Germany invites application for Green Talents Award
Abhay Anand | April 11, 2018 | 05:22 PM IST | 1 min read
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has invited application for the Green Talents Competition, the last date for submission of application is May 23.
Sustainable development is the fundament to preserve our earth for present and future generations by finding a balance between the need for socio-economic development and the protection of the environment. These topics of global political relevance demand international research cooperation. With its high-class innovation and research centres, Germany supports great efforts in particular by intensifying international cooperation among the bright and outstanding minds of tomorrow.
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has held the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” since 2009. The award honours 25 young researchers every year. Thus, the Green Talents Competition successfully encourages the global exchange of innovative green ideas from various fields of research. Since its inception, the award has recognised 207 young researchers and scientists from 57 nations for their outstanding achievements and contributions to making their communities, countries and societies more sustainable. The award-winners are selected by a jury of renowned German experts and are granted unique access to Germany's research elite.
The 2018 Green Talents Award includes:
§ an invitation to the fully funded two-week Science Forum 2018, consisting of
- a visit to leading German sustainable facilities, institutions and companies with exclusive insights on their pioneering research and projects
- individual appointments with German experts of the winner’s choice to discuss possibilities for upcoming research and cooperation
- networking opportunities at the award ceremony in Berlin with participating Green Talents alumni
§ a fully funded research stay of up to three months at an institution of the award-winner´s choice in 2019
§ particular access to the exclusive Green Talents alumni network.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- CISCE schools can continue to teach foreign languages as 3rd option: Board secretary
- BBAU Lucknow student’s death sparks protests against hostel food, curfew; proctor denies link
- Fees to social media-use: What NCAHP’s first ethics code for allied, healthcare professionals says
- NMC junks 150-seat MBBS cap, population rule; sets 10 km limit for medical college-hospital distance
- Suicides, opaque placements, caste: IIT Bombay, Kanpur’s student journals dare to ask the tough questions
- ‘Not just academic, but personal’: NSUT Delhi takes AI beyond BTech, across non-engineering courses
- AI judge, cyber law courses, scholarships: GNLU is revamping LLB degrees to make students courtroom-ready
- CBSE third language policy throws French, Spanish, German teachers across schools into crisis
- With CSE surge, these specialised BTech courses are vanishing from engineering colleges
- Govt school to Glasgow: NIT Agartala civil engineer wins Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship