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DFG Delegation Visits JSPS
- Research Cooperation DivisionⅠ Minister-led German Delegation Visits JSPS
JSPS president Prof. Motoyuki Ono welcomed Dr. Schavan and briefed her delegation on JSPS's programs and its scientific exchange activities with four partner agencies in Germany. Dr. Schavan thanked JSPS's members for their welcome and told them about recent trends in S&T policy in Germany. The group enjoyed a lively discussion about wide-ranging topics including Germany's Excellence Initiative program to promote top-level university research and JSPS's initiatives to enhance university education and research. Among the 27 members of the German delegation were also Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, president, German Research Foundation (DFG); Dr. Georg Schütte, secretary general, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH); Prof. Dr. Ernst Rietschel, president, Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (WGL); and members of the national parliament. - Research Cooperation DivisionⅠ |
A 5-member delegation from the German Research Foundation (DFG) visited JSPS on 28 August. It was headed by DFG vice president Prof. Matthias Kleiner, who is also DFG's president-elect for the next period of office. The meeting began with presentations by JSPS president Prof. Motoyuki Ono and Prof. Kleiner, who spoke about program developments at their respective organizations. Following them was a spirited exchange of ideas on future JSPS-DFG partnership, conditions conducive to inter-university exchange between the two countries, and other subjects viewed from a wide vista of bilateral scientific collaboration.
On 30 October, Dr. Annette Schavan, Minister of Education and Research, and a high-level delegation from Germany made a courtesy visit to JSPS's executives in Tokyo.