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  topic Academia

  New Alexander von Humboldt Professorships

  The largest research award in Germany is the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship. Award winners from top locations around the world now take up research in Germany.  read more: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/281.php)
   
  
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  From the Evolution of Thought - An Interview with Leibniz Prize winner Onur Güntürkün

  Why do we turn our heads to the right to kiss? Are magpies really as smart as chimpanzees? And what does this have to do with German-Turkish academic relations? Leibniz Prize winner Onur Güntürkün speaks with bmbf-online.  read more: "Most of us kiss to the right"
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/21643.php)
   
  
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  Leibniz Prizes 2013: DFG Honours Eleven Outstanding Researchers

  The new recipients of Germany's most prestigious research funding prize have been announced: the DFG Joint Committee has awarded eleven researchers with the 2013 Leibniz Prize.  read more: Leibniz Prizes 2013: DFG Honours Eleven Outstanding Researchers
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/16156.php)
   
  
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  topic Research

  New freedom for the humanities

  The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is enhancing its funding for the humanities, cultural and social sciences with a new framework programme. A major goal of the programme is the internationalization of these disciplines.  read more: The Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Sciences: Knowledge for Cultural and Social Orientation
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/4630.php)
   
  
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  topic Academia

  An introduction to BAföG

  Over the past 40 years, students and trainees have received grants and loans in accordance with the Federal Training Assistance Act ("BAföG"). The act represents a strong commitment to equal opportunities in education.  read more: The Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/18228.php)