Opportunities for Career and

Study in Germany

April 16, 2016

• The German Research Landscape

• Funding schemes of the DAAD

• Funding schemes of the DFG

• Funding schemes of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Funding schemes of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

What Can You Expect?

I: Intensive Industrial Research

• Two thirds of the research investments in Germany are spent by the industrial sector

• Numerous industrial research facilities and companies are closely cooperating with universities and other research institutions (networks and clusters)

• The German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF) promotes research and development in all industry sectors

• Industries strong in research: automobile industry, electrical engineering, chemical industry and mechanical engineering

The German Research Landscape

II: Non-University Research Institutions

• Max Planck Society (83 institutes and research centers; staff: 17,000; budget: 1.6 billion €)

• Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers (17 research centers; staff: 31,000; budget: 3.1 billion €)

• Leibniz Association (89 institutes and research facilities; staff: 17,500; budget: 1.5 billion €)

• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (66 institutes; staff: 24,000; budget: 2 billion €)

The German Research Landscape

The German Research Landscape

• Almost 400 universities and universities of applied sciences

• Around 12% international students

• 18,000 international doctoral students

• 26,000 foreign academics working in German higher education

Features of German Universities

• Unity of research and teaching

• Broad range of subjects

• Theoretical orientation of research

III: Institutions of Higher Education

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The DAAD is the largest funding organization in the world supporting international exchange of students and scholars

DAAD provides • Information and counseling

about studying & research in Germany

• Scholarships and grants

Deutscher German

Akademischer Academic

Austausch Exchange

Dienst Service

DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service

Funding opportunities in Brazil:

•Scholarships for language courses in Germany (Hochschulwinterkurs)

•Master’s Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance

•Master’s Scholarships in the field of Architecture, Music and Arts

•Scholarships for Development-Related and Postgraduate Courses

•Doctorate scholarships

•Short term research stays

•Bilateral exchange of academics

•Collaboration programmes: UNIBRAL and PROBRAL

DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service

What does the DFG?

DFG´s Mission Statement

The DFG’s scientific aims are to

• ensure the best possible support for outstanding scientists and young researchers

• make research funding open to all disciplines in accordance with scientific standards of quality

• keep Germany future-oriented and internationally competitive as a scientific location

The DFG is

• Germany’s largest research funding organisation for basic research

• has administrative autonomy and works according to the “bottom-up” principle

• annual budget provided by federal and state governments

The DFG funds projects in all fields of science and the humanities. It receives funding proposals for • research infrastructure • scientific contacts / international

collaboration

DFG´s Funding Programmes

From individual research grants to coordinated programmes

The DFG has an active role within the

Excellence Initiative and provides funds

for

• Clusters of Excellence • Graduate Schools

● Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdocs and experienced researchers

● Humboldt and Georg Forster Research Awards for eminent researchers from abroad

● Live-long support for Alumni Activities

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Join our worldwide network of excellence: More than 27.000 researchers in 140 countries

Brazil 400

www.humboldt-foundation.de

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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Distribution of the Humboldt Network in Brazil (main cities)

Contact in São Paulo

Prof. Dr. Conrado Hübner Mendes

Ambassador Scientist of the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research fellow, Humboldt University Berlin (2011-2012)

Email: conrado@hubner.org.br

Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization

Annual research budget 2 billion Euros

66 Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany, 24.000 employees

Health & Environment

Security & Protection

Mobility and Transport

Production and Supply

of Services

Communication

and Knowledge

Energy and Resources

Fraunhofer Project Center Salvador

Software and Systems Engineering

www.fpc.dcc.ufba.br

Fraunhofer Project Center Campinas

Innovation in Food and Bioresources

www.ivv.fraunhofer.de

Fraunhofer Liaison Office Brazil

www.brazil.fraunhofer.com

Fraunhofer no Brasil

Site oficial: www.brazil.fraunhofer.com

Online database that gives you access to over 19,000 German university and non-university research institutes:

www.research-explorer.dfg.de

Research Cooperation

Search for Research Institutes

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