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The origins of human settlement: Mainz University coordinates a new EU project for young researchers

"BEAN – Bridging the European and Anatolian Neolithic" is the name of a new multinational educational network which has received funding from the European Commission for the next four years.

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Cooperation Between European and Japanese Scientists – Call for Applications for the Participation in Partnering Events in the Topic Areas “Efficient Energy Storage and Distribution“ and “Resilience Against Disaster“

Within the Framework of the EU project CONCERT-Japan (www.concertjapan.eu), a Pilot Joint Call which aims to support European-Japanese research projects will be launched in autumn 2012 (CONCERT-Japan Joint Call on Research and Innovation).

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ISSC announces call for contributions to 2013 World Social Science Report

The ISSC is pleased to announce a call for contributions to the 2013 World Social Science Report. The report, to be launched in October 2013, will focus on "Changing Global Environments: Transformative Impact of Social Sciences".

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Transatlantic Connectome Project Unites People and Machines to Map the Mind

2012 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience Laureate Winfried Denk and connectomist Sebastian Seung discussed microscopy and their transatlantic Internet-based quest to map the connectome, a wiring diagram of neural activities in the brain, at the German Center…

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INM among the Top 20 of the Humboldt Ranking

INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials ranks among the top 20 of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Thus, INM and two other Leibniz institutes are the only non-university institutions among the first 20 places of the ranking which do not belong…

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DFG and Goethe-Zentrum Inaugurate New Office Premises in Hyderabad

German Research Foundation (DFG) pays tribute to the increasing project collaboration between India and Germany

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Rapid urbanisation poses health risks

The impacts of urbanisation will be studied across the developing world using a new systems analysis approach that will consider inputs and data from multiple disciplines. The International Council for Science (ICSU) plans to launch the ten-year…

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Third and Final Round of the Excellence Initiative: Winners have been selected

Funding decisions for the third and final round of the Excellence Initiative have been made.

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Success for Mainz University Medical Center: German Research Foundation approves new CRC/Transregio

On July 1, 2012, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will set up a new Transregional Collaborative Research Center (CRC/Transregio) to be coordinated by the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

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