1. Funding Opportunities for Science Cooperation between Asia and Germany
Dr. Martin Goller
Offenburg,

2. DLR – Project Management Agency Building a bridge between Politics and Science
Analysis & Strategic Consulting
Funding & Reseaearch Management
Innovation, Interdisziplinarity & Internationalisation
Communication & Dialog
Wissensmanagement und Kommunikation
Politics
Science Innovation
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3. 17,6 Billion Euro for Education and Research
2017 BMBF budget:
17,6 Billion Euro for Education and Research
3% GERD goal achieved in 2016
FONA3
Research for Sustainable Development develops decision-making tools for future oriented action and delivers innovative solutions for a sustainable society.

4. The Federal Government
Advancement of the Internationalisation Strategy
„We want to achieve a new level of quality in international scientific cooperation and to develop the
internationalisation strategy further.”
(Coalition Treaty 2013, 18th legislative period)
We want to push on the internationalisation of the
HighTechStrategy.”
(Draft Coalition Treaty 2018, 19th legislative period)

5. Strategy of the Federal Government 2017
Internationalisation of Education, Science and Research
Strategy of the Federal Government 2017
„International cooperation: networked and innovative“
Objective 1
Strengthening
excellence
through worldwide
cooperation
Objective 2
Developing
Germany`s strength
in innovation on the
International stage
Objective 3
Internationalising
vocational training
and qualification
Objective 4
Working with
emerging and
developing
countries
to shape the global
knowledge-based
society
Objective 5
Overcoming
global challenges
together
Research and academic relations, policy and international networking (incl. Location marketing and international presence), Monitoring

6. Fields of priority innovation and research
High-Tech-Strategy
Fields of priority innovation and research
Digital Economy and Society
Sustainable economic activities and energy
Innovative Working World
HEALTHY LIVING
INTELLIGENT MOBILITY
CIVIL SECURITY
Main priorities of the 17 fields of innovation
The High-Tech Strategy fosters and intensifies the existing strengths
generating modern, future orientated lead markets
securing advantages in international competitions

7. Research Funding in Germany
Public Funding for Research:
Institutional Funding
Policy driven project funding (Academia and Industry)
Science driven project funding (DFG, DAAD etc. only academics)
Tax incentives (under discussion)
BMBF – Project Funding
Funding of Thematic Departments :
Mainly national calls
International calls often unilateral
Few bilateral thematic calls
Funding of the International Department
Unilateral
Bilateral
Multilateral

8. Research Cooperation with Asian countries
Travelling Conferences
CLIENT II
Research for Development
Establishment of Joint Research Presences
Sustainable Development of Urban Regions
Indo-German Science and Technology Centre
International Security Research
Bio-Economy
Bilateral Calls

9. 2+2 Programmes Objectives Partner Countries Next Call
Cooperation of industry and academia
One partner each from both countries
Industry will usually get 50 % funding – national rules apply
Maximum funding depending on the partner country
India / Korea : Euro / 230 lakh
Singapur: Euro
Life Sciences / Engineering
Partner Countries
China India Japan
Korea (Robotics) Singapur (Advanced Productiontechnology)
Next Call

10. Travelling Conferences
Objectives
German experts (from universities, research institutes and enterprises) present a topical research issue in up to three countries; Travelling conferences as platform
to present German cutting-edge research in natural sciences and engineering;
to discuss research topics of common interest;
to strenghten/to build-up existing and new partnerships.
Partner Countries
Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, China, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand
A number of Travelling Conferences have chosen ASEAN countries as potential partners
Next Call

11. Research for Development
Objectives
Support joint research on topics of global relevance (Climate change, energy, food production; Health and medicine)
GER: Access to innovative topics; establishment of international networks
Partner countries: Provide scientists prospects for doing research, capacity building and integration into international networks
Partner countries
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua-Neuguinea, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor- Leste
Funding scheme
Up to Euro for two years
Funding of partners for travelling, capacity building and project-based salaries/costs for conducting joint research
Next Call

