Workshop on Research and Funding Opportunities in Germany

An information workshop on research and funding opportunities is an integral part of the science forum. It is meant to equip the participants with the necessary knowledge and contacts to foster their research in Germany.

The diversity of sponsoring options in Germany is unique. Alongside large organisations such as the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), up-and-coming scientists are also supported by numerous prominent foundations and research facilities such as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the Helmholtz Association (HGF), the Leibniz Association (WGL), the Fraunhofer Society (FhG) and the Max Planck Society (MPG) . Together with their numerous institutes and research centres, these organisations build the corner stones of the German research landscape. During one day of the forum, they take the time to present their projects as well as their programmes to the Green Talents.

Short summary of the workshop on “Research and Funding Opportunities in Germany“, 06. November 2014

After the Green Talents spent three exiting and informative days alone meeting their self-selected German experts throughout Germany, the group of 25 high-potential young researchers arrived in Berlin, the capital and biggest city of Germany. Each of them made individual experiences in different research facilities in the whole country and with different experts.

In order to complement this individual knowledge about the German Research Landscape, a workshop on “Research and Funding Opportunities in Germany” was the next item on the agenda. At this workshop, the Green Talents were given enriching presentations by representatives of the most important research and funding institutions in the country. Among them, the Leibniz Association, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), as well as the Fraunhofer Society and the Helmholtz Association introduced themselves. The workshop was complemented by group discussions on barriers and incentives for cooperation with German partners or for longer stays in Germany and how these “gaps” can be bridged.