If you are GERMANY ALUMNI from the Global South* or funded within the framework of the DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme, the Centres of African Excellence or the SDG Graduate Schools *(OECD DAC list)

with a background in academic fields relevant to the topics

renewable energies, agriculture, agricultural engineering and forestry, nature and environmental protection, solar technology and engineering geotechnics, water management, digitalization / smart solutions related to agriculture and energy, smart and precision farming, drones and sensors in agriculture, subarea specific management, infrastructure and spatial planning, environmental politics and economics, political activities related to renewable / solar energy in the field of agriculture / agricultural value chains

APPLY NOW

for your participation in the

DAAD SDG ALUMNI PROJECT: Knowledge and Practice for Development

in the framework of

The Smarter E Europe in Munich, Germany

Europe’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry

PHASE 1 of the SDG Alumni Project:

PARTICIPATION in the trade fair The Smarter E Europe 2024 and International Campus Days of University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf – from 18 – 23 June in Munich / Freising / Ansbach, organized by the DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service

PHASE 2 of the SDG Alumni Project:

TRAINING SEMINAR – from 24 – 29 June 2024, organized and realized by four German universities, each of which has its own seminar topics and focus

taking place in Kassel/Witzenhausen, Leipzig, Siegen and Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

with 20 alumni per seminar

The four CALLS FOR APPLICATION are out now!

They are available on our website

SDG Alumni Projects www.daad.de/sdg-alumni-projects

Application deadline:

30 November 2023 for each of the seminars of

University of Kassel, University of Leipzig, University of Siegen,  Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

Please address your application directly to the contact persons named in the calls for application.

As part of the “In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme” DAAD offers scholarships for Masters and PhD studies to students in Sub-Saharan Africa region to study either in their home countries or another African country. The programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and aims at university staff in the first line, without neglecting the public sector demand of academically trained personnel. The individual scholarships for Masters and PhD studies are offered at selected host institutions the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Please visit https://www.daad-kenya.org/en/scholarship-programmes-within-africa/ to see all the calls for the region.

The deadline for application is 27 November 2023

The Research Chair Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Abebe Geletu W. Selassie at AIMS Rwanda in collaboration with the Chair of the Process Optimization Group Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Pu Li at TU Ilmenau is offering a Postdoctoral fellowship at AIMS Rwanda research center in Kigali. This fellowship is made available and funded by the DAAD to promote international academics exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programs.

Scientific interests:

Optimization, predictive control, and computational intelligence methods for efficient use of regenerative energy resources and sustainable and equitable distribution and management of water resources:

• Mathematical analysis and computational approaches to chance constrained optimization, centralized and distributed model predictive control, and development as well as implementation of data-driven and machine learning algorithms to be applied in water distribution systems for water quality management and control.
• Development of efficient approaches to online estimation of model parameters of battery systems in microgrids aiming at optimal and reliable energy supply with intermittent renewable generation.

Eligibility:

• D. degree with an outstanding performance in applied mathematics, power engineering, water systems engineering (not more than 6 years from the starting date of the appointment)
• Specialization in mathematical optimization and/or optimal control theory and numerical methods
• Experience in implementing and deploying large-scale optimization algorithms
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ or other optimization tools
• Ability to actively work in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Academic excellence and track records in conducting research and projects with at least 2 years of teaching and research experience
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Preferably a national of an African country

Female candidates and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to apply.

More info

RISE worldwide is starting the next round: For summer 2024  we are again asking for internship offers giving German undergraduate students the possibility to intern worldwide.

Research groups, laboratories and doctoral students from all over the world can apply to host a motivated and well-qualified student from Germany as a research intern to assist with a proposed project. Students participating in this program come from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, computer science, medicine, or a closely related field, and receive a DAAD scholarship to help cover living expenses and travel costs.

Internship projects can be submitted online at
https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-worldwide/offer-an-internship/submit-an-internship-offer/
from August 15, 2023 to September, 2023.

Between October 15, 2023 and November 30, 2023 the database opens for the German students and each student may apply for up to three internship projects. The prospective hosts are then asked to provide DAAD with their quality assessment of the applications for their projects.

Here is more information:
RISE Worldwide Flyer2024