DFG presents the 2006 MAK and BAT value list
The Senate Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) on the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has presented the 2006 Maximum Allowable Concentrations (Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentrationen MAK) and Biological Tolerance Values (Biologische Arbeitsstofftoleranzwerte BAT) list and submitted it to the German Federal Mini...Copernicus Award to be conferred by the DFG for the first time
The first-ever Copernicus Award, which carries with it prize money of 50,000, will be conferred by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP, Fundacja na Rzecz Nauki Polskiej) in 2006. The award winners are the pharmacologists Professor Eberhard Schlicker, from the University of Bonn, and Professor Barbara Malinowska, from the...The new research vessel Maria S. Merian, which entered service today, is docked at the Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemnde. It will be leaving for its first research expedition in the Baltic Sea on 16 February. It will be carrying out biogeochemical investigations in the central and northern basin regions of the Baltic Sea, in particular to provide information about the dynamics of oxygen dep...DFG intensifies cooperation with South Korea
...This press release is also available in . ... The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation KOSEF are increasing their cooperation by jointly promoting doctoral candidates and creating a network of liaison scientists. The contract was signed by both organizations today in Bonn. On the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Weeks...DFG to fund nine clinical trials
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has announced funding for nine clinical trials in a joint programme established in 2003 by the DFG and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This decision was reached by the DFG's Joint Committee at its meeting on 2 September 2005. The programme's objective is the long-term sustainable improvement of pat...New DFG Research Centre established in Dresden
This decision was made by the DFG's Joint Committee at its meeting on 2 September 2005. The aim is to create an internationally recognised centre for basic research on the development of regenerative therapeutic approaches for a wide variety of diseases. The centre will receive 20 million in funding over the first four years....... The Dresden centre will begin its work with comprehensive basic r...DFG presents the 2005 MAK and BAT value lists
The Senate Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) on the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has presented the 2005 Maximum Allowable Concentrations (Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentrationen MAK) and Biological Tolerance Values (Biologische Arbeitsstofftoleranzwerte BAT) list and submitted it to the German Federal Minis...DFG establishes 11 new research units
At its meeting on 5 July 2005 the Grants Committee on General Research Funding of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved funding for 11 new Research Units. In these interdisciplinary research groups several researchers and scientists collaborate to study a specific research topic over a period of six years. The DFG Research Unit programme seeks to promote t...DFG approves additional six research training groups
Following the meeting of the Grants Committee for Research Training Groups on 22 April 2005, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has approved funding for an additional six new Research Training Groups. This was in accordance with the recommendation made by the Grants Committee, which, in light of the exceptionally high number of proposals received at it spring se...DFG to fund 14 new research training groups
The number of funding proposals in the Research Training Group programme offered by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has tripled in the past two years. At its spring session on 22 April 2005, the responsible Grants Committee evaluated 70 new funding proposals and approved 14 new projects from a shortlist of 37. Ninety-eight new funding proposals have already b...DFG awards 2005 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
Six young researchers will each receive 16,000 as recipients of the 2005 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). This was decided by the DFG's Executive Committee at its meeting on 17 March in Dresden. The prize is presented annually to six young researchers in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements in their field. O...DFG awards 2004 Bernd Rendel Prize
This is the second time that the prize has been given since its inception in 2002. The awards, worth 2000 each, are designed to enable young scientists who have not yet received their doctorate to take part in international conferences and symposia....... ...The prizewinners:...... ...During his studies, Raik Bachmann focussed on the quality of ores and stones found in volcanic rock. He founded t...DFG loosens eligibility requirements for the Emmy Noether Programme
Five years after the establishment of the Emmy Noether Programme to promote outstanding young researchers, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has made the eligibility requirements more flexible. In this way it aims to ensure that outstanding young researchers' individual career paths can be better taken into consideration. The Action Plan in Computer Science (Ak...DFG establishes three new clinical research units
To continue the improvement of the clinical research infrastructure in Germany the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) is establishing three new Clinical Research Units. With the decision by the Grants Committee on General Research Support on 3 December 2004 the DFG is now funding a total of 25 Units at 15 German universities. The objective of the programme is to act...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
The Research Training Groups of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are attracting increasing numbers of applicants. At its meeting on 8 October 2004 the Grants Committee on Research Training Groups selected 23 projects out of 66 new funding proposals. This is the highest number of funding proposals received over the past eight years. The programme has become inc...