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Call for applications

Freiburg Rising Stars Academy

Deadline: 2021/07/29: Are you a highly qualified PhD Candidate, PostDoc, or early-career researcher and do want to open the door to your next career step by working in Germany? The Freiburg Rising Stars Academy, which was established in 2020 to bring together highly talented early career researchers and top-level scientists at leading research fields at the University of Freiburg, invites applications for admission to the Freiburg Rising Stars Academy for the first time in 2021.

Toru Kumagai’s reports on R&D trends in Germany

No more disinterest in Industry 4.0 – Covid-19 pandemic Accelerates Digitalization of German Industry

July 09, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] The results of a survey published on April 7, 2021 by the German Association for Information Technology (Bitkom) have attracted a great deal of attention in European academic and business circles. This is because the results of the survey clearly showed that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been ravaging the world since the spring of 2020, has accelerated the digitization of German industry.

Übersicht: Deutsche Botschaft Tokyo

COVID-19: Impfkampagne und Forschung in Japan

Die Deutsche Botschaft Tokyo hat Informationen  zusammen gestellt zu COVID-19: Impfkampagne und Forschung in Japan. Die Übersicht fasst die aktuelle Situation wie folgt zusammen:

Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in Germany

BioNTech Demonstrates German Capacity for Innovation to the World with Development of COVID-19 Vaccine

July 01, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] BioNTech is an example of one of Germany’s most successful start-up companies, with a record that will go down in history. The company was the first in the world to receive approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, and it is saving millions of lives. BioNTech is a shining example of what in German is known as a Mittelstand, or a medium-sized enterprise. It illustrates how long years of medical research at a university can come to fruition in a venture start-up that will produces a product of vital importance for humanity.

Call for participants

Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr

Deadline: 2021/08/01 – The Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr 2021 offers international and entrepreneurial-minded early career researchers in cyber security the possibility to implement their innovative business ideas and explore the regional start-up ecosystem of one of the most active start-up communities in cyber security.

Ausschreibung: BMBF / JST

Förderung von Forschungsprojekten zwischen DEUTSCHLAND und JAPAN unter der Beteiligung von Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft im Bereich Wasserstofftechnologien

Deadline: 2021/09/10: BMBF und JST fördern die Zusammenarbeit von deutschen und japanischen Vertretern aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft in Form von „2 + 2-Projekten“ im Bereich Wasserstofftechnologien. Unter „2 + 2-Projekten“ werden Forschungs- und Entwicklungs-(FuE)Projekte mit Beteiligung mindestens eines deutschen (insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen – KMU) und eines japanischen forschenden Industriepartners sowie mindestens einer deutschen und einer japanischen Forschungseinrichtung verstanden.

Übersicht: Deutsche Botschaft Tokyo

Quantentechnologie-Forschung in Japan

Die Deutsche Botschaft Tokyo hat Informationen zusammen gestellt zur Quantentechnologie-Forschung in Japan. Die Übersicht fasst die aktuelle Situation wie folgt zusammen: