In the context of a long-term research initiative, the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung (Prussian Maritime Trade Foundation) seeks to investigate anew the historical significance of the Seehandlungs-Societät (Prussian Maritime Trading Company) founded in 1772 in its economic, political, and cultural dimensions and to make it accessible to a broad public. As part of this initiative, the Foundation supports an independent research project on the history of Prussia with a five-month short-term fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg.

The Fellow sponsored by the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung in the academic year 2026/2027 is the historian Jutta Wimmler.
 

On the occasion of the Foundation’s 40th anniversary it funded the Anniversary Award for Scholarship as a one-time honor in 2023. The prize was awarded in the field of the humanities and accompanied by a short-term fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.

The committee selected historian Agnieszka Pufelska as the awardee. 
 

The fellows are selected by independent academic committees, on which the Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg serves as a member.