Dear DAAD Friends and Alumni!🎓

Welcome to our spring edition of the DAAD Australia Newsletter.

As the season changes and new beginnings emerge, we are excited to bring you the latest updates and insightful articles from the DAAD and research community in Australia and Germany.

Stay up to date with what to look out for in regard to DAAD's activities in Australia and Germany!

This Newsletter includes information and updates on our key topics:



● Upcoming Events:

• AGRN Panel Discussion and Networking Function
• Science, Business and Innovation Day at the German Week in Adelaide

● Recent Events:

• DAAD Australia at the Science and Innovation Day, German Week in Brisbane
• Falling Walls Lab Australia Finale 2023

● DAAD Grimm Prize for International German Studies 2023

● DAAD Alumni Australia News

● New Edition of ZEIT Germany: Study & Research

● Research in Germany: Topic in Focus - From Space to Life

● DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme

● DAAD Scholarships, Grants & Funding Programmes

We hope you will enjoy reading this edition.

Stay in touch with our DAAD IC Team in Sydney,

with kind regards, 

Silke Schoppe und Michael Rieke

For enquiries and information, please contact

the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney:

Telephone: +61272088119

Email: info@daad-australia.org

Teleconferencing: please contact us via email, and our friendly staff will arrange an appointment and provide you with an access link.

Upcoming Events

Australia-Germany Research Network

Relaunch Event & Panel Discussion

in Melbourne

The Australia-Germany Research Network (AGRN) invites you for a special event! Expect an interesting evening celebrating the relaunch of the AGRN, a panel discussion on the topic of "Sustainability of International Research Collaborations“, and also the opportunity of networking.

Please register here.

Science, Business and Innovation Day

at German Week 2023 in Adelaide

German Week Adelaide

20 – 26 November 2023

Science, Business and Innovation Day

will be held for a second time on

21 November as part of the German week 2023 in Adelaide.

If you are interested in learning more about bilateral research, teaching and innovation endeavours between South Australia and Germany, this event is for you. Bringing together leading universities, industry and government, this feature event of the Adelaide German Week will showcase existing innovative science and science-business collaborations between South Australia and Germany, as well as facilitate opportunities to explore future collaborations and growth.

Further information is available here.

Past Events

DAAD Australia at the German Science and Innovation Day 2023 in Brisbane

DAAD Research Ambassador Professor Leonie Barner, Principal Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry and Physics,QUT (left) presented on behalf of DAAD Australia at the German Australian Science and Innovation Day at the German Week Brisbane. Leonie's main focus was to introduce the audience to the services of DAAD Australia including information on funding options for research projects (Germany Australia Joint Research Scheme) and academic partnerships with German universities.

Professor Michael Rosemann, German Honorary Consul in Brisbane (centre) is the founding member of the German week commitee and Professor for Innovation Systems at the Business School, QUT, as well as being a recipient of the Germany Australia Joint Research Scheme. Professor Barner and Professor Rosemann discussed his experience with the DAAD project funding scheme at the event.

Falling Walls Lab Australia Finale 2023

Grimm Prize 2023: The DAAD Awards for International German Studies go

to Denmark and Canada

This year’s prestigious Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) goes to Professor Søren Fauth from Denmark (left). The prize is worth €10,000 and comes with a research stay in Germany. The Grimm Young Talents Award, which has been awarded to early career scholars of German studies since 2011, goes to Dr Ervin Malakaj (right) from Canada. In addition to a research stay in Germany, Dr Malakaj receives a prize of €3,000.



‘We warmly congratulate Professor Søren Fauth and Ervin Malakaj on winning this year’s Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prizes’ said DAAD President Prof Dr Joybrato Mukherjee. ‘Their outstanding achievements in German studies deserve great attention. Through their research and commitment to international partnerships in German studies, they enrich our higher education sector. We are proud to be able to confer these awards and wish them great success in their careers in academia.’

Further information is available here.

DAAD Almuni Australia News

DAAD Alumni Australia Workshop on Teams & Values  

DAAD Alumni President Claudia Nelson and Dr Maren Goerdel conducted recently in Sydney an interactive leadership workshop on organisational culture, team- and personal values for DAAD Australia Alumni.

We believe values and especially a values-based leadership and working style in the professional environment are more important than ever before. This workshop is applicable to everyone working in academia, government or the corporate world.

During this workshop, we covered the following aspects:

•   Highlight the importance of organisational culture and develop awareness of your own departmental culture.
• Apply an approach on how to develop and actively apply team and organisational values in the workplace.
• Conduct an exercise to help you identifying your own personal values.
• Link your personal values to your team values and highlight the benefits.

‘It was impressive to see how everyone was very engaged and got a lot out of this workshop! Participants were able to define their team's values and identified a practical approach on how to actively live them’ said Claudia.

Thank you all for participating and making this such a valuable experience!

Stay in touch with the DAAD Alumni Association Australia, here.

Dear DAAD Alumni and friends, please save the date for our end of year planning & Christmas event!

We look forward to seeing you all again on Friday, 8^th December from 6pm and celebrating the active DAAD alumni group and activities throughout 2023 and conduct some event planning for 2024. The event will be hosted in Sydney (venue tbc). We will conclude this event with an end-of-year networking event with canapes and drinks.

Please RSVP via email to daadalumniaus@gmail.com to register your attendance.

We look forward to welcoming you all!

Your DAAD Alumni Executive Committee Australia

New Edition of

ZEIT GERMANY: STUDY & RESEARCH

ZEIT GERMANY is a unique magazine published annually for international high-school graduates, university students and young scientists around the globe who want to study or research in Germany. In each issue, you’ll find everything you need to know about moving to the country to study, research in a field of science, and experience the culture.

Read the latest e-edition with the title - Worth the Risk, here.

Research in Germany:

Topic in Focus - From Space to Life

Space research from Germany for a more sustainable planet Earth growing kohlrabi in space. Understanding how viruses and cancer cells behave in microgravity. Observing wildlife from satellites to protect biodiversity. Space research and the application of space-based technologies are full of innovation and can bring many benefits for a better and more sustainable future here on Earth.

Germany has a great deal to offer in this area. Our From Space to Life campaign showcases exciting projects at German universities and research institutes. And it gives an insight into the work of the scientists involved.

Further information is available here.

DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme

Call for applications

Find your rhythm and become an Artist in Berlin 2025!

The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program invites you to live and work in Germany's capital for one year. Fellows of the program are encouraged to actively engage with Berlin’s vibrant cultural scenes, as well as with different communities within the city. The artist-in-residence program is open for artists in the fields of film, literature, music and sound.

The renowned Artists-in-Berlin Programme (BKP) is celebrating six decades of supporting international artists. Since its founding in 1963, the programme has honoured 1,200 outstanding artists, filmmakers, sound artists and writers with residencies in Berlin. Among others, Susan Sontag, Renée Green, Jim Jarmusch and Olga Neuwirth are among those previously supported through the programme.

Application deadline: 17 December 2023

Further information is available here

Scholarships, Grants & Programs

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Performing Arts

This scholarship programme offers students with a first degree the opportunity to continue their education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Application deadline: 2 November 2023 (Start of funding from October 2024)

Further information is available here

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Fields of Fine Arts, Design, Visual Communication and Film

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the fields Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Application deadline: 30 November 2023 (Start of funding from October 2024)

Further information is available here