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© Max-Planck-GesellschaftOpening of the Minerva Alumni Programme
For over 50 years, the Minerva Fellowship Programme has enabled young scientists from Germany and Israel to spend several months in the other country. On 31 July 2024, the future Minerva Alumni Programme was officially opened.
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© DisobeyArt – stock.adobe.com Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator 2024: Innovation in Challenging Times
The Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator (BIPA) is celebrating the successful continuation of its programme to promote cooperation between Bavaria and Israel. The kick-off workshop of the 13th edition took place in Munich from 14 to 18 October and once again brought together students and young professionals from both regions.
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© Arnell Koegelenberg/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com Shimon Peres Prize 2024 for PowHer and Link Bridge
In cooperation with the German-Israeli Future Forum, the Federal Foreign Office is honouring the PowHer and Link Bridge projects with the Shimon Peres Prize 2024. The prizes will be awarded on 31 October 2024 in Berlin.
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© Nibroe Art – stock.adobe.comUmbrella Awards 2024: Water Treatment, AI and Sustainable Batteries
The Umbrella Cooperation promotes collaboration between RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. As part of the annual Umbrella Symposium, three young researchers were honoured with the Umbrella Award.
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© sippapas – stock.adobe.com ATHENE Digital Hub for Cybersecurity becomes independent
The Digital Hub for Cybersecurity at ATHENE, the National Research Centre for Applied Cybersecurity, in Darmstadt is becoming an independent start-up hub. This makes Darmstadt the only nationwide contact point for start-ups specialising in IT security and data protection.
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© Oliver KrauseBelongings: First German-Israeli Research Training Group in the humanities launched
The first German-Israeli Research Training Group (RTG) in the humanities was launched a few days ago. The doctoral programme is called Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond. The first cohort consists of ten doctoral researchers, who have now been welcomed to Leipzig.
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© GIFVacancy: GIF Director
The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development was established in 1986 to support bilateral civilian research and development projects of mutual interest. The foundation, headquartered in Jerusalem, is looking to fill the position of GIF Director as of February 2025. Apply until 15 October 2024.
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© didiksaputra – stock.adobe.comIsrael Instititute of Advanced Studies: Application period for 2026-2027 to open soon
From 1 September 2024, scientists from Israel and abroad will be able to apply for an Advanced Studies fellowship in Jerusalem during the academic year 2026-2027. Residencies are open for either 10 months or 5 months. Application deadline is 1 December 2024.
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© yanadjan – stock.adobe.com Research Cooperation Lower Saxony-Israel 2025: Life Sciences and Medicine
The cooperation of Israeli and Lower Saxon universities and research institutions has a long history. The upcoming call for application invites proposals from the Life Sciences and Medicine.
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© Antony Weerut – stock.adobe.com EIC Accelerator awards 108 Million Euros to Israeli Startups
Nine Israeli startup companies have been awarded a total of 108 million euros from the European Innovation Council’s EIC Accelerator Programme. With this number of recipients, Israel ranks third in Europe among companies awarded funding, following Germany and France.
