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Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to DAAD Alumnus

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Prof. Dr Reinhard Genzel. He was awarded the prize with his American colleague Andrea Ghez for their research on black holes. Prof. Dr Genzel has previously received funding from the DAAD.

News: DFG, JST, ANR

DFG to Fund Nine Trilateral Artificial Intelligence Projects

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding nine artificial intelligence projects in cooperation with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST, Japan). The nine projects selected to receive funding will be launched on 16 November 2020 at the 2nd trilateral AI Symposium.

News: Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann receives Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees at acatech – National Academy of Science (Germany), receives the Honda Prize, along with a honorarium of 10 million yen, for his “Recommendation for Implementing the Strategic Initiative Industrie 4.0”.

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

Germany’s new national hydrogen strategy

September 25, 2020 [by Toru Kumagai] Germany aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, to zero by 2050. Against that backdrop, the cabinet of Angela Merkel has introduced a hydrogen strategy that seeks to use hydrogen as a power source for manufacturing and transportation as one of the key measures to reduce CO2 emissions.

News: Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

Call for professorships

[Deadline: 2020/9/10] Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is inviting applications for professorships in the following areas:

Call: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Research presences in Japan (green hydrogen technologies)

[Deadline: 2020/10/09] The BMBF funds German universities and research institutions researching in the field of hydrogen technologies that are aiming at working together with leading research institutions by establishing real research presences abroad, e.g. in Japan. These include joint laboratories, joint test and inspection facilities, research stations and pilot plants among others.

Call: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Networking trips to Japan

[Deadline 2020/11/20] The BMBF supports networking and exploratory trips of German universities and research institutions (“traveling conferences”) to establish cooperation with partners in Japan and other countries in Asia and Oceania, in particular on the topics of bioeconomy and health (antimicrobial resistance, cancer research, digital health).