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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
20 Years of "Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies" (DIES) programme: working together on global university development
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) have been promoting the development of the higher education sector in the Global South in the Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) programme for…
Launch of new cross-border platform: Facilitating the transition to industrial carbon-neutrality in trilateral region
To foster international collaboration between stakeholders from industry, governments, regulators, infrastructure asset owners and operators the applied research institutes TNO (The Netherlands), DECHEMA (Germany) and VITO/EnergyVille (Belgium) join…
German-New Zealand hydrogen alliance
To limit climate change, joint global efforts are needed and international alliances must be forged. Coordinated by Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and University of Otago in Dunedin, a bilateral hydrogen alliance between New Zealand and Germany is now…
German-Dutch collaboration on healthcare research strengthened
Over the next few years, the Cross-Border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention (CBI), which is jointly run by the University of Oldenburg and the University of Groningen, will investigate differences between Germany and the Netherlands in…
DIE and Global Solutions Initiative take over Chair of the G7 Think Tank Group
The German Development Institute (DIE) and the Global Solutions Initiative (GSI) got an official mandate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the context of the German G7 Presidency 2022 to chair the G7 Think Tank Group.
Artificial intelligence in earth observation: New initiative launched by the European Space Agency and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have signed a contract to support a new development initiative focused on Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation (AI4EO). The three-year…
Memorandum of Understanding between Germany and the Czech Republic signed at trilateral conference
At the trilateral science conference "German-Polish-Czech Science Platform,” Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mařík, scientific director of the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics (CIIRC) at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) and…
Image analysis for everyone: Physics of Life researchers acquire funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Accelerating image data science: Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) at TU Dresden together with scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Francis Crick Institute in London set out to enable the biomedical…
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and São Paulo Research Foundation Celebrate 15th Anniversary of Cooperation
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is pleased to announce the third renewal of its cooperation agreement with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Both organisations maintain an active and long-standing…
