Issue 7, December 2006 - DAAD

Issue 7 - December 2006 

Welcome 

Alumni Meeting 

Talks 

Janice Muller 

Richard Kuipers 

Dr Ditta Bartels 

Jens Schröder 

Lyn Harrison 

Dr Paul Foley 

Fiona Allon 

Elite Universities 

Tuition Fees in Germany 

Dear reader, 

Welcome to the December 2006 edition of the DAAD Australia newsletter! 

With this edition, I would like to continue a series of newsletters published 

by my predecessor Dr Rainer Haarbusch. He left Sydney in (Southern) 

winter 2005. I myself came to Australia in February 2006. It then took me 

some time to fully grasp all the facets of being the DAAD representative 

for Australia (besides lecturing at uni), so there is now quite a gap 

between issues 6 and 7. But my assistant Elisabeth and I intend to 

continue this valuable tradition and publish news around the DAAD in 

Australia, Australian-German university and research co-operation, 

developments at German universities etc. roundabout every two months. 

The focus of this issue is our Alumni event which was held on November 

24 this year. In addition, we'd like to inform you about some brand-new 

developments in Germany’s higher education landscape – the 

“Exzellenzinitiative” and the beginning implementation of tuition fees. 

But first of all, we'd like to introduce ourselves: 

Scholarships to Germany 

DAAD Information Centre Sydney 

c/o Goethe-Institut 

90 Ocean Street 

Woollahra NSW 2025 

Australia 

daad.australia@gmail.com 

http://ic.daad.de/sydney/ 

For comments or if you would like to 

unsubscribe from this newsletter, please 

email us at daad.australia@gmail.com 

As director of the DAAD Information Centre Sydney, Dr Andreas Jäger 

manages the DAAD scholarship program for Australia and also coordinates 

the activities of other German research-support organisations such as the 

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH). Andreas received his PhD in 

German as a Foreign Language from the University of Bielefeld after 

finishing his MA degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-


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University of Munich. Before coming to Australia, Andreas was working as 

the Deputy Director of a private language school in Germany. Since 

February 2006, he has been in charge of the DAAD Information Centre in 

Sydney and also works as a lecturer in the Department of Germanic 

Studies at the University of Sydney. 

Elisabeth Meister has a Master of Arts in history and linguistics from the 

Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. She worked freelance in the 

publishing industry before moving to Australia in September 2003. In 

addition to her position as part-time assistant for the DAAD, Elisabeth 

also works for the Goethe-Institut and as a freelance translator. 

Alumni-Event 

The first-ever Alumni Meeting of Goethe-Institut, DAAD and Humboldt 

alumni was a roaring success. After coffee and cake, followed by a panel 

discussion about Australian Cultural policies with Karilyn Brown from the 

Australia Council, Klaus Krischok from the Goethe-Institut and Andreas 

Jäger, about 100 guests were treated to a choice of 8 short spotlight talks 

on Germany, ranging from personal experiences in cross-cultural 

research to comparisons between German and Australian universities 

and government support for the video game industry. After a short 

feedback session, food and drinks (thanks to the Goethe-Institut, the 

German Consulate General and last but not least to the DAAD in Bonn!) 

were served and guests mingled in the foyer and on the balcony of the 

Goethe-Institut in leafy Woollahra. While famous German DJ Hans 

Nieswandt put on funky dance tunes, people chatted, danced, mingled 

and drank up all the alcohol the Goethe-Institut had to offer until the party 

finally ended long after midnight. With the evening having been such a 

success, we'll certainly endeavour to repeat this event next year. Your 

feedback and suggestions are absolutely welcome in order to help us 

make the event even bigger and better next time! 





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Das erste Alumni-Treffen von Goethe-Institut, DAAD und Alexander von 

Humboldt-Stiftung war ein voller Erfolg. Nach ersten Möglichkeiten zum 

Kennenlernen bei Kaffee und Kuchen diskutierten Karilyn Brown vom


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Australia Council, Klaus Krischok vom Goethe-Institut und Andreas Jäger 

