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GERMAN UNIVERSITIES LIAISON OFFICES NEW YORK Our missions: Enhance and facilitate student exchange Expand networks between American and German academics Increase awareness of our home institutions in North America Build and strengthen alumni networks Please contact us: http://www.daad.org/?p=university_offices
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Freie Universität Berlin 2 German universities of excellence: Interdisciplinary research and teaching international networking (e.g. visiting fellowship programs) Programs for the promotion of junior academics faster, more proactive professorial appointment processes policies for equal opportunities, such as Mentoring Programs, Child Care, special programs for female scientists Dual Career Service
LMU s key features LMU Munich Cutting-edge research renowned in the world LMU - one of Europe s leading research universities: part of 24 Collaborative Research Centers (SFBs) and other research centers financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 11 headquartered at LMU Munich 9 DFG Research training groups 4 international doctoral programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria 3 Alexander von Humboldt professorships 7 ERC Starting Grants founding member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) Strong knowledge and technology transfer record: 15 spin-off companies in 2010 LMU-Entrepreneurship Center Communications & Media Relations, 10/2008 Slide 4
Excellence Initiative LMU Munich University of Excellence Until 2011, LMU Munich will receive additional funds of 180 million euros for the following programs: 1. Graduate School: GSN: Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences within Munich Center for Neurosciences Brain and Mind 2. Clusters of Excellence: NIM: Nanosystems Initiative Munich MAP: Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics CIPSM: Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science 3. Institutional Strategy: LMUexcellent: Working Brains Networking Minds Living Knowledge - Strategic Partnerships with research institutions worldwide - Center for Advanced Studies Re-Application/ Additional proposals for ExIn II
LMU s key features HighTechCampus LMU in Großhadern/Martinsried innovative research networks in the natural and life sciences University facilities and institutes located at the HighTechCampus LMU : 3 departments: Chemistry and Pharmacology, Biology, Medicine Gene Center Munich BioMedical Center LMU (from 2014) Direct collaboration with adjacent research institutes and young, internationally oriented biotech companies: Max Planck Institutes for Biochemistry and Neurobiology HelmholtzZentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health Innovation and Start-Up Center (IZB) Martinsried Bio M AG
Freie Universität Berlin Facts and Figures part of an extensive trans-disciplinary and international research network: university and non-university research institutions, museums, industry, funding institutions incl. German Federal and European Government nationwide unique breadth of humanities and social science research Strong focus on interdisciplinary research: 9 interdisciplinary centers Research with a cluster strategy to identify social, economic, and cultural trends on a global scale and to develop relevant fields of research 26 DFG Collaborative Research Centers, 6 headquartered at FU Berlin, 11 at Charite Berlin Medical School; part of 33 DFG Priority Programs 13 DFG Research training groups Patent and Licence Service profund - Consultung of Company Founding at Freie Universitaet 25 spin-offs in 2010
FU Berlin - An International Network University Additional Funding for: Graduate Schools (PhD Programs): North American Studies Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies Muslim Cultures and Societies: Unity and Diversity Berlin Mathematical School Cluster of Excellence: Topoi. The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations NeuroCure towards a better outcome of neurological disorders Languages of Emotion Future Concept: International Network University new Center for International Cooperation, Center for Cluster Development and Dahlem Research School Re-Application/ Additional proposals for ExIn II
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