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EU funding initiative PRIMA extended until 2027
On 19 April 2024, the European Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA), in which both Israel and Germany currently participate, was successfully extended by three years (2025-2027).
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Israeli high school students visit DESY in Hamburg
A group of 23 Israeli students visited Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg for a week. The group comes from the Israeli Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center, an institution under the umbrella of the renowned Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Israeli Science Ministry will establish ‘Horizon Scanning’ department
The Israeli government has approved the establishment of a new department within the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. The noval department named ‘Horizon’ will search for future technological opportunities and risks for Israel.
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Making Jewish voices audible: interview partners wanted
A new interdisciplinary research project at the interface between psychology, history and cultural studies aims to collect, record and bear witness to Jewish perspectives on and experiences with antisemitism after the massacre of October 7 within the German context.
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Israel Innovation Authority funds Deep Tech Incubators
The Israel Innovation Authority is launching a new fund to establish 3 Deep Tech Incubators. Winners of the tender will receive grants of up to NIS 40 million over a period of up to 5 years to set up incubators in a variety of sectors.
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Israel aspires to lead in Artificial Intelligence
Israel will aim to become a leader in Artificial Intelligence under its new Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Gila Gamliel. At The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit in March, she stated that her goal was to ‘put Israel at the forefront of research and development in Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies’.
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Leipzig Book Award goes to Omri Boehm
The German-Israeli philosopher sees mistakes being made on all sides in the Hamas-Israel war. In his acceptance speech, Boehm speaks of a ‘catastrophic failure’ in the Middle East.
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German science ministers and academia representatives visit Israel
Eight science ministers from the German federal states and the heads of the German Rectors’ Conference visited Israel in March 2024. The aim of the three-day delegation trip was to intensify and expand science and university contacts.
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Israel’s Ministry of Science under new leadership
Former Science Minister Ofir Akunis will go to New York as Consul General. Gila Gamliel, former head of the Ministry of Intelligence, will become the new Minister of Science.
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Diverse & Inclusive – special funding for youth exchange 2024
Diverse & Inclusive – this is a new strategy for German-Israeli youth exchange for the coming years. Additional funding is available for 2024. The Call for Projects 2024 is aimed at sponsors of extracurricular German-Israeli exchange cooperation for already planned or new exchange programmes.
