The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish 12 new Collaborative Research Centres as of 1 January 2006. These will cover a wide variety of topics including intelligent safety systems for cars, non-governmental governance models, and methods of preventing kidney failure or heart attacks. In addition, new Independent Junior Research Groups and Transfer Units have been approved. The objective of Independent Junior Research Groups is to support the independence of young researchers. Transfer Units serve to transfer research findings, produced in collaboration with industry, into the realm of practical application.

Furthermore, 35 Collaborative Research Centres have been approved for an additional funding period. Including the newly approved projects, the DFG will now fund a total of 270 Collaborative Research Centres, among them 24 Transregional Collaborative Research Centres, which are Collaborative Research Centres based at several locations. Total funding for 2006 amounts to approx. 377 million.

The new Collaborative Research Centres in detail:

Free University Berlin

Many former colonies are today confronted with the issue of state collapse. Instead of elected governments, rebel leaders are fighting for power at the cost of the well-being and safety of the population. What are the causes and how can governments keep control? This is the question investigated by the Collaborative Research Centre "Governance in areas of limited concept of state: new forms of governance". In Berlin, Potsdam and Florence, political, social, and cultural scientists as well as lawyers, political economists, and historians will study the traditional forms of governance. One of their objectives is the development of new action concepts that take into consideration the cooperation of government and non-government actors, as well as cross-border cooperation (Coordinator: Prof. Thomas Risse)

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Contact: Dr. Klaus Wehrberger
Klaus.Wehrberger@dfg.de
49-228-885-2355
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
28-Nov-2005

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