Complex sentence: This later received sponsorship from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Research Foundation, in 2004 coming under the auspices of the German Academies of Sciences and Arts.
Split into simpler sentences: This later received sponsorship from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Research Foundation. In 2004, it came under auspices of the German Academies of Sciences and Arts.