Reports - Topics - News | 2021
Award ceremony of the Eugen und Ilse Seibold-Prize
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(23.11.21) In the year of 160 years of friendship between Germany and Japan the DFG celebrated in an online ceremony and following panel discussion the Eugen und Ilse Seibold-Price 2020 awardees – Professor Dr. Shigeyoshi, Professor Dr. Regine Mathias, Professor Dr. Hidenori Takagi and Professor Kanako Takayama.
DFG and JSPS Renew Funding Opportunity for Japanese-German International Research Training Groups
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(09.11.21) As an expression of the long and fruitful scientific collaboration between their two countries, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are pleased to announce the renewal of an agreement for a joint funding scheme to support Japanese-German International Research Training Groups. Both organisations are dedicated to strengthening the joint researcher development systems for doctoral students in Japanese and German universities.
Seibold Prize 2020 online award ceremony, 16th November 2021
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(19.10.21) In 2020 the DFG (German Research Foundation) has honoured four researchers with the Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize. Chemist Professor Dr. Shigeyoshi Inoue from TUM, Japanologist Professor Dr. Regine Mathias from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, materials physicist Professor Dr. Hidenori Takagi from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and jurist Professor Kanako Takayama from the University of Kyoto each receive the €15,000 award.
Info-session at 7th RMAN-J Annual Conference
(30.09.21) The Research Manager and Administrator Network Japan (RMAN-J) organizes a yearly conference for research managers at universities and research institutes in japan. This year’s conference took place online on 14th and 15th September.
First DFG-Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize online conference
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(30.09.21) The German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) and the DFG held the first DFG-Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize online conference in honour of DFG Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize winner 2020, Dr. Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) on 17 September 2021. Focussing on ethical, legal, social and data issues, researchers from Germany and Japan discussed current developments in biomedicine and medical research based on a multidisciplinary approach.