über australische Kultur- und Bildungspolitik. Danach hatten die ca. 100 

Gäste die Qual der Wahl aus zwei Kurzvortragsreihen; die 

Bandbreitereichte dabei von persönlichen Erfahrungen in der Forschung 

zwischen den Kulturen über einen Vergleich zwischen deutschen und 

australischen Universitäten bis hin zu Gedanken zur staatlichen 

Unterstützung für die Videospielentwicklung. Nach einer kurzen 

Feedback-Diskussion wurden Essen und Getränke serviert (Dank an das 

Goethe-Institut, das Deutsche Generalkonsulat und nicht zuletzt an den 

DAAD in Bonn!) und die Gäste hatten Gelegenheit, sich im Foyer oder 

auf dem großen Balkon des Goethe-Instituts inmitten des grünen 

Stadtteils Woollahra zu unterhalten und kennen zu lernen. Der berühmte 

deutsche DJ Hans Nieswandt legte auf, und so wurde getanzt, gegessen, 

geredet und der gesamte Alkoholvorrat des Goethe-Instituts geleert, bis 

der Abend lange nach Mitternacht ausklang. Nicht zuletzt aufgrund des 

großen Erfolgs dieses Treffens planen wir in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft 

weitere solche Ereignisse. Ihre Kommentare, Wünsche und Feedback 

sind dazu herzlich willkommen, damit das nächste Treffen noch besser 

werden kann! 


For all those who were unable to attend, we’re happy to provide short 

summaries of all talks: 

Für alle, die am Alumni-Abend nicht teilnehmen konnten, hier die 

Kurzfassungen der sehr interessanten Beiträge: 





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Janice Muller 

Documentary Theatre in Germany 

Theatre Director Janice Muller recently returned from Germany courtesy 

of the Sydney Goethe Institute's Dramaturgy Exchange Scholarship. 

While there, she was a guest of the Dramaturgy Department at the Maxim 

Gorki Theater in Berlin and also observed the final weeks of rehearsal for 

a new "documentary theatre" production by acclaimed German theatre 

group Rimini Protokoll. This company, comprised of three talented and 

prolific directors, premiered their latest work "Karl Marx: Das Kapital Band 

ins" in Düsseldorf on 4 November 2006. Rimini Protokoll's work explores


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theatricality in real life and brings reality on to the stage. They frequently 

work with "real life experts" in place of actors - in this production with a 

range of people whose lives intersected in some way with Karl Marx's 

famous work - resulting in a surprisingly warm and amusing night at the 

theatre. For more information: http://www.rimini-protokoll.de/ 

Richard Kuipers: 

Current German Cinema - No Flash in the Pan 

In the context of his visit to the Munich Film Festival in July, Variety critic 

and Festival of German Cinema advisor Richard Kuipers discussed the 

current status of German Cinema. He noted that Germany’s film industry 

has been on an artistic and commercial upswing initiated by the success 

of “Run Lola Run” in 1998, and cited the success of German Film 

Festivals staged by Goethe-Institutes around the world as evidence of 

sustained interest in New German Cinema. Richard named the influence 

of second-generation German filmmakers, the significant efforts of 

institutions such as German Films and the Goethe-Institut, and a series of 

bold and highly impressive films dealing with the re-unification of 

Germany and potent social topics as major contributors to this success. 

Richard concluded his address with an overview of the new German films 

premiered at Munich. He declared that once again, the Festival of 

German Cinema will face its on-going and most happy problem again in 

2007, with too many good films to choose from. 





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Quality in German Universities – Opportunities for Australia 

On my two recent trips to Germany this year, I have been impressed with 

a new dynamism in the German university landscape. The most 

impressive effort is that of the Federal Government, called 

Exzellenzinitiative. Some of its more important points for Australia would 

be: 

- Commitment to the Humboldt ethos to link research and teaching 

- A real emphasis on Masters Programs, with a strong focus on 

research in them 

- Internationalisation is seen in terms of enhancing the quality of 

research and for attracting very high quality students - and not at all in 

terms of extra income for the universities 

- there is no privatisation of universities at all 

- Let us accept more German PhD students into our research 

projects and we bring in a whole lot of links to these new directions in 

German research 

- Let us send our PhD students to the new (and the old) Graduate 

Schools and they will even obtain scholarships!


