Overview

• Bavaria’s cabinet gave the green light on July 22 for an initial €500 million funding tranche to launch the Biowissenschafts-Campus in München-Martinsried.
• Detailed design work has begun now that the cabinet has secured a total budget of €700–800 million for the full campus development.
• The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft will merge its Biochemistry and Biological Intelligence institutes into a unified interdisciplinary research hub.
• A dedicated computing center and new startup facilities will support the fusion of artificial intelligence with medical and pharmaceutical research.
• Construction is scheduled to start in 2028 with a ten- to twelve-year timeline aimed at hosting up to 2,000 scientists from about 50 countries and advancing individualized cancer therapies.