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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Technical University of Munich and Skoltech sign cooperation and student exchange agreement
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have signed an international cooperation agreement and are going to engage in student mobility beginning in the academic year 2019/20.
Agricultural research institutions from Brazil and Germany will cooperate on research issues in bioeconomics
At the GreenRio trade fair, the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants called Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) and its counterpart in Brazil, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) signed a "Declaration of Intent" to forge a…
TU Darmstadt takes part in 36. International Conference on Machine Learning 2019
Machine learning experts from around the world will gather at the 36th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) to present the latest advances in machine learning understanding. The International Conference on Machine Learning is one of…
Project TRIPLE: European discovery solution receives EU funding
The European Commission will finance the project TRIPLE (Targeting Researchers through Innovative Practices and multiLingual Exploration) under the Horizon 2020 framework with approx. 5,6 million Euros for a duration of 42 months. The project has a…
EU project "STRONG-2020" at the forefront of strong interaction studies
EU project "STRONG-2020" brings together 44 institutes from all over Europe conducting research on the strong interaction. It will be financed with EUR 10 Million by the European Union within its Horizon 2020 funding program.
Pilot Africa Postgraduate Academy: Strengthening fundamental research in Africa
Researchers from Goethe University and the University of Basel are creating a postgraduate academy in Bamako (Mali). The project, entitled “Pilot Africa Postgraduate Academy”, has received € 973,000 from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. The aim is to…
First “BMBF Forum International”: Shaping a liveable future world of work through global research collaboration
Around the world, jobs are already undergoing profound changes due to digitalization. The German Federal Research Ministry held its first “BMBF Forum International” in Berlin on 21-22 May 2019 on the subject of “The Future of Work”. Representatives…
Russian-German Arctic research: Russian expedition TRANSARCTIC 2019 successfully completed
With the return of the Russian research icebreaker “Akademik Treshnikov” to the port of Murmansk, Russia, another successful chapter in Russian-German collaborative Arctic research drew to a close. On 20 March 2019 the ship embarked on the Russian…
Franco-German research initiative on low-pesticide agriculture in Europe
Is pesticide-free agriculture possible? German and French researchers are now working together to answer this question: The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) has launched a unique Europe-wide research initiative together with…
