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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Worldwide survey on Germany as a research location
What are the key factors for the attractiveness of a research location? And how do you evaluate Germany as a research location? Please take part in the brief survey launched by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and support…
Open Science: Research data of natural language processing for everyone
Magdeburg brain researchers publish the most comprehensive raw data set of natural language processing in the brain. It is freely accessible for interested researchers and the public—hereby allowing broad interdisciplinary collaborations.
HAW Hamburg receives over one million euros for climate and water research in Africa
The Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” (FTZ-ALS) at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) is receiving research funding from the EU in the EuropeAid programme amounting to over one million euros. The funding…
Researchers establish German-Thai center of excellence in digital engineering in Bangkok
The Fraunhofer IFF and Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and the NSTDA, the largest research organization in Thailand, are starting to set up a joint center of excellence in Bangkok. It will transfer state-of-the-art digital…
European Molecular Biology Organization enlarges its membership for 50th anniversary
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced on 07 May 2014 that 106 outstanding researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to its membership. One hundred of the scientists reside in Europe and neighbouring countries; six…
German-Russian Session at the International BioForum 2014 - Successful Networking of Young Scientists in Pushchino, Russia
For the second time East-West Science Center (OWWZ) at Kassel University, coordinator of the German-Russian Cooperation Network Biotechnology, organized a special Russian-German session (on April 23rd) at the 18th International BioForum. The event…
Event Review: The E.U. Patent System and Its Impact on U.S. Businesses
On April 22, 2014, experts from Sanofi and Boehmert & Boehmert convened at the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York to discuss the E.U.’s unitary patent package legislation, the most radical change in European patent practice over…
A new direction in the world of research: NanoBioMater project house opens
Biocompatible, functional materials for medical engineering, diagnostics and environmental analysis are the focus for the new NanoBioMater project house which celebrated its opening at Stuttgart University on April 25, 2014.
GREEN TALENTS 2014: Promote Your Research in Germany
Since 2009, the Green Talents Competition of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is annually searching for up-and-coming scientists in the field of sustainable development. Selected as one of the 25 awardees you are invited to visit…
