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Call: Worldfactory Start-up Center

Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr

[Deadline: 2022/04/24] The Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr 2022 offers international and entrepreneurial-minded early career researchers 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 high tech industries. The program includes all aspects of a successful development of team, product and business model, deepening and preparing the implementation of your business idea together with professional start-up coaches and local top-level researchers, experienced experts and successful founders. Furthermore, you will discover the potentials of the ecosystem regarding clients and investors as well as the region’s particularities.

Call: DFG / JSPS

Joint Japanese-German Research Projects 2022 in Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Storage, Conversion, and Transport

[Deadline: 2022/06/08] As an expression of the long and fruitful scientific collaboration between their two countries, 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 topics should correspond to the responsibility of the review boards (Fachkollegien) 405 and 406: Materials Science and Engineering.

Call: DAAD / AvH / JSPS

Postdoc Scholarships

[Deadline: 2022/04/08 etc.] Japanese postdocs can apply for several scholarship programs for research stays in Germany. The length of funding varies from two weeks to several years depending on the program.

Mulitlateral cooperations on H2 with Japanese and German partners

Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy

Three projects with German partners have been selected in the call “Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy” of the European Interest Group (EIG) Concert Japan (funding period FY2022 – FY2024).

Call: Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)

Research Explorer Ruhr

[Deadline: 2022/03/15] Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), the cross-university platform of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen for promoting early career researchers in the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr), offers the Research Explorer Ruhr program 2022 from June 19 to July 2, 2022.

Call for Applicants

Postdoctoral Networking Tour in AI & Robotics

[Deadline: 2022/01/11 11:59 (CET)]  The DAAD AInet Fellowship is awarded twice a year to a group of outstanding international early career researchers in the field of artificial intelligence.

Call: DFG / JSPS

DFG and JSPS Renew Funding Opportunity for Japanese-German International Research Training Groups

[Deadline: continuously] As an expression of the long and fruitful scientific collaboration between their two countries, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are pleased to announce the renewal of an agreement for a joint funding scheme to support Japanese-German International Research Training Groups. Both organisations are dedicated to strengthening the joint researcher development systems for doctoral students in Japanese and German universities.