of ELLIS to grow the grassroots network.
Kühborth-Stiftung GmbH
Kühborth-Stiftung GmbH is a foundation established by Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kühborth and his wife Helga Kühborth to promote research and teaching in the fields of natural, technical and economic sciences. It was for this purpose that the founders transferred their shares of Klein Pumpen GmbH (today: Johannes und Jacob Klein GmbH) to the Kühborth Stiftung in 1994. Johannes und Jacob Klein GmbH holds more than 80 percent of the ordinary shares of KSB SE & Co. KGaA, one of the world's leading manufacturers of pumps and valves.
By sponsoring the ELLIS PhD Award, the Kühborth Stiftung aims to support advances in artificial intelligence, one of the key technologies of the foreseeable future, to promote academic excellence, andto propagate the European idea.
Donations
Donations to the ELLIS Society are a straightforward and impactful way to support the advancement of AI research in Europe. Contributions can be made in monetary form, in-kind, or as funding for specific expenses, and may be one-off, occasional, or regular. Donors can choose to give without restriction — allowing funds to be directed toward ELLIS's broader goals — or conditionally, designating their contribution to a specific project or programme. In recognition of their generosity, donors may be listed by name and/or logo on the ELLIS website or in a donor list.
If you're interested in making a donation to ELLIS, please contact us today.
