The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne (MPIfG) and the Paris University Sciences Po are consolidating their long-standing collaboration with the establishment of a joint Social Science Research Centre.
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Ahead of the EU summit on 22 and 23 November devoted to the European budget for the next seven years, Science Europe has issued a Position Statement calling for adequate funding for research and innovation at European level.
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Currently, efforts are underway to extend the collaboration with China to include legal, social- and cultural-scientific areas of research. An appropriate partner is the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which covers a broad range of topics and has access to an influential network.
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There will be two new Minerva Research Centers in Israel in future. Federal Minister Annette Schavan and Martin Stratmann, Managing Director of the Minerva Foundation, today announced the winners of the call for applications for the new Centers at the Minerva German-Israeli Science Festival in Jerusalem.
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A reason to celebrate the fifth round of ERC Starting Grants: 21 researchers from 16 Max Planck Institutes have been awarded up to two million euros each to fund their projects.
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