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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Launch of the Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in Africa
Strengthening African viewpoints in science and politics: The goal of the newly founded “Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in Africa“ (MICAS Africa) is to develop an intellectual program and research agenda that can make the…
Green Talents Award: Outstanding visionaries from 21 countries on tour in Germany
Leading young scientists from all over the world meet Germany´s sustainability researchers from 16 to 27 October 2017.
Helmholtz International Research Schools support young top-level researchers
The Helmholtz Association has created a new funding instrument to make international doctoral studies possible for talented young researchers: the Helmholtz International Research Schools. Three partnerships with research and higher education…
EIT Awards winners announced
The EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) rewards Europe’s top entrepreneurs and change-makers who bring solutions to key challenges in the fields of climate, energy, digitisation, food, health and raw materials.
German-Australian iCAIR project: Battling infection and resistance
Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM have teamed up with colleagues from the Hannover Medical School and Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics in the iCAIR (Fraunhofer International…
The digital Forbidden City and a museum robot: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Chinese company 4DAGE launch joint research projects
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and 4DAGE, the Chinese visualization technologies company, have expanded their cooperation with the launch of the first joint projects in the area of semi-autonomous robots and 3-D…
Germany and Russia’s bright young scientific minds collide at Skoltech
Graduate students and early-career scientists from Russia and Germany have spent the beginnig of September congregating in the halls of Skoltech to share their latest research and develop valuable connections with their international counterparts.
German Biomass Research Centre DBFZ launches Sino-German Cooperation Center for Bioenergy in Leipzig, Beijing and Hefei
On the 13th of September 2017 the German-Chinese Center for Biomass research in Leipzig was inaugurated. In August there had been two similar launches in China. The new centers will strengthen the existing research contacts and initiate new joint…
European Foundations Unite to Tackle Global Challenges
Three of Europe's biggest philanthropic foundations have joined together to award 5 million euros to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of our time: Wellcome Trust, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and Volkswagen Foundation have funded six…
