Dr. France A. Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation, and DFG President Peter Strohschneider
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DFG Office North America
DFG Offices North America: Washington DC and New York City
The United States and Canada hold a special position in the context of the increasing internationalization of German research. The North America Office facilitates contact between scientists and researchers in Germany and North America, supports early-career researchers on a DFG fellowship in the region, and organizes outreach activities to showcase German research in the region.
News
Conference on "Smart Cities"
(11/15/19) Urban growth, climate change, extreme weather — these are the severe threats to urban infrastructure and the challenges facing city planners and local policymakers. Experts discussed "smart cities" at an event at the DFG North America office. Interner Linkmore
Leibniz Prize Recipient Ivan Dikic
(11/13/19) An audience of several hundred listened to the Leibniz Lecture given by Professor Ivan Dikic, organised by the DFG Office North America together with the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Maryland (USA). Interner Linkmore
"What Can You Be with a PhD?"
(11/13/19) "What Can You Be with a PhD? (WCUB)" is a symposium on different career paths for early career life sciences researchers organised by the university hospital of New York University (now in collaboration with Nature Careers and only every two years). Interner Linkmore
Upcoming Events
Further Information
Tasks
- To maintain and extend contacts with current and former German DFG award holders in the United States. The goal is both to facilitate the return of young researchers to Germany and to establish networks with researchers who choose to stay in the United States, and also to motivate them for lasting collaboration with Germany.
- To expand and support cooperation with partner organisations in the USA working in the field of science and research policy, especially the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- To provide US universities and research institutions with information on Germany as a location of science and research and on opportunities for research cooperation between the two countries, especially within the scope of DFG-funded projects and programmes.
- To expand and foster contacts with US DFG alumni, such as Mercator visiting professors and researchers who worked on DFG-funded projects in Germany.
- To follow science and research policy developments in the United States and identify and assess the fields relevant to the DFG with respect to basic research.
Funding Opportunities
Funding Programs
- Interner LinkEmmy Noether Programme
- Interner LinkResearch Grants: Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators
- Interner LinkMercator Fellows
- Interner LinkInitiation of International Collaboration
- Link auf PDF-DateiBuilding Links to Academic Research in Germany
More Information
- Interner LinkInternational Promotion of Young Researchers
- Interner LinkCurrent Programs
- Externer LinkGEPRIS – DFG Current Research Information System
- Externer LinkResearch Explorer – database of German universities and non-university research institutions
- Interner LinkOpen positions in DFG funded projects/programs
- Externer LinkPhD in Germany
Partner Organizations
German Partners in North America
- Externer LinkGCRI – German Center for Research and Innovation
- Externer LinkGAIN - German Academic International Network
- Externer LinkResearch in Germany
- Externer LinkDAAD – German Academic Exchange Service
- Externer LinkAvH - Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
US Partners
- Externer LinkNEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
- Externer LinkNIH - National Institutes of Health
- Externer LinkNSF - National Science Foundation
Canadian Partners
- Externer LinkNSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Externer LinkSSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- Externer LinkCIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Externer LinkCFI - Canada Foundation for Innovation
