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DFG to Fund 13 New Collaborative Research Centres

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 13 new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) to further support top-level research in German universities. This was decided by the responsible Grants Committee in Bonn. The new CRCs will receive a total of approximately €166 million in funding for an initial four-year period as of 1 January 2023. This includes a 22 percent programme allowance for indirect project costs. Five of the new networks set up are CRC/Transregios, spread across multiple applicant universities.

Call: University of Cambridge / University of Bonn

The 1st Desirable Digitalisation Conference: Many Worlds of AI

[Deadline: 2022/12/31] The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Centre for Science and Thought (CST) at the University of Bonn, is organizing the 1st Desirable Digitalization Conference: Many Worlds of AI: Intercultural Approaches to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence from April 26-28, 2023, at the University of Cambridge. The conference will be organized as a hybrid event. Proposals can be submitted until December 31, 2022.

German Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2022 (BMBF)

Data on the German Research and Innovation System

The report provides comprehensive information on the research and innovation policy in Germany. The website also features an interactive map of German research institutions and interactive diagrams about R&D expenditure, R&D personal and R&D results.

Report: Panel Discussion

Diversity in Science – How to promote Inclusion & Empowerment in Japan

Why is diversity important? How is it discussed and promoted at Japanese universities? To answer this and other related questions, DWIH Tokyo (German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo) and OAG (German East Asiatic Society) hosted the panel discussion „Diversity in Science – How to promote Inclusion & Empowerment in Japan” on October 19, 2022 and welcomed 132 participants on site and online.

OIST is accepting applications for the FY2023

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship (IPSF)

[Deadline: 2022/11/15] The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) is currently accepting applications for the Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship program. The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to advance researchers’ academic careers by conducting full-time interdisciplinary research and training with OIST faculty and respective research units.

Press Release (DWIH Tokyo)

Photo Exhibition “Fascination of Science” by German Artist Herlinde Koelbl for the first time in Japan (Oct 18-23)

Who are the people behind the greatest discoveries of our time? And how would they summarize the essence of their research – in a sketch, formula, or a few words on the palm of their hand? From October 18-23, the photo exhibition “Fascination of Science” by the renowned German photographer Herlinde Koelbl will be shown in Japan for the first time. It features portraits of 38 Nobel Prize Laureates and famous scientists from Japan and abroad.

Call: OIST

Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP)

[Deadline: 2022/09/30] The Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program (TSVP) was launched in June 2021, with the goal of bringing leading theoretical researchers to the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) for extended visits. In keeping with OIST’s interdisciplinary mission, the TSVP spans all theoretical sciences including, but not limited to, mathematics, theoretical physics, computational sciences, and theoretical life sciences.