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Call for applications: PhD Positions/Scholarships in Literary Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS) as well as the Cluster of Excellence 2020 “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective” at Freie Universität Berlin are calling for applications for the following scholarships and research assistant positions:

India and Germany to give € 3.5 million each for partnerships in higher education

During the 5th Indo-German Intergovernmental Consultations, held in New Delhi on 1 November 2019, a new MoU was signed between the DAAD and the UGC.

Launch of Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ) at Jülich Supercomputing Centre

JUNIQ, the new “Jülich unified infrastructure for quantum computing”, was put into operation on 25th october 2019 at Jülich Supercomputing Centre. The go – ahead was given with the official signing of a user contract for a quantum annealer from the Canadian quantum computer manufacturer D-Wave. The research center will thus also be the first European location for the D-Wave Leap quantum cloud service.

Call for Applications: Master and PhD students from Namaste+ Partner Institutions to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE)

The Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE) offers scholarships for incoming master degree student and PhD candidate mobility from the below listed institutions for studying and research at the University of Göttingen during the winter term 2020/2021. The scholarships are open to all academic areas.

Scavengers to Managers: A 3-bin revolution for Delhi’s twin city

Paid for by Coca Cola and Tetra Pak India and implemented by the NGO Saahas, now 20.000 households and 400 offices in Gurugram separate their garbage and every day about 14,5 tonnes are recycled and composted – for this the project has now received the renowned ‘Dalmia Bharat – CSRBOX 6th Corporate Social Responsibility Impact Award’. Vaibhav Rathi, GIZ India Climate Change

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College for Life Sciences

The College for Life Sciences is a unique program of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute for Advanced Study, to promote excellent early-career postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences and medicine.

51st IFF Spring School 2020 on Quantum Technology

The annual IFF Spring School has a long-standing tradition dating back to 1969 when the Institut für Festkörperforschung (IFF) was founded. The IFF Spring School is organised in close collaboration with universities, research institutions, and industry. The School offers about 45 hours of lectures plus discussions as well as the opportunity to visit the participating institutes at Forschungszentrum Jülich.