2023

DFG-SERB Networking Event of the DFG Office India in the Geosciences

Participants of the Indo-German Week of the Young Researcher 2023

Participants of the Indo-German Week of the Young Researcher 2023

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(22.12.23) The Second Indo-German Week of the Young Researcher, New Delhi / Dehradun with the subtopic of „Geodynamics and Climate Science of the Himalaya Region“ brought together early career researchers from India and Germany. 

African-German Scientific Exchange: Neurosciences

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(20.12.23) The “African-German Scientific Exchange” enters its third round - this time in the field of neurosciences and invites researchers from all African countries and Germany to initiate international scientific collaboration. 

“Joint Forum” of the DFG and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

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(21.11.23) Exchange of both organisations on the topics “Research Assessment” and “Good Research Practice” at the DFG Head Office in Bonn

Expansion of cooperation with partner organizations in Africa

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(09.02.23) The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the National Research Foundation South Africa (NRF) propose a new 3-year (2023-2025) partnership to support the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI).

German-Korean Funding Programme for Joint Workshops and Research Visits

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(28.02.23) The DFG and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) are pleased to announce a call for proposals for German-Korean joint workshops and research visits. This initiative aims to bring together relevant and competitive researchers from Germany and South Korea to establish collaborative scientific relationships and prepare joint projects.

DFG President at the United Nations

Prof Dr. Katja Becker

Prof Dr. Katja Becker at the auf dem "Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals"

(05.05.23) The President of the DFG and Chair of the Governing Board of the Global Research Council (GRC), Professor Dr. Katja Becker, used an extremely prominent location to stress the pivotal importance of science and research in relation to addressing global humanity questions and realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Becker spoke on Thursday 4 May in the UN’s New York headquarters at the "Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI for SDG)".

DFG delegation visit to South Korea and Singapore

National Research Foundation of Korea, Daejeon: NRF President Prof. Kwang Bok Lee, the participating NRF representatives, the DFG delegation and two members from the German Embassy

National Research Foundation of Korea, Daejeon: NRF President Prof. Kwang Bok Lee, the participating NRF representatives, the DFG delegation and two members from the German Embassy

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(05.05.23) Strengthening cooperation and getting to know the science systems better – those were the goals of the delegation visit with President Katja Becker and Vice President Axel Brakhage to South Korea and Singapore. For five days, the delegation visited research institutions, universities and funding organizations in both countries and held talks on new partnerships. In addition, meetings were held with the German ambassadors as well as stakeholders such as representatives of German scientific organizations.

Status Workshop in the Field of “Public Health”

DFG Status Workshop in the Field of Public Health for African-German Collaborations (March 2023)

DFG Status Workshop in the Field of Public Health for African-German Collaborations (March 2023)

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(05.05.23) On 30-31 March 2023 22 international research teams in the field of “Public Health” were invited to present their cooperation progress, identify further pathways for their research and exchange ideas regarding framework conditions for African-German Scientific Exchanges with the DFG. The Status Workshop took place in Königswinter, near Bonn.

Funding opportunity for Japanese-German collaborations

Förderprogramm „ASPIRE“ von AMED

Förderprogramm „ASPIRE“ von AMED

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(15.06.23) The DFG joins the funding program “ASPIRE” by JST and AMED. // New call for “Joint Seminars” published by JSPS.

Vietnamese-German Collaboration in Joint Research Projects

(14.07.23) NAFOSTED and DFG are launching a joint collaboration for proposals for outstanding joint research projects in all fields of science and humanities.

DFG Expands Cooperation with the South Caucasus: Signing of a Cooperation Agreement in Georgia

DFG-Generalsekretärin Heide Ahrens und Direktor der SRNSFG Erekle Astakhishvili unterzeichnen am 12.07.2023 ein Memorandum of Understanding

DFG Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens and Director of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia Profeessor Dr. Erekle Astakhishvili sign a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 July 2023 – the DFG’s first agreement with a partner organisation in the South Caucasus.

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(24.07.23) On a delegation trip of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to Armenia and Georgia, DFG Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens signed an agreement with the Director of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG), Professor Dr. Erekle Astakhishvili, on 12 July. The signing at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia in Tbilisi was attended by the Minister and the Parliamentary State Secretary of the BMBF, Dr. Jens Brandenburg.

Delegation Trip to Kazakhstan: DFG Strengthens Its Commitment in Central Asia

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Visit to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 14 June 2023.

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(24.07.23) As part of the expansion of scientific cooperation with the Central Asian region, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) took part in a delegation trip to Kazakhstan organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) from 12 to 16 June 2023. The objective was to establish contacts with institutions of science and the humanities and research and explore fresh potential for cooperation with Germany. The German delegation visited Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education and Science as well as the country’s leading universities and research institutes to find out about bilateral cooperation projects.

UAS Networking Event with Researchers from Taiwan

(09.08.23) On 28 July 2022, the virtual event Networking for Research – German Universities of Applied Sciences & Researchers in Taiwan was held as a further item in the ongoing series of theme-based matchmaking events with universities of applied sciences (UAS). The DFG initiative “Networking for Research – Universities of Applied Sciences and Researchers Worldwide” (UDIF-HAW) seeks to reach out to UAS whose application-oriented research is highly regarded in an international context.