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| Issue 9, September 2010 |
9/20/10 |
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Dear Readers,
Investment in education, research and development is investment in our future. It represents our opportunity to emerge strengthened from the economic and financial crisis. Here, the Federal Government is making an important contribution: The draft budget for 2011 provides the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with an increase of 783 million euros to the record level of 11.6 billion euros.
This also includes further funds for the High-Tech Strategy, which has reformulated priorities in research and innovation policy and introduced new instruments such as the toplevel cluster competition and the Innovation Alliances. While drawing on tried-and-tested initiatives, the High-Tech Strategy 2020 emphasises new aspects as well. By focusing on the priority areas of climate and energy, health and food, mobility, safety and communication, the measures will be even more closely geared to their benefits for people.
The German-Russian Year of Science 2011 focuses on top-level research and close, cross-border integration of science and industry. It seeks to draw more attention to the diversity of German-Russian research cooperation.
Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, MdB
Federal Minister of Education and Research
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Georg Foster Programme: Academic exchange creates mutual benefits
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Interview with Prof. Matasyoh and Prof. Kukem, both research fellows in the Georg Forster programme for experienced researchers from developing and emerging countries.
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Giant leap in ocean acidification research
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One of Europe's largest experiments on the impact of ocean acidification has been completed off the island of Spitzbergen. Headed by the Leibniz Institute of Geosciences (IFM-GEOMAR), 35 researchers examined the effects of rises in carbon dioxide concentration on marine life.
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How small is the proton?
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For the new high-precision determination of the proton radius, researchers made use of an exotic type of hydrogen atom formed by a negatively-charged muon orbiting around a proton.
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Celitement Production starts - Construction of pilot plant for environmentally
compatible cement on KIT Campus North
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Celitement is a novel, environmentally compatible and energy-efficient cement produced so far only on a laboratory scale. Now, a pilot plant for the cement is being constructed on KIT.
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German-African research project on multiresistant pathogens
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a three-year German-African collaborative project in the field of infectious diseases coordinated by Saarland University.
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"Research Marketing in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region"
- a new BMBF booklet
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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has issued a booklet on practical research marketing applications in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region.
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Support for academic cooperation with Asia
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Are you a scientist in Asia who has contacts with German colleagues and wishes to intensify cooperation? Have you met German scientists at a conference, and are you now considering a joint project?
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On the road to Vision Zero
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The German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) has recently approved the proposal of Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences for the construction of a large-scale research facility and recommended it for funding.
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German-Russian Year of Science
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Federal Minister of Research Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan and her Russian counterpart, Education and Science Minister Andrej Fursenko, announced that 2011 is to be the German-Russian Year of Science in Yekaterinenburg on 15 July.
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Schavan presents High-Tech Strategy 2020 to Cabinet
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Federal Research Minister Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan has presented the "High-Tech Strategy 2020 for Germany" to the Cabinet.
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Attractive male birds boost breeding
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Attractive male birds seem to turn on brooding females of the same species, improving offspring growth.
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Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience 2010
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The Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) is an annual meeting of researchers working in Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology.
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Biotechnica
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BIOTECHNICA 2010 is to highlight the areas bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, protein and antibodies, pharmatech meets biotech, and preventive and regenerative medicine.
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7th BMBF Forum for Sustainability
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The topic of the 7th annual BMBF Forum for Sustainability will be "Research for Sustainable Development - International".
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Ph.D Workshop China 2010
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Ph.D Workshop China 2010 is a two day career event offering Chinese graduate students a platform to learn more about Ph.D and research opportunities in foreign countries.
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Editor
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Section Marketing for Research
Research in Germany Team (Editorial Staff)
Anke Sobieraj
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