12. Sustainable Development of Urban Regions
Objectives
Addressing the "resilience of cities, their hinterland and urban regions“ through:
Integrated city planning, e.g. for energy- and resource-efficient building, growing and resilient infrastructure systems and sustainable mobility;
Reduction of GHG & pollutant emissions in companies, households and transport;
Risk management for extreme weather events and natural disasters.
Structure of the Call
Preparatory work for the R & D phase (18 or 24 months) A Start-up phase (duration 6 months)  Southeast Asia B Definition phase (duration 18 months)
R & D phase (duration 4 years, milestone assessment after 24 months);
Implementation phase (duration: 2 years)
Call open until April 25, 2017 (Scheme A) and April 25, 2018 (Scheme B)

13. International Partnerships for Sustainable Technologies (CLIENT II)
Objectives
Support int’l partnership in the areas of climate change, environment and energy;
Fund joint research and development (R&D) projects carried out by research institutions, industry and local authorities/stakeholders and practice partners;
Support demand-oriented R&D projects in emerging / developing countries;
Require the participation of funding bodies (e.g. ministries) of partner countries
Focal Areas in Cooperation with Vietnam (other SE Asian eligible, depending on quality of application and co-funding)
Resource efficiency and sustainable resource technologies
Water management
Climate protection / energy efficiency, adaptation to climate change
Land management
Next call in 2019

14. Establishment of joint research presences
Objectives
Mainly funding for coordination, mobility and workshops:
Establishment of institutional cooperation of German universities with centres of excellence in the Asian-Pacific region
Sustainable German visibility in the partner country
Platform for joint research projects (in Germany: national funding programmes, EU Horizon 2020, etc.)
Joint contribution to strengthen the innovation system in both countries
Next call

15. Objectives Call Statistics
The Southeast Asia-Europe Joint Funding Scheme for Research and Innovation (JFS) implements bi-regional Joint Calls for Proposals involving national funding agencies for the funding of multilateral research and innovation projects
Funding is provided by national (or also local/regional) funding agencies for their own researchers. Each funding agency funds according to its own regulations
The central management of the JFS is supported by the European Commission (EC) under its Service Facility in Support of the Strategic Development of International Cooperation in Research and Innovation
Call Statistics
1st Joint Call on Health (Anti-microbial drug resistance, Emerging infectious diseases), Environment/ Climate Change (Adaptation/Resilience of food production systems, Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems/Biodiversity)
14 funding agencies: F.R.S.-FNRS (Belgium), NCBR (Poland), Tübitak (Turkey), BMBF (Germany), SRC (Sweden), FORMAS (Sweden), CDTI (Spain), ANR (France), SNF (Switzerland), MOST (Lao PDR), NSTDA (Thailand), TCELS (Thailand), DOST (The Philippines), MOEY (Cambodia)
50 proposals submitted; 10 selected for funding with approx. 3,5 mio € funding

16. EURAXESS* Worldwide
* Coordinated by the International Bureau on behalf of the European Commission
EURAXESS has a network of (international) researchers and research administrators of more than members
Active in India, China, Japan, ASEAN (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam) Korea (Summer 2018)
Informing our network about Europe as a research destination and funding opportunities in Europe, especially about Horizon 2020 focusing on individual researcher mobility, e.g. MSCA and ERC, via our information events, the EURAXESS portal, regular newsletters and social media (Facebook)
Organising trainings on science communication and skills for scientific proposal writing
Providing a platform for networking among researchers at our events
Join EURAXESS or get information on our website:

17. The Alexander Humboldt Foundation Connecting academic excellence worldwide Knowledge transfer and cooperation at the highest level
Areas of Work
sponsorship of international academics as a part of foreign cultural and educational policy
strengthening cutting-edge research through internationalisation
impetus for the research location Germany by promoting individuals
advancing development through academic cooperation
Principles
sole selection criterion: academic excellence
no quotas for countries or disciplines
sponsorship of people, not projects
free choice of academic host/collaborative partner in Germany
independent scientific research, not stipulated by the Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is active in various fields:
- it supports international academics as part of foreign cultural and educational policy
- it strengthens cutting-edge research through internationalisation
- it enables individuals, who provide an impetus for the research location Germany, to spend time researching there
- it promotes development by sponsoring cooperation with researchers from emerging and developing countries 17 17

