2025
SGCI Peer Learning 7-10 April 2025
Group picture with DFG President Katja Becker
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(17.04.25) Representatives from 16 sub-Saharan African research funders countries visited Bonn for an exchange on research funding topics. Read mor(interner Link)
DFG at the DWIH Indo-German Forum 2025
Panel Discussion "The Future of International Research Collaboration"
Panel Discussion "The Future of International Research Collaboration: Frameworks, Partnerships, and Impact". L to R: Dr. Katja Lasch, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, Prof. Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao, Prof. Oliver Günther, Prof. Dr. Varghese, Prof. Dr. Michael Karl Hoch, Dr Geetha Vani Rayasam
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Panel Discussion "The Future of International Research Collaboration: Frameworks, Partnerships, and Impact". L to R: Dr. Katja Lasch, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, Prof. Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao, Prof. Oliver Günther, Prof. Dr. Varghese, Prof. Dr. Michael Karl Hoch, Dr Geetha Vani Rayasam
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(07.04.25) On March 20, 2025, the DWIH-Neu Delhi hosted the Indo-German Forum 2025, a landmark event bringing together key stakeholders from academia, research, and policy from India and Germany. The event focused on strengthening Indo-German research collaboration and explored topics such as researcher mobility, equitable partnerships, and technology transfer. With over 250 participants, including representatives from leading institutions like DAAD, DFG, MPG, AvH and major German universities, the forum celebrated the long-term success of the Indo-German research partnership. Read mor(interner Link)
TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme
(19.03.25) Are you interested in conducting research together with early career researchers from a Sub-Saharan Africa countr(interner Link) or a country out of the MENA regio(interner Link)? See here two calls for applications for a visit to Germany (application deadline: 19.05.2025).
A*STAR-DFG Joint Call on Sustainable Chemistry
(17.03.25) Recognising the importance of international collaboration in promoting scientific discoveries, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR) and the DFG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research cooperation. Read mor(interner Link)
Funding opportunity for Korean-German Workshops and Research Visits
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(04.03.25) The DFG and the NRF are providing a co-funding opportunity for Korean-German joint workshops and research visits. Read mor(interner Link)
DFG funds 75 research guest visits in Germany
(07.02.25) As part of the “TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme”, the DFG is funding 75 guest visits for researchers in early career phases and from all disciplines. Fifty researchers from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 25 researchers from eleven countries in the MENA region will be able to establish initial contacts with researchers in Germany. The three-month guest visits also enable the development of joint research ideas. Read mor(interner Link)