The Georg Forster Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for post-doctoral researchers and experienced scientists from developing countries and emerging economies offers research stays in Germany.
Global health can only be maintained with the aid of research, says Jörg Hacker, President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Under its leadership, the national science academies of the G20 states have developed scientific recommendations.
The contribution of higher education and research to sustainable development was recently addressed and the wide-ranging work of the DAAD in this area highlighted at a meeting of experts in Berlin.
Today scientists are more mobile than ever. But why do they go abroad? Which countries do they mainly come from? Which are their preferred destinations? The infographics “Scientists on the move” has answers to these and other questions on the topic.
Academic mobility is important, because a research stay abroad and collaboration with colleagues at the guest university are often the first steps towards developing and strengthening long-term cooperation in the academic field.
