The Center for European and Russian Studies, in collaboration with the German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH San Francisco), and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is hosting information sessions to discuss funding and research opportunities. Join us to learn about funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs and students across all disciplines with presentations by these leading German funding organizations. These sessions will be hosted in Bunche Hall Room 10383 and online via Zoom webinar. Register here.

Schedule

2:00 PM (PST) - Faculty and Postdoc Session (Bunche 10383 and Zoom)

• Presentation of faculty and postdoc funding opportunities
• Testimony by UCLA faculty funding recipient
• Q&A

3:00 PM (PST) - Undergraduate and Graduate Student Session (Bunche 10383 and Zoom)

• Presentation of funding opportunities, study abroad, research, and internships in Germany
• Overview of research opportunities through Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) program
• Q&A

About the Funding Organizations

• The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is the central self-governing research funding organisation in Germany. The DFG serves the sciences and humanities and promotes research of the highest quality in all its forms and disciplines at universities and non-university research institutions. The focus is on funding projects developed by the academic community itself in the area of knowledge-driven research. The DFG funds research projects, creates competitive opportunities and conducts procedures for the review, evaluation, selection and decision of research proposals. It helps shape the overall conditions and standards of academic research. The DFG maintains dialogue with society, politics and business and supports the transfer of knowledge. It advises state institutions and institutions working in the public interest on issues relating to academic research and research policy. Moreover, the DFG takes particular care to promote international cooperation, early career researchers, gender equality and diversity in science and the humanities.
• The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) San Francisco promotes innovation and collaboration by planning and hosting events focused on current, topical issues in science and the humanities and by taking part in conferences, science fairs, and career fairs. The DWIH San Francisco opened in early 2022 as the second DWIH location in the U.S. to strengthen Germany’s reputation as a land of research, science and innovation, including on the West Coast of the United States by providing a platform for leaders in science, technology and the humanities to engage exchange and collaboration. We serve as a point of contact and a source of expertise on funding, research, and science policy. Whether you are based in the U.S. looking to explore opportunities to work with innovators and entrepreneurs in Germany or the other way around, the DWIH is here to support you.
• The DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) is the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers. Find out more about who we are and what we stand for. Since it was founded in 1925, around 3 million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. It is a registered association and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies. Its activities go far beyond simply awarding grants and scholarships. The DAAD supports the internationalisation of German universities, promotes German studies and the German language abroad, supports countries in the Global South in building and improving their higher education systems and advises decision makers on education, foreign science and development policy. Its budget is derived mainly from the federal funding for various ministries, primarily the German Federal Foreign Office, but also from the European Union and a number of enterprises, organisations and foreign governments. Its head office is in Bonn, but the DAAD also has an office in the German capital, Berlin, to which the famous Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme (Berliner Künstlerprogramm) is closely affiliated. It maintains contact with and provides advice to its main partner countries on every continent via a network of regional offices, information centres and information points. In 2023, the DAAD funded more than 140,000 German and international scholars worldwide. The funding offers range from a year abroad for undergraduates to doctoral programmes, from internships to visiting lectureships, and from information gathering visits to assisting with the establishment of new universities abroad. Voluntary, independent selection committees decide on the funding. The selection committee members are appointed by the DAAD's Executive Committee according to certain appointment principles. The DAAD supports the international activities of German higher education instution through marketing services, publications, the staging of events and training courses.

Venue

Bunche Hall 10383
(10th floor of Bunche Hall)
315 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Online via Zoom Webinar
Upon registration, you will receive the Zoom link prior to the event.

Download file: Nov-19-Flyer-jw-tvw.pdf

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH San Francisco), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).