Dear DAAD Friends and Alumni!🎓

Welcome to our August 2022 - Edition of the DAAD Australia Newsletter.

Today is the last day of winter. We are looking forward to warmer and sunnier days in spring and summer.

We hope that this newsletter finds you well. 

Stay up to date with what has been happening and what to look out for in regard to DAAD's activities in Australia and Germany!

This Newsletter includes information and updates on our key topics:



● DAAD Australia Alumni Association News

● Upcoming Events: German Week 2022 in Adelaide and Brisbane

● Recent Event: Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2022

● Real is Not Real Enough - Unpacking the Real:

Podcast Project about Günther Anders 

● Global Learning Report 2022: Digital Transformation of Higher Education

● Scholarships, Grants & Programs

We hope you will enjoy reading this edition.

Stay in touch with our DAAD IC Team in Sydney,

with kind regards, 

Katharina McGrath, Silke Schoppe und Michael Rieke

For enquiries and information, please contact

the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney:

Telephone: +61272088119

Email: info@daad-australia.org

Teleconferencing: please contact us via email, and our friendly staff will arrange an appointment and provide you with an access link.

DAAD Australia Alumni Association News

Dear DAAD Alumni and current scholarship holder!

The DAAD Alumni Executive Committee members look forward to re-connecting with you. We are planning a DAAD alumni and scholar event in Sydney for Quarter 4 this year and look forward to seeing many of you again in person! The date of the event will be communicated in the coming weeks.

In this newsletter, we would like to introduce ourselves to you, so you know who we are. Some of you might remember some of us from past DAAD alumni activities and events. 

Claudia Nelson, MBA – President

Claudia is an active DAAD Alumna since the inception of the DAAD Alumni Association and the DAAD Alumni Association President for the second time. She is passionate about re-activating the DAAD alumni activities and mentoring young talents.  

Dr. rer. nat. Mamoon Haque - Vice President

Mamoon is actively involved with the DAAD Alumni Australia Association since its inception. He is working closely with Claudia in his capacity as the DAAD Alumni Association’s Vice President. 

Dr Bobby Mathan - Public Officer

Bobby is an active alumnus for many years. He has already served as a regional representative for DAAD-Australia alumni association from 2010 to 2017.

Dr Catharina Vendl - Treasurer

Catharina is the treasurer of the DAAD Alumni Executive Committee. As active alumna, she wants to ‘give back’ to the DAAD community.

Dr Srinivas Nammi - Secretary

Nammi is an active DAAD alumnus and a member of the DAAD Alumni Executive Committee since 2022. 

Associate Prof. Michiko Weinmann – Executive Committee Member

Michiko is an active DAAD alumni for many years. She was already a member of the previous DAAD Alumni Executive Committee and is keen to re-connect with other fellow alumni.

Associate Prof. Ulrike Garde – Executive Committee Member

As a DAAD Ortslektorin and Alumna, Ulrike continues to have multiple connections with the DAAD. She is looking forward to contributing to the DAAD executive committee and to re-connecting to other DAAD Alumni.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Your DAAD Alumni Australia Executive Committee 

Upcoming Events:

German Week 2022 in Adelaide and Brisbane

German Week Adelaide

25 September - 03 October

Adelaide’s inaugural German Week is coming!

Whether you have family ties, are an Expat or a Wahldeutsche/r, a new taste of German culture will be brought to you. Exciting events include a German Movie Night, Business, Science & Innovation Day and a book reading with German author Jo Schueck.

Katharina McGrath, Director of DAAD IC Sydney will be presenting on  Research in Germany at the Business, Science and Innovation Day on 27 September.

Further information is available here.

German Week Brisbane

01 - 16 October

It’s time to look towards October! Finally you can fully immerse yourself again in Brisbane and embrace your inner German!

The 16 day long German week is excited to bring German culture to you and cure some of that Heimweh (homesickness).  

Celebrations will be held for the unified country (1990) and 70 Years of Diplomacy between Australia and Germany with a Concert Reception at the German National Day on 03 October.

Katharina McGrath, Director of DAAD IC Sydney will be presenting on Research in Germany at the Science and Innovation Day on 06 October.

Further information is available here.

Recent Event: Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2022

On 23 August the ten finalists of this year's Falling Walls Lab Sydney came together virtually to present their work to peers, a high-calibre jury of experts from academia and business, and the general public. 

We congratulate Mars Buttfield-Addison from the University of Tasmania who is the WINNER of the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2022 .

Presentation: Breaking the Wall of Space Debris Prevention!

Our congratulations go as well to the First Runner-up of the Falling Walls Lab, Merryn Fraser, from the Australian National University.

Presentation: Breaking the Wall of Drug Resistant Malaria!

We also congratulate the Second Runner-up, Oliver Lotz from the University of Sydney.

Presentation: Breaking the Wall of Medical Device Bioactivity!

