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Best Paper Award for Country Report from Germany at the TRB Conference in Atlanta

From June 8-10, the TRB 7th International Conference on Roundabouts and Geometric Design took place in Atlanta, Georgia,  with around 370 participants from over 20 countries. From Germany, Prof. Kerstin Lemke (University of Siegen), Dr. Marco Irzik (BASt) and Dr. Matthias Zimmermann (KIT) took part in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne: Joint “Startup Factory” of the Universities of Cologne, Aachen, and Düsseldorf Receives Millions in Federal Funding

Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche announces the winners of the Startup Factories lighthouse competition. UoC and partners’ Gateway Factory receives up to ten million euros as a joint venture of the participating universities to promote deep-tech startups.

News from Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University Successful with Three Clusters of Excellence

Heidelberg University has been successful with three applications in the Cluster of Excellence funding line. The existing cluster 3DMM2O (3D Matter Made to Order) will receive further funding and with SynthImmune (Engineering Immune Function with Synthetic Biology) and GreenRobust (Understanding Robustness in Plants from Molecules to Ecosystems) two new initiatives have also been selected for a seven-year funding period.

News from University Alliance Ruhr

Ruhr Region Secures Three Clusters of Excellence in Tough Competition

The three universities in the Ruhr Region were able to improve their status quo: Three Clusters of Excellence involving Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen were approved.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne: Five Clusters of Excellence Granted Funding for Next Seven Years

Five proposals for Clusters of Excellence win funding in the federal competition as part of Germany’s Excellence Strategy. Clusters in aging research, astrophysics, plant sciences, quantum research, and economics will be funded in the next funding period.

News from Heidelberg University

Brain Prize 2025 awarded to Heidelberg University Scientist

Frank Winkler from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is to receive the world’s largest prize in the area of brain research − the Brain Prize 2025 granted by the Lundbeck Foundation. He shares the award with Prof. Dr Michelle Monje, whose research as a neuroscientist and neurooncologist at Stanford University for their groundbreaking research in cancer neuroscience.

News from the University of Cologne

1.6 Million Euros for Global South Studies Center’s Project on Medium-Scale Farms in Africa

The Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne receives 1.6 million euros over four years from the Volkswagen foundation for a project investigating the emergence of medium-scale farms in parts of rural Africa over the past two decades.