News

Call for Poster Presentations

DWIH Tokyo Symposium – Sustainable Consumption and Production (December 1-2)

[Deadline: 2025/11/3] The German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) invites researchers, professionals, and innovators from Germany, Japan, and around the world to present their work at the upcoming DWIH Symposium: Sustainable Consumption and Production, taking place on December 1-2. The poster session will provide a dynamic platform to showcase pioneering research, pilot initiatives, and innovative approaches that address current challenges and propose forward-thinking solutions in the field of sustainable consumption and production. Our event focuses on sustainable consumption and production, covering a wide range of topics such as sustainable food and packaging, bioplastics, sustainable agriculture, the circular economy (including reuse, recycling, and repair), sustainable supply chains, food waste reduction, and government regulations.

Call: Leibniz Institute for Educational Media / Georg Eckert Institute (GEI)

Georg Arnhold Senior Fellowship 2027

[Deadline: 2025/11/14] The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the 2027 Georg Arnhold Senior Fellow for Education for Sustainable Peace.

Call: Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP)

Hydrogen Technologies: Sustainable Hydrogen Society – Technical, Environmental, Economic and Social Analyses

[Deadline: 2026/01/07] The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), in order to promote international research interaction and exchange among researchers in Japan and Germany, have jointly launched a call for proposals for Japanese-German collaborative research projects in the Hydrogen Technologies field.

Call: DASHH

The DASHH Call for Applications 2025 is open now until October 31, 2025

[Deadline: 2025/10/31] Looking for an exciting PhD position? Apply to one of the 13 positions advertised at DASHH: Data Science in Hamburg – Helmholtz Graduate School for the Structure of Matter!

Call for Abstracts: HUOK

Workshop on “Gender equality in STEM worldwide” in Kyoto (November 27–29, 2025)

[Deadline: 2025/09/26] From November 27–29, 2025, a workshop will be held on the topic of “Gender equality in STEM worldwide – innovative approaches to make STEM inclusive.” Interested scholars and early-career researchers from Japan and the region are cordially invited to participate in the workshop.

Funding for university cooperation

DAAD Project Funding (September 2025, 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 program PPP for cooperation with Japanese universities was announced as part of the central call for proposals.

Call for internship offers: DAAD

RISE Worldwide 2026

[Deadline: 2025/09/30] Are you interested in hosting a German research intern at your institution in Japan? In the past years almost 4,000 undergraduate students from German universities interned abroad as research assistants through the RISE Worldwide programme, which is now in its 17th year. And once more research groups from all over the world that are interested in hosting a research assistant from Germany in the summer of 2026 are invited to submit project offers to RISE Worldwide.