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Max Planck Society opens office in Jerusalem
The Max Planck Society’s new office in Jerusalem already began its operations on 1 September 2024. The office aims to serve as a crucial hub for maintaining and expanding connections between the Max Planck Society (MPG) and Israeli researchers, particularly in the context of the current crises.
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Educational work in vocational schools after October 7, 2023
In a workshop on 10 October 2024 at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), vocational school teachers were provided with practical approaches for addressing and raising awareness of the events of October 7 in Israel.
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Opening 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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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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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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Umbrella 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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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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Belongings: 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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Vacancy: 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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Israel 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.
