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Call: Tohoku Forum for Creativity

Thematic Programs for 2025 (Tohoku Forum for Creativity)

[Deadline: 2023/09/30] The Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC) is currently seeking proposals for the Thematic Programs for the 2025 academic year (April 2025 – March 2026) in all fields of research. If selected, reseachers will receive financial support of up to 10 million yen. Applications from researchers in Europe are welcome.  

Call: German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF)

International Funding Announcement for Quantum Technologies (BMBF)

[Deadline: 2023/11/15] The BMBF has published the funding announcement “Quantum International – International Cooperation in Quantum Technologies”, which is also open to partners from Japan.

Event report

Human-Machine Interaction and Responsibility

Approaches from technological development, psychology, philosophy, social sciences, literature and art studies (17.04.23) New technologies including robots and AI are advancing into more and more areas of our everyday lives changing the way we work, educate or communicate. There is a need to understand the ethical, legal and socio-political implications of these new developments. And experts face a need in the broader public for answers to various expectations and concerns.

Call: JDZB

Junior Experts Exchange Program 2023 “Green Hydrogen Technologies”

[Deadline: 2023/05/07] After a break of three years due to the pandemic situation, the Junior Experts Exchange Program will be resumed in 2023!

Call: International Journalists` Programmes (IJP)

1st German-Japanese Fellowship Programme

[Deadline: 2023/05/15]  Within the framework of the German-Asian Journalists’ Fellowship Programme, grants have been awarded annually since 1995 to German and Asian journalists. Due to geopolitical shifts and reflecting the importance of Japan as host of the G7 meeting, IJP, for the first time, will offer a fellowship project exclusively for Japan in 2023. This programme will put a strong focus on economics, geopolitics, environment/energy, and new technologies. A total of five journalists from Japan and five from Germany will have the opportunity to participate in a two-month stay abroad in the respective countries.

Call: RWTH Aachen University

Advanced Research Opportunities Program

[Deadline: 2023/03/31 or 2023/09/30] Are you a doctoral student or postdoc and would love to experience life and work in a state-of-the-art German research ecosystem for some time? The AROP program at the RWTH Aachen University offers travel grants and scholarships for international doctoral candidates and postdocs.

Report (March 1st ) / Live stream recording

Deep Dive on German Energy and Transition and German Hydrogen Policies

The decarbonization of the industrial sector through greater reliance on hydrogen is one of the cornerstones of the national strategies of Japan and Germany to achieve climate neutrality. To further promote exchange in this field, the German Embassy and DWIH Tokyo hosted the discussion “Deep Dive on German Energy and Transition and German Hydrogen Policies” on March 1, 2023 at the Embassy Residence in Tokyo. Dr. Felix Chr. Matthes (Öko-Institut – Institute for Applied Ecology) presented the keynote lecture, which was followed by a commentary by Prof. Dr. Takao Kashiwagi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) as well as questions from the audience.