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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
EUROoC network: Joint European organ-on-a-chip research
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB is coordinating the establishment of a European research network to promote organ-on-a-chip technology. Organ-on-a-chip systems enable the recapitulation of human organ…
San Francisco Bay Area: Opening of the Northern Germany Innovation Office
The liaison office provides access to Silicon Valley for medium-sized companies from northern Germany.
3D printing: Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS cooperates with Dutch Brightlands Materials Center
Advanced 3D printing with thermoplastic composites: To achieve that goal, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS in Halle (Saale) and Brightlands Materials Center – an initiative of the Province of Limburg and TNO –…
German Academic Exchange Service and Johns Hopkins SAIS Announce Five Postdoctoral Fellows
Joint press release by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and German Academic Exchange Service: Inaugural Helmut Schmidt Professor and Five Postdoctoral Fellows, Program on “The United States, Europe, and World Order”.
EU-project DanubeChance2.0: Unlocking the potential of second-chance entrepreneurship in the Danube region
The EU funded project DanubeChance2.0 supports failed entrepreneurs in the Danube region to start a new business after bankruptcy. One aim is to improve the policy framework and conditions for second-chance entrepreneurship in the Danube countries.
EU project ROBOTT-NET: all eight pilot projects started
To create a sustainable European infrastructure for the development of innovative robotics solutions, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises: that is the goal of ROBOTT-NET. The project has already provided support to more than 70…
EU-Project UNIQORN develops next-generation quantum communications technology
Quantum communication protects data transmission in an encrypted way that no longer leaves eavesdropping attempts undetected. As part of the European Quantum Flagship initiative, Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut,…
EU-Project UNRAVEL: Developing New Biorefinery Technologies
Over the next four years the European UNRAVEL project will demonstrate a sustainable and economically feasible biorefinery for the conversion of second generation biomass into fuels, chemicals and building materials. In their efforts the partnership…
Funding for German-Nepalese project to document endangered buildings
The British foundation ARCADIA awarded Prof. Dr Christiane Brosius (Heidelberg University) a grant of 775,000 euros for the documentation of endangered historical sites in Nepal. Over a test period of two years, 400 temples, monasteries, and other…
