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Call: INNOspace Masters 2025

Energise Our Future – Cross-Industry Innovations Linking Earth and Space

[Deadline: 2025/03/31] INNOspace Masters is the international innovation competition organised by the German Space Agency at DLR in cooperation with ESA, Airbus and OHB. Launched in 2015, it is open to companies of all sizes, start-ups, research institutions and universities, as well as individuals from all over the world.

Call: HIAS

HIAS Call 2026-27

[Deadline: 2025/03/31] The Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) provides individual fellowships offering researchers, artists, and cultural professionals the opportunity to pursue their projects on-site in Hamburg (3-10 months).

Event Report

“Generative AI: Pathways to Democratization, Transparency and Sustainability“: Geman-French-Japanese AI Conference in Tokyo

On November 12-13, 2024 the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo), together with the Embassy of France in Japan and AI Japan R&D Network, welcomed 174 participants on Day 1 as well as 74 participants on Day 2 to the Trilateral AI Conference “Generative AI: Pathways to Democratization, Transparency and Sustainability”. This year’s event was a follow-up to three successful AI Symposia in 2018, 2020 and 2022.

Report

German Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2024

The digitally published Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2024 provides comprehensive information on the research and innovation policy of the Federal Government and the German Länder. It presents the various elements of the German research and innovation system with facts and figures in a clear and up-to-date manner.

Call: Japanese-German Center Berlin

Junior Experts Exchange Program 2024

[Deadline: 2024/09/30] This program targets young Japanese and German experts in natural sciences from public research institutions and private companies with an interest in German-Japanese research cooperation.

Call: DAAD

DAAD Scholarships 2025 from Japan to Germany

[Deadline: depending on program] Do you plan to study or do research in Germany in 2025? Various DAAD scholarships for individual students and young researchers from Japan are now open for application!

Funding for university cooperation

DAAD Project Funding (June 2024, central call for proposals)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) promotes cooperation projects between German and international  universities with various programs. Many of these can be used for joint research projects between German and Japanese universities. On June 12, the popular programs PPP and PAJAKO for cooperation with Japanese universities were announced as part of the central call for proposals.