€285.83 in total. Since 2011, Free University of Berlin participates in the national "Germany Scholarship" program organized by the federal government, universities and numerous private companies. Highly talented and committed students can get €300 monthly. Research In terms of external endowments by the DFG, Free University of Berlin ranks third behind the RWTH Aachen University and LMU Munich. Between 2009 and 2013, 289 foreign guest researchers came to the university through fellowships granted by the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, making the FU the most popular destination for foreign researchers in Germany. In the field of natural sciences, research focuses on basic research with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity, whereas research in the humanities focuses on the current economical, political and cultural development of society (transformation processes, effects of globalization and environmental politics). In the field of Earth sciences, the FU has contributed to various aeronautical missions, e.g. the Mars Express and the Cassini-Huygens to Saturn. Excluding the Charité medical school, which is co-administered by the university with the Humboldt University, Free University of Berlin is currently the lead university for eight collaborative research centers of the German Research Foundation and also has five DFG research units. It is part of the Berlin University Alliance. Interdisciplinary centers "Ancient World" "Art and Aesthetics" "Ecosystem Dynamics in Central Asia" "Efficient Mathematical modeling" "European Languages: Structures – Development – Comparison" (ZEUS) "Historical Anthropology" "Middle Ages – Renaissance – Early Modern Times" "Research on Teaching and Learning" "Social and Cultural History of the Middle East" "Berlin Center for European Studies (BEST)" "Berlin Center for Caspian Region Studies" "The Center for Modern Greece (Centrum Modernes Griechenland/CeMoG)" Graduate schools Berlin Mathematical School Graduate School of North American Studies Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies Muslim Cultures and Societies Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies Berlin School of Integrative Oncology Graduate School of East Asian Studies Clusters of Excellence Languages of Emotion Topoi – The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations NeuroCure – Towards a Better Outcome of Neurological Disorders Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (together with the TU Berlin, HU Berlin and the University of Potsdam) As part of the MATHEON – Mathematics for Key Technologies research center of the DFG, Free University of Berlin together with the TU Berlin, HU Berlin and the Zuse Institute Berlin is working on mathematical modeling, simulation and optimization of real-world processes. Twice every year, the "Dahlem