(09.04.14) Biopsychologist Onur Güntürkün is the winner of this year's Communicator Award, conferred by the DFG and the Donors' Association. Professor Güntürkün, from the University of Bochum, will receive the €50,000 award for his exemplary approaches to communicating his research on the biological foundations for animal and human behaviour to the general public and the media. The award will be presented on 1 July at the DFG's Annual Meeting in Frankfurt am Main.
Onur Güntürkün Wins 2014 Communicator Award
Exemplary Communication of Research on the Biological Foundations of Animal and Human Behaviour
16 New Priority Programmes
Topics Range from Communication between Cars to Multitasking and Evolutionary Adaptation
(31.03.14) Following a decision by its Senate, the DFG is establishing 16 new Priority Programmes. Over the next few years, researchers in these programmes will investigate fundamental scientific questions in particularly topical or emerging areas of research. The programmes will begin in 2015. A total of €89 million will be available for the first three-year funding period.
DFG to Establish Five New Research Units
Topics Range from Composite Structures to Personnel Decisions to Metastatic Cancer Progression
(03.04.14) By decision of the Senate, the DFG will establish five new Research Units. Their purpose is to offer researchers the opportunity to devote themselves to topical questions in their disciplines and to establish innovative research directions. Collaborating across locations and disciplines, they will receive a total of nearly eleven million euros in the first three years of funding. The DFG now supports 198 Research Units.
DFG Modifies Rules for Publication Lists
Grant Proposals and Final Reports May Cite up to Ten Publications in Project Lists and Academic CVs
(28.03.14) Much praise in principle, but also criticism for the specific design: The rules for publication lists implemented by the DFG in 2010 drew considerable response. After intense discussions in the research community and the DFG’s committees, the Senate has now further developed the rules pragmatically. Proposals and reports may now cite up to ten publications in project lists and academic CVs. “There are still clear limits,” said President Peter Strohschneider. “The principle of ‘quality over quantity’ remains unchanged.”
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13th Annual Meeting of GAIN in San Francisco
At the GAIN (German Academic International Network) Annual Meeting from August 30 through September 1 in San .Francisco about 300 German early-career scientists met with about 150 representatives from German institutions, amongst them the top large German science organizations as well as a number of presidents of German universities.
Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany
The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany is a union of the most important German research organisations. It issues statements relating to research policy and funding and the structural development of the German research system. The DFG will chair the Alliance in 2014.
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Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a wonderful melting pot of many different science-relevant communities and each year, journalists, the interested public, policy makers and, of course, scientists themselves come together to take stock of where science is and where it is heading.
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Prof. Dr. Dorothea Wagner visits India in March 2014
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Wagner, Vice-President DFG Bonn, visited Mumbai in from 18th to 21st March 2014 along with Dr. Alexander P. Hansen, Director the DFG India Office. The programme included visits to reputed institutes like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai for discussions and interactions with respective professors on ongoing collaborative research projects.
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