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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
UK and German Researchers Join Forces to Support Research Innovation in the Arts and Humanities
UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) announced funding for 19 UK-German collaborative research projects under the first round of a new bilateral annual funding…
“Open countries have strong science”: Forum on the Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin
The International Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation met with science experts from Germany and abroad on two days in December to discuss the effects and potential of global networks.
Hand in Hand - European Networking Event of the Sino-German Innovation Platform
At the beginning of December an exchange between the expert group of the Sino-German Platform Innovation and European China experts took place in Berlin.
AI in Production – Project AIRPoRT promotes German-Japanese Innovations
Japan and Germany are struggling with similar problems: In the wake of demographic change, there is a shortage of skilled workers – and wage levels are very high. For this reason, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) and the…
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative: Another 36 threatened scientists find refuge in Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has selected the research institutions that will be participating in the sixth round of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative: With the help of this initiative, 30 institutions from throughout Germany will be able to…
Interdisciplinary EU consortium develops innovative model systems for the evaluation of immunomodulating therapeutics
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB participates in the EU project imSAVAR to develop innovative model systems for the evaluation of immunomodulatory therapeutics. The project hopes to lay the foundations for…
Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa secures funding for 2020-2026
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) has been successful in securing funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research beginning from September 2020 until August 2026. This is after recommendation from a panel…
Microplastics in rivers and lakes: Europe-wide research project starts at the University of Bayreuth
The EU research and training project on the distribution of microplastics in European rivers and lakes "LimnoPlast” has started. This “Innovative Training Network (ITN)”, which is funded for four years to the tune of almost €4.1 million by the EU out…
German scientists participate in the construction of a new research center in Cyprus
In Cyprus, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) has been launched to become a leading digital innovation hub (DIH) for Earth observation and geodata over the next seven years. The new remote sensing centre for the Eastern Mediterranean,…
