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Call: DFG / JSPS

Joint Japanese-German Research Projects 2022 in Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Storage, Conversion, and Transport

[Deadline: 2022/06/08] As an expression of the long and fruitful scientific collaboration between their two countries, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for joint Japanese-German research proposals in the field of materials science and engineering for energy storage, conversion, and transport. The topics should correspond to the responsibility of the review boards (Fachkollegien) 405 and 406: Materials Science and Engineering.

Call: DAAD / AvH / JSPS

Postdoc Scholarships

[Deadline: 2022/04/08 etc.] Japanese postdocs can apply for several scholarship programs for research stays in Germany. The length of funding varies from two weeks to several years depending on the program.

Mulitlateral cooperations on H2 with Japanese and German partners

Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy

Three projects with German partners have been selected in the call “Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy” of the European Interest Group (EIG) Concert Japan (funding period FY2022 – FY2024).

Call: Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)

Research Explorer Ruhr

[Deadline: 2022/03/15] Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), the cross-university platform of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen for promoting early career researchers in the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr), offers the Research Explorer Ruhr program 2022 from June 19 to July 2, 2022.

Beyond 5G

6G – Potential for Japanese-German cooperation

The future mobile communications standard 6G is set to become an important topic for Japanese-German cooperation in the next ten years. Japan shows strong interest in collaborating on 6G research with international partners who share similar values and state secretaries of the Japanese MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ) and German BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) discussed about a possible research cooperation between the two countries in October 2021.

Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with …

Prof. Dr. Stefan Hotes

Our new series “Connecting East and West – A Short Interview with…“ presents people involved in German-Japanese research collaborations – and their insights on how and where to cooperate successfully! This week, Prof. Dr. Stefan Hotes, who is a professor at the Laboratory of Applied Landscape Ecology at Chuo University in Tokyo, shares his insight into scientific relations between Japan and Germany as well as advice for prospective researchers.

DFG Press Release - German government’s plans for science & research

“Strong Commitment to Free Basic Research”

The DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) welcomes the future Federal Government’s plans for science and research. Commenting on the draft coalition agreement between the SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and the FDP, the President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Professor Dr. Katja Becker, said: