GLOBAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (GRC) DFG President Katja Becker elected Vice Chair

(24.07.20) As one of two vice chairs on the GRC Governing Board, DFG President Katja Becker is helping to shape the activities of the international organisation. Interner Linkmore

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Händel Animal Welfare Prize 2020 Award Recognises Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments in Toxicology

(29.07.20) Thomas Hartung and Marcel Leist have been selected to receive the DFG’s Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize. The €80,000 prize, which is being presented for the eighth time, is awarded to researchers who improve animal welfare in research in line with the principles of the 3Rs: Replacement, Reduction and Refinement. Interner Linkmore

DAAD, DFG and HRK call for improvements to new EU budget Stronger Emphasis on Education and Research Essential

(24.07.20) The DAAD, DFG and HRK are calling for improvements to the new EU budget with regard to a stronger emphasis on education and research. According to a joint press release, the Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ programmes should be given a better financial structure in order to secure and strengthen Europe as a research location in the long term. Link auf PDF-Dateimore

• Externer LinkScience Europe Statement on the EU budget

Bernd Rendel Prize 2020 DFG Recognises Early Career Achievements in Geosciences

(09.07.20) The DFG is to award the Bernd Rendel Prize 2020 to Anja Allabar from the University of Tübingen and Milad Asgarimehr from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences/TU Berlin for the promising geoscientific research they have conducted at the start of their careers. They will each receive €2,000 from the Bernd Rendel Foundation, administered by the Stifterverband. The prize will not be awarded until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Interner Linkmore