(After the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities statutory reform in 2016, the title changed to Project Chairpersons)
1956–1963
Franz Dölger
Biography in German
1963–1969
Friedrich Baethgen
1969–1970
Herbert Grundmann
1970–1974
Hans-Georg Beck
1974–2009
Horst Fuhrmann
seit 2009
Claudia Märtl