(30.09.16) On 28 September 2016, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Wissenschaftsrat (WR, German Council of Science and Humanities) issued calls for proposals in the Clusters of Excellence and Universities of Excellence funding lines, marking the start of the Excellence Strategy. The DFG is responsible for implementing the Clusters of Excellence funding line and the German Council of Science and Humanities for the Universities of Excellence funding line.
Germany’s Excellence Strategy: DFG and WR Issue Calls for Proposals for Clusters of Excellence and Universities of Excellence
Proposal requirements, funding criteria and timetable online / Submission of draft proposals for Clusters of Excellence until 3 April 2017
Research Careers: Targeted Funding Creates Much Better Opportunities
Initial results from a current DFG study are presented at the16th annual GAIN conference in Washington D.C.
(14.09.16) Preliminary findings of a comprehensive DFG study show that researchers funded through early career support programmes have a higher chance of having a successful research career. The initial findings, presented yesterday by DFG Secretary General Dorothee Dzwonnek at the 16th annual conference of the German Academic International Network (GAIN), indicate – using the DFG’s Emmy Noether Programme and Heisenberg fellowship as examples – how effectively these funding instruments are at moving early career researchers further along the path towards a professorship.
Attracting young academics to Germany
Discussion about current science policy decisions in Germany / Joint press release by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the DFG
(31.08.16) The Junior Researcher Pact, the Fixed-term Employment in Higher Education and Research Act and the Excellence Strategy – these three academic policy measures aim to increase the attractiveness and viability of Germany in the coming years. But how do German junior researchers in the USA and Canada view these developments and how will they influence their future careers paths? The questions will be the focus of discussion at the 16th annual GAIN conference in Washington D.C. from 9 to 11 September 2016.
DFG Awards 2016 Bernd Rendel Prize
Young geoscientists recognised for predoctoral research
(31.08.16) This year’s winners of the DFG’s Bernd Rendel Prize are recognised for their multifaceted research in the geosciences. Max Frenzel, whose doctoral thesis at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg focuses on ore deposit research, and Andreas H. Schweiger, who is undertaking doctoral research in ecology/biogeography at the University of Bayreuth, were selected by the expert jury. They will each receive €1,500 to be used for research purposes. The prizes are funded by proceeds from the Bernd Rendel Foundation, which is managed by the Stifterverband. The prize will be presented on 28 September as part of the annual meeting of the German Geological Society (DGGV) in Innsbruck.
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Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize
This year’s Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize, which is endowed with €100,000, will go to Dr. Birgit Kegel and Dr. Beate Krämer together with four other members of the working group they head at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut in Langen. The researchers have developed a form of testing that can be used in place of experiments that have been necessary up to now but stressful to animals.
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Emmy Noether Meeting 2016
Researchers whose goal is a professorship are sceptical about the amended Fixed-term Employment in Higher Education and Research Act and the Early Career Researcher Pact. This became clear at the science policy evening of the 15th Emmy Noether Meeting. Some 150 funding recipients attended the meeting to take part in in-depth discussion on this and other topics.
North America
Research in Germany highlights German research in the field of manufacturing technology
Virginia Tech welcomed more than 600 researchers to Blacksburg, VA for this year’s International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. The German Research Foundation attended the conference as part of the “Research in Germany” (RiG) initiative and organized both an information booth in the exhibit hall and a “RiG Science Lunch” for the participants.
India
DBT-DFG co-funded Research Unit launches at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru
Launch programme of the German Research Foundation DBT - DFG co-funded Research Unit (FOR 2432) at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru (UASB) in association with the University of Kassel and University of Göttingen, Germany, was organised on 15th August 2016.
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