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MehrAllianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen Stellungnahme Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Leibniz-Gemeinschaft Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Wissenschaftsrat 13. Juli 2017…
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MehrAllianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen Stellungnahme Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Leibniz-Gemeinschaft Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Wissenschaftsrat 30. Juni 2017…
MehrProgress Report November 2020 Joint Committee of DFG and Leopoldina on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research Published by Joint Committee on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research Chairs: Professor Britta Siegmund and Professor Bärbel Friedrich German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Reinhardtstrasse 14, 10117 Berlin Authors and Editors Lena Diekmann, Dr Johannes Fritsch, Dr Anita…
MehrScience Advice for the Benefit of Europe EASAC policy report 40 May 2020 ISBN: 978-3-8047-4144-7 This report can be found at www.easac.eu and www.feam.eu easac Challenges and potential in regenerative medicine EASAC EASAC – the European Academies' Science Advisory Council – is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States to enable them to collaborate with each other in giving…
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Mehr- 1 - 6th ad-hoc statement – 23 September 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: Establishing effective rules for autumn and winter Executive summary The daily number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections in Germany has been increasing again since July. This trend is even more pronounced in other European countries (e.g. France, Spain, the Nether- lands, Austria) or in Israel, where in some cases the numbers already…
MehrAd hoc statement – June 2020 Energy transition 2030: Europe’s path to carbon neutrality German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities 2 Preliminary remarks With its upcoming presidency of the EU Council, Germany has the opportunity to set European climate policy on a new path. The…
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