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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Helmholtz International Fellow Award presented to five outstanding scientists
With research subjects covering photovoltaics, Earth system science, motor neuron disease, the origins of the universe, and the health risks of climate change, five outstanding international scientists have now been honored with the Helmholtz…
Artificial Intelligence: German Research Foundation DFG Announces Strategic Funding Initiative
Total package of approximately EUR 90 million / Funding of up to eight Research Units and 30 independent junior research groups envisaged.
World Health Summit 2019 kicks off in Berlin
The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums in global health. This year, approximately 20 ministers from around the world, the Director-General of the WHO, top scientists, and leaders from the private sector and civil…
10 years Green Talents Competition: Awardees of 2019 on tour through Germany
Promising young researchers from around the world are visiting the Federal Republic of Germany in October to present and discuss their projects in the field of sustainable development with German elite researchers during a two-week expedition to…
University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence "Alexander von Humboldt" launches Fellowships
Coinciding with the sestercentennial: The University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence "Alexander von Humboldt" (“Bayreuth Humboldt Centre” for short) is launched. It invites outstanding international guest researchers to research visits…
EU-Project BovReg: Redefining the future of cattle breeding
Scientists from the German Leibniz association coordinate major international research project on cattle genome function. Led by FBN (Institute of Genome Biology), scientists from the EU, Canada and Australia are launching a large-scale research…
IBM and Fraunhofer team up to promote quantum computing in Europe
IBM and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe’s leading organization for applied research, have announced an agreement to set up a partnership that will advance research in the field of quantum computing. The aim of this cooperation is to develop…
German-Japanese University Consortium HeKKSaGOn is holding its seventh Presidents’ Conference: Expansion of transnational cooperation
The rectors and presidents of the six participating institutions will gather at Ruperto Carola on 12 and 13 September 2019. Accompanying the university heads will be numerous researchers, representatives of the respective administrations, and…
2019 Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards granted
Six talented young international researchers will receive up to 1.65m euros each in award money with which to establish their own working groups in Bochum, Duisburg-Essen, Cologne, Constance, Münster and Regensburg.
