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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
DFG Presents "Funding Atlas 2024": Compendium on Public Funding of Research in Germany
Together with the German Rectors' Conference and Stifterverband, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) presented its "Funding Atlas 2024" on 25 November 2024. The most comprehensive set of figures on public research…
Freedom to Cooperate: New campaign highlighting the freedom for scientific cooperation in Germany
The Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) has launched the campaign ‘Freedom to Cooperate’ at the beginning of November on the ‘Research in Germany’ online portal and social media channels. In line with the BMBF Science Year 2024 on the…
German Residence Act: HRK provides new overview "Rights of residence for researchers from non-EU countries in Germany"
Because of the changed "German Residence Act", the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) has produced an overview of the different residence permits available to academics from third-party countries. This overview is intended to make the process of…
Einstein Foundation Berlin awards international Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2024
The Einstein Foundation Berlin honors the Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, the platform PubPeer, and the initiative PixelQuality with the "Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research" 2024. The €500,000 Award honors researchers and…
Genetic data: Helmholtz Munich launches Imputation Server
Helmholtz Munich launches the Helmholtz Munich Imputation Server, providing an imputation service for researchers based in the European Union (EU) and beyond. Because genetic data are classified as a special category under the EU General Data…
International Academic Mobility: Germany ranks second worldwide for international academics and researchers
Germany is the second most important host country for international academics and researchers after the USA, according to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the publication "Wissenschaft weltoffen", published on 7. November 2024. Over…
Square Kilometre Array Observatory: Germany has become an official member of the SKAO
Germany has been admitted as the twelfth member of the international astronomy organisation the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). The German Federal Research Minister, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, had already announced the upcoming accession of…
Leopoldina and Chinese Academy of Sciences publish joint "Berlin Declaration: On the Path to Carbon Neutrality"
To comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change, China and Germany are aiming to significantly reduce their carbon emissions. The President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Gerald Haug, and the President of the Chinese…
DAAD funds agricultural and nutritional research with South Africa
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is supporting the establishment of a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science in South Africa. The University of Hohenheim as well…