18. AvH: Key Sponsorship Programmes
Flexible sponsorship programmes for cutting-edge researchers at all stages of their careers
Postdoctoral Researchers - doctorates completed less than 4 years ago) - Research Fellowships: 6 to 24 months - € per month
Junior Research Group Leaders Sofja Kovalevskaja Award; (doctorates completed less than 6 years ago) up to €1.65 million, to establish their own junior research group in Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers flexible sponsorship programmes for cutting-edge researchers at all stages of their careers.
Postdoctoral researchers from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago, may apply for extended periods of research (6-24 months) in Germany. Applicants are responsible for choosing their own research project and host in Germany.
For postdoctoral researchers from Germany, the Foundation offers the opportunity to carry out long-term research projects at institutes outside Germany. One of the hosts must be a academic previously sponsored by the Foundation.
Successful top-rank junior researchers from abroad, who have completed their doctorate with distinction in the last six years, are eligible to apply for the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. Award winners may spend five years building up working groups and working on a high-profile, innovative research project of their own choice at a German research institution they have selected themselves. The award is valued at €1.65 million.

19. AvH: Key Sponsorship Programmes
Experienced Researcher
Research Fellowships doctorates completed less than 12 years ago 6 to 18 months; €3,150 per month
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (nomination) doctorates completed less than 18 years ago up to €45,000 for a research stay in Germany
Humboldt Research Award/Georg Forster Research Award (nomination) €60,000 for a research stay in Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (nomination) million euros for a period of 5 years long-term recruitment of established cutting-edge researchers from abroad nominations by German universities (or joint applications by universities and non- university research institutions)
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers flexible sponsorship programmes for cutting-edge researchers at all stages of their careers.
Postdoctoral researchers from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago, may apply for extended periods of research (6-24 months) in Germany. Applicants are responsible for choosing their own research project and host in Germany.
For postdoctoral researchers from Germany, the Foundation offers the opportunity to carry out long-term research projects at institutes outside Germany. One of the hosts must be a academic previously sponsored by the Foundation.
Successful top-rank junior researchers from abroad, who have completed their doctorate with distinction in the last six years, are eligible to apply for the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. Award winners may spend five years building up working groups and working on a high-profile, innovative research project of their own choice at a German research institution they have selected themselves. The award is valued at €1.65 million.

20. AvH: Key Sponsorship Programmes
Alumni sponsorship and international networking
more than 28,000 Humboldtians in over 140 countries: “Once a Humboldtian – always a Humboldtian“
alumni sponsorship and international networking through e.g.
further research stays
Research Group Linkage Programme
Humboldt Colloquia and Kollegs
Humboldt Alumni Associations
Humboldt Alumni Award
“Once a Humboldtian – always a Humboldtian" – from the very beginning this was the hallmark of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Humboldt sponsorship is enduring: the Foundation is a lifetime partner, maintaining the connections on a long-term basis through its alumni sponsorship programmes. As a result, an active knowledge network of more than 28,000 Humboldtians has been laid across the whole academic world – embracing over 140 states. The alumni sponsorship measures provide flexible support for the individual life paths and development of Humboldtians. Moreover, the Foundation encourages its alumni to undertake their own initiatives and collaborations across disciplinary and national borders.
Amongst other things, networking sponsorship caters for further research stays to Germany. This gives fellows a chance to revitalise relationships to specialist colleagues and their institutes or make contacts with new partners, continue joint projects already underway, or build new collaborations.
The Research Group Linkage Programme allows Humboldtians to apply for sponsorship in order to cooperate over a period of three years with a researcher working at a German institute and additional cooperation partners in other countries.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation regularly organises colloquia abroad to which it invites research fellows and research award winners living in the host country or region, as well as Feodor Lynen fellows working there.
Since 2002, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has provided financial support for Humboldt Alumni Associations as well as for individual Humboldtians to organise regional and specialist conferences. These Humboldt Kollegs have become one of the most popular instruments for strengthening regional and specialist networks. Apart from networking, the Kollegs serve to awaken the interest of young academics in the Foundation’s programmes and in Germany as a location for research.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Humboldt Alumni Awards for innovative networking initiatives are granted to fellows and award winners abroad. Each award is valued at up to €25,000. Four awards are granted annually, including one that is earmarked to sponsor initiatives promoting networking between female academics. The awards are designed to support projects not covered by the Foundation's existing sponsorship and alumni programmes and to promote academic and cultural relations between Germany and the Humboldt alumni's own countries as well as to strengthen their collaboration in the respective regions. The Humboldt Alumni Award earmarked for networking between female academics targets initiatives which promote and strengthen the long-term career paths of female researchers and their collaborative partners within the respective networks whilst taking account of their professional and family obligations. It also seeks to encourage more female researchers to participate in the Foundation’s sponsorship programmes. 20 20

