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DFG signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development for the Promotion of Research
DFG President Professor Dr. Katja Becker and DFG General Secretary Dr. Heide Ahrens signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with...
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(20.12.22) To further strengthen the cooperation between the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), DFG President Professor Dr. Katja Becker, DFG General Secretary Dr. Heide Ahrens and AMED President Professor Dr. MISHIMA Yoshinao signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC).
DFG at the 3rd trilateral symposium on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
group picture with the speakers of the AI Symposium
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(01.12.22) At the 3rd trilateral symposium on AI in October 2022 speakers from Japan, France and Germany gathered in Tokyo to discuss measures to tackle planetary challenges that humankind is facing in the Anthropocene and share their visions for realizing a sustainable society.
The two-day event was organized by the AI Japan R&D Network, the DWIH Tokyo the Embassy of France to Japan and took place at the Miraikan and online. The DFG and partner organizations of all three countries contributed to a variety of side events. GWL-Prize winner Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André gave a talk at the “Haru Fest” of the Honda Research Institute (HRI).
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize Online Conference 2022
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(15.11.22) In honour of DFG Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize winners of 2019, Prof. Dr. Stefan Aykut at the University of Hamburg and Dr. Jonathan Donges at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the DFG and the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) are presenting the second Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize Online Conference.
Right after the 27th UN Climate Change Conference researchers from Germany and Japan will share their insight into the state of our planet in the year 2022.
Results of Call by DFG and JSPS
(11.11.22) The DFG and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are funding joint Japanese-German research projects in the field of Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Storage, Conversion, and Transport. After the first joint call in 2018 in the field of Geosciences DFG and JSPS agreed to publish a new call in March 2022 to further support the Japanese-German research. Based on the recommendation of a team of Japanese and German reviewers 8 projects have been selected for funding.
„Research in Germany“ at the 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT29) 2022 in Japan
(19.07.22) DFG-Office Japan will present “Research in Germany” (RiG) at the 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT29) from 18th to 24th August 2022 in Sapporo. The hybrid conference will feature a RiG information booth and an online platform for networking and information on funding programmes.
Exchange with ‘University Research Administrators’ (URA)
Hitotsubashi University Campus
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(08.06.22) DFG Office Japan is strengthening its relations to University Research Administrator (URA) Offices at national Universities at the beginning of the new fiscal year. Personal exchange has been limited during the pandemic since early 2020 and international cooperationen had to be moved to online platforms. As Japan is gradually opening its borders and resuming international activities, DFG Office Japan is intensifying its ties to central stakeholders.
New call for “Joint Japanese-German Research Projects in Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Storage, Conversion, and Transport” by DFG and JSPS
(10.03.22) The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for joint Japanese-German research proposals in the field of materials science and engineering for energy storage, conversion, and transport. The submission deadline is on 8th June 2022.