INITIAL MEETING IN BONNDFG Appoints Expert Commission on the Sciences and Humanities in the Digital Age

(26.10.18) The DFG has appointed a commission of leading experts to analyse and reflect on the various dimensions and possible impacts of the digital turn in the sciences and humanities. Consisting of eleven members representing research, industry and the digital world, the commission will contribute to the DFG’s fundamental positioning on the topic. The initial meeting of the commission was recently held in Bonn. Interner Linkmore

New Searchable Portal “GERiT”Information on More Than 25,000 Research Institutes in Germany

(29.10.18) The DFG web portal “GERiT – German Research Institutions” provides users all over the world with an efficient and flexible way to explore the German research landscape. GERiT replaces the previous web portal, Research Explorer. Interner Linkmore

• Go to GERiT: Externer Linkhttp://gerit.org/en

No new potential risksPosition Paper on Synthetic Biology

(08.10.18) The Permanent Senate Commission on Genetic Research of the DFG (German Research Foundation) has published a position paper on synthetic biology, in which it describes key scientific advancements in the field within the context of current public discourse. Interner Linkmore

Final Decisions in Germany’s Excellence StrategyExcellence Commission Approves
57 Clusters of Excellence

(27.09.18) Funding decisions have now been made in Germany’s Excellence Strategy: The Excellence Commission, consisting of the members of the international Committee of Experts and the research ministers of the federal and state governments, approved 57 Clusters of Excellence to be funded from among the 88 proposed projects.

Link auf PDF-DateiList of the approved Clusters of Excellence
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