The fourth place goes to Fiona Harshini Roy Desmond Godfrey from Monash University.

Presentation: Breaking the Wall of Deep Geothermal Energy Recoveries!

The fifth place is awarded to Martino Malerba from Deakin University.

Presentation: Breaking the Wall of hidden carbon emissions in agriculture!

Congratulations to Fiona Harshini Roy Desmond Godfrey for also becoming the People's Choice Winner at the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2022.

Compliments for your innovative work and convincing presentations!

These five winners will compete with the other state finalists at the Falling Walls Lab Australia in Canberra on 5 September 2022 (organised by the Australian Academy of Science) to determine who will be representing Australia at the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin, Germany in November 2022 and win a ticket to the Falling Walls Conference. 

A big Thank you to all members of the jury and the finalist who made this Grand Finale exciting and special.

Watch the outstanding presentations of the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2022! 10 finalists pitched their innovative work and ideas with an impact on science and society.

The event recording can be watched here.

Real is Not Real Enough: Unpacking the Real

Günther Anders Podcast Project

New Podcast Episode

Listen to the inaugural episode of the podcast 

'Unpacking The Real' which is part of the series ‚Real is not Real Enough‘, an audio experience based on the life and work of German philosopher, writer and cultural commentator Günther Anders.

Meet Dr Anna Pollmann of the University of Konstanz, Germany, who is a cultural historian of the 19th and 20th centuries and shares in this podcast her view on Günther Anders and his work.

You can listen to the podcast here.

Global Learning Report 2022:

Digital Transformation of Higher Education

More than two years have passed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Together with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Times Higher Education, the Global Learning Council (GLC) wants to take another look at how the digitization of higher education is developing around the world in this Global Learning Report 2022.

While our focus in last years‘ Global Learning Report 2021 last year was on immediate crisis management, this year we know more about what has worked and can lead to sustainable success, and at what point a careless approach can cause the educational experience to deteriorate, create barriers, and foster inequalities.

Further information and the report as PDF can be found here.

Call for Applications

RISE Worldwide

Researchers from accredited universities and non-profit research institutions can submit an internship offer for which German students from the fields of engineering, natural and earth sciences, medicine, computer science or related disciplines may apply. A successful applicant will receive a DAAD scholarship to carry out a research stay in your working group.

If you want to submit a project offer, please register at the RISE Worldwide Internship database from 01 September - 15 October.

Further information is available here

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Music

This scholarship program offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of music. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Application deadline: 29 September 2022 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here.

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture

This scholarship offers funding for projects in the area of design and planning. Lasting 10-24 months, the scholarship is suitable for foreign applicants who have gained a first university degree in the areas of Architecture, Interior Design, Monument Conservation, Urban Planning/Urban Development, Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture & Landscape Planning.

Application deadline: 30 September 2022 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Find further information is available here.

Call for Applications

Bilateral Exchange of Academics

To improve international relations and bilateral research cooperations between German and foreign universities, the DAAD supports exchanges of scientists and academics from partner countries. The basis of these exchanges are cultural exchange programmes and bilateral agreements with foreign partner organisations. University teachers and experienced academics and scientists, who have usually completed a doctoral degree and work at a university or research institute can apply.

Application deadline: 15 October 2022.

Further information is avaialble here.

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines

This 10-24 month scholarship provides excellently-qualified graduates who have completed a first degree (Bachelor, Diplom or comparable academic degree, with the opportunity to continue their academic education in Germany.

Application deadline: 20 October 2022 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here.

Call for Applications

One-Year Research Grants - Doctoral Candidates, Academics & Scientists

Research grants provide doctoral candidates, young academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out a research project or a course of continuing education at a German university or non-university research institute.

Application deadline: 20 October 2022 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here

Call for Applications

Research Grants - Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees/ Cotutelle

This programme offers you the opportunity to do a bi-national doctoral degree at your home university and at a university in Germany.

Option a) Doctorate with bi-national supervision:Option b) Doctorate following the “Cotutelle” procedure:

Application deadline: 20 October 2022 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here.

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of the Performing Arts 

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Application deadline: 02 November 2023 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here

Call for Applications

Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Fields of Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the fields Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Application deadline: 30 November 2023 (for stays that start in October 2023)

Further information is available here

Research in Germany - August Newsletter

How Germany promotes female researchers

Germany is constantly working to eliminate remaining structural disadvantages for female researchers. The Mentoring Program for International Female Scholars run by the University of Cologne is only one of many successful support programmes with which Germany aims to increase the proportion of women in the country's scientific landscape.

Find the video here and more information here.

ESB Business School at Reutlingen University

Study truly international in Germany

ESB Business School offers top-ranked undergraduate, graduate and executive programmes in business administration and business engineering (German and/or English), providing a strong network of partner companies and international partner universities all over the world.

Further information is available here.