21. Contact: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jean-Paul-Straße Bonn Germany Tel: Fax:
If you have any questions about the Humboldt Foundation’s work or would like to obtain
information on applications please contact directly. 21 21

22. DAAD German Academic Exchange Service
Expertise for academic collaboration
Structures for internationalisation
Scholarships
for the Best
Three strategic areas of activity
Create structures that promote internationalisation
so that higher education institutions can improve the quality of research and instruction and address the challenges of the future with strong partners.
so that more people can cross borders and achieve success in study and research.
so that German remains an important language of culture and scholarship.
so that higher education institutions may contribute to development and build bridges to surmount conflicts.
Grant scholarships to the best
so that the professionals and leaders of tomorrow can gain qualifications at the best locations, prepare for positions of responsibility and cultivate contacts throughout the world.
Scholarships for the best: for all levels of higher education – from students to retired professors, for workshops up to multiple-year PhD-Programmes
Structures for Internationalisation: Creating structures for higher education in Germany and throughout the world: support for internationalisation strategies, integrating study programmes into international cooperation, promoting virtual learning to reach new target groups, enhance university-marketing activities, strengthen measures of life-long-learning, increasing the success of international students in Germany and vice-verca, etc.
Expertise for Academic Collaboration: Enable institutions in education, science and culture to make informed, strategic decision. Offer comprehensive professionald regional expertise on academic systems and collaborations in higher education
Offer expertise for academic collaboration
so that academic and political leaders are able to make well-informed policy decisions.

23. DAAD programmes Individual scholarships
Research grants and stays for scientists (1-10 months)
Bilateral exchange of academics (1 week – 3 months)
Re-invitation programme for former scholarship holders
Interested in doing research in Germany?
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So – what sort or programmes are we offering to all those people actually? This selection is focused on those possibilities availble for postdocs and more experienced researchers:
Research grants and stays for academics
DAAD offers one programme for short-term-research stays (1-3 months), one for long-term-research stays (7-10 months) for young academics, doctoral candidates and postdocs as well as a research stays (1-3 months) for more experienced academics. Monthly payment is EUR 1000 for doctoral candidates and postdocs, EUR 2000 for assistant professors and EUR 2150 for professors. At German HEI or non-university research institute.
Bilateral exchange of academics
To improve international relations and bilateral research cooperations between German and foreign universities, the DAAD supports exchanges of scientists and academics (usually with a doctorate) from partner countries for 1 week up to three months. Value of scholarhips is 2000 EUR for assistant professors and 2150 EUR for professors. At German HEI or non-university research institute.
Re-invitation progarmme for former scholarship holders
Tragets former DAAD-scholarship holders to carry out further research in Germany of 1-3 months at one or more German HEI or non-university research institute in Germany. Rates are as above.
These programmelines in more detail can all be accessed via and for more general information on the research landscape in Germany, on possible jobs and career opportunities and more news on possible research funding, please check out

24. DAAD-offices in Asia
5 regional offices: New Delhi, Beijing, Hanoi, Jakarta and Tokyo
12 Information Center: Pune, Chennai, Seoul, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Taipei City, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
For more information on what scholarship-options DAAD is offering, please contact the DAAD-colleagues in your home countries. The contact details can be easily found on the DAAD-website.

25. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Felix Wagenfeld
Coordination of Regional Expertise – Middle East and Asia
Christian Strowa
Head of section Scholarship Programmes – Asia, Pacific
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Kennedyallee Bonn, Germany
In case there is no office in your home country, you are of course free to also reach out to DAAD colleagues here in Germany at their headquarter in Bonn.
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26. Thank you! Further information: Dr. Martin Goller
DLR Project Management Agency - International Bureau