Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) German Research Foundation via Sonderforschungsbereich 668: "Magnetismus vom Einzelatom zur Nanostruktur" and Graduiertenkolleg 1286: "Functional Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid Systems"
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg via Cluster of Excellence "NANOSPINTRONICS"
Europäische Union (EU) European Union via ERC Grant "Atomic-scale Design of Majorana states and their Innovative Real-space Exploration (ADMIRE)"
and ERC Grant "Atomic-scale STudies Of the Nature of and conditions for Inducing Superconductivity at High-temperatures (ASTONISH)"
and ERC Grant "FUndamental studies and innovative appROaches of REsearch on magnetism (FURORE)"