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News from the Max Planck Society

Apply for the Max Planck Postdoc Program

The Max Planck Society invites outstanding researchers to apply for a postdoctoral position within the Max Planck Postdoc Program. Applicants should be excellent scientists and scholars who are at an early stage of their academic career.

German Historical Institute Washington D.C.

Online Roundtable: Liberalism and Illiberalism in American History

Join the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C. for an online discussion on “Liberalism and Illiberalism in American History” on April 29 at 12:00 PM ET.

News from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prizes 2025

The Leibniz Prize, awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), is Germany’s most prestigious research funding award, providing €2.5 million in prize money. This year, it recognizes ten scientists, granting them seven years of research freedom.

Johns Hopkins University Science Diplomacy Hub

Science Diplomacy Summit 2025

Join us at The Johns Hopkins University Science Diplomacy Summit 2025 on April 14-15 where high-level speakers, experts, and scholars from 40+ countries will discuss during 70+ thematic science diplomacy sessions how science can foster international cooperation, curated by experts from Johns Hopkins University, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), The Stimson Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Axiom Space, and the University of Calgary.

News from Heidelberg University

Call for Applications for Alliance Interinstitutional Postdoc Program

The Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim is looking for outstanding early career postdoctoral scientists / clinician scientists for bridging projects between two or more Alliance partner institutions. Embedded in an excellent interdisciplinary scientific environment, the program offers access to high-end technologies and state-of-the-art labs at world-class research institutions in Heidelberg and Mannheim, Germany – one of the largest biomedical research hubs in Europe.

News from the University of Cologne

Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) Is on Its Way to Chile

Researchers from the University of Cologne, as part of an international scientific consortium, co-planned and assembled the telescope that started its journey from the port of Wesel via Antwerp to its new location in Chile. With a novel optical design with 2 mirrors of diameter of six metres, innovative instruments and unique site, it will be one of the most powerful survey telescopes in the world at submillimeter wavelengths.

News from German Federal Highway Research Institute BASt

DWIH NY and BASt at the TRB Annual Meeting 2025

The Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (TRBAM) covers five days of topics of interest to international policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers and representatives from government, industry and academia.