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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
German Research Foundation DFG approves international research project on the transnationalization of long-term care
German Research Foundation provides funding for a comparison of long-term care in Germany and the Netherlands.
Inventor of the first LEDs Amano opens the programme of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The scientific programme of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting kicked off on Monday, 27th June, with a lecture by Japanese physicist Hiroshi Amano.
University World News: More support recommended for Excellence Initiative
Germany’s federal and state governments have opted to continue the Excellence Initiative funding programme for top-level research, ending a lengthy political debate on the issue.
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg: Open Research Challenge 2016
Germany’s Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites researchers in medicine and engineering from around the world to enter the second FAU Open Research Challenge. The global online contest this year focuses on FAU’s major…
Fashion Fusion Challenge
The Fashion Fusion Challenge is an ideas competition sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. The goal is to encourage creative minds from fashion and technology to collaborate.
Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and GIZ ink an agreement to build efficient, environment-friendly, and climate-friendly industrial development
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, signed an Implementation Agreement for a new Indo-German Development Cooperation project…
German Science Day 2016 in Cairo
On Saturday the 28th of May, the Campus of the German Science Centre (DWZ) in Cairo opened its doors to outstanding PhD and Post-Doctoral candidates to meet representatives of German universities. The German Science Day, this year in its fifth…
Urban Energy Systems – Challenges and Solutions for Zero-Carbon Cities
On Thursday, June 2, leading experts will convene at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) in New York for a discussion on the most pressing issues in the urban energy sector.
Reflection Forum "The Western Balkans in the European Union: new perspectives on integration?"
"Cooperation instead of confrontation has been the advice given to the Western Balkan countries by the European Union for the past decades. Thanks to EU's support, the region has been able to move ahead. Yet today, EU integration has lost its…