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- In the Graduate Schools and the International Masters Programs, 

there is a great deal of scope for international academics to come and 

teach and research, and funding is available 

- Let us consider whether the German model for Masters 

education should not be looked at more closely in Australia and followed 

more 

- More applications for research visits in Germany, through AvH 

and DAAD 

- More invitations to German researchers to visit in Australia 

- More joint projects, preferably not only on research, but also in 

teaching 

- The new initiative of FEAST (Forum for European-Australian 

Science and Technology Cooperation, www.feast.org) 


The cultural perception of computer and video games in Germany and 

Australia and their impact on support mechanisms 

I was discussing whether Australian state support mechanisms could be 

applied to the German video game development scene which, especially 

compared to the market size, is relatively small. In Australia, various 

mechanisms exist for the industry on a state and federal level: grants for 

game (prototype) development, covering travel and trade fair expenses, 

attracting investors and sponsoring conferences. However, for sociohistoric 

and economic reasons, mechanisms that work in Australia might 

not meet success in Germany, where the public discourse perpetuates an 

intense moral panic. In Australia, international success is the main 

criterion for funding, while specific Australian content plays no role 

whatsoever. In addition, certain traits of Australian society, such as the 

strong egalitarian tradition, make for a more positive disposition towards 

games. I therefore argued that if games are to overcome public 

scepticism and broaden an understanding for the medium, they need 

content which relates to specific German interests and characteristics; 

however, this approach might limit the international appeal of these 

games. 





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Lyn Harrison 

Deutschland - Mein Wintermärchen 

I spoke about my experience as the recipient of a Goethe-Institut 

scholarship awarded to a student who had studied German at the 

Goethe-Institut in Sydney. The scholarship enabled me to attend an 8- 

week intensive course at the Goethe-Institut in Freiburg where I spent a 

fantastic and stimulating time. Overall there were 127 students from 47 

countries, resembling a mini UN. The teaching was excellent and 

completely engaging across a range of methods. There was a broad and


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interesting cultural program which included excursions to Speyer, 

Strasbourg and Zürich. My German language and social life benefitted 

through being paired with a local Freiburger under the ‘Tandem Partner’ 

scheme. I concluded my talk with some statistics about German students 

in Australia including that Germany now ranks ninth in terms of numbers 

studying here across all sectors. 

Dr Paul Foley 

How an academic experience in Germany can change a career direction 

(neuroscientist to medical historian) 

I travelled to Germany in late 1995 as an ‘accompanying spouse’. My wife 

had been awarded an AvH Fellowship to pursue medical research at the 

University of Würzburg. Despite the legendary abruptness of (some) 

Würzburger, we felt at home very quickly: Würzburg offers everything we 

could wish for in terms of culture, entertainment, retail facilities and, of 

course, Franconian wine and beer. I initially enrolled at the University as a 

Magister Artium candidate in history as the most economical means of 

improving my German, but had graduated within six semesters and 

commenced my Doktorarbeit at the Institute for the History of Medicine, 

from where I graduated summa cum laude in 2001. This allowed me to 

return in 2002, this time as an AvH Fellow myself. Equally important was 

that I came to know a university system which is much better than its 

reputation in Germany; unfortunately I fear that much of the intellectual 

variety and challenge which I experienced will be lost in the rushed attempt 

to emulate American universities. In short, both my wife and I regard our 

time in Germany as amongst the happiest years of our lives; our original 

one year stay was ultimately extended to five. We both maintain the 

contacts and friendships established during our two Fellowships, 

continuing to visit Germany every year. 





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Fiona Allon 

Berlin: Open City? 

Since German unification more than a decade ago, Berlin has been 

celebrated as both a cosmopolitan city and a social and cultural project for 

demonstrating the diversity and openness of the ‘new Germany’ - where 

”open” means “ready” for change, receptive, and forward-looking. Debates 

about Berlin’s identity, its dire financial predicament, and its future as a 

culturally dynamic, open and “creative city” are ongoing. Of course, this 

fascination with the “creative” and “cultural” is certainly not unique to Berlin 

- the discourse has been taken up with great fervour all around the world 

as countries start to think seriously about the post-industrial futures of their 

cities. 

I’m interested in Berlin’s openness not just in terms of the glossy ‘world 

city’ rhetoric, but in what it means for groups of people to actually live


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there. Berlin is a place where the local, national and transnational meet 

and intersect: Ossies and Wessies, the East-German Vietnamese guestworkers, 

Turkish-Germans, Russian-Germans, Africans, Cubans, and so 

on. For me, this is where Berlin as an open city becomes the most 

fascinating. It’s not just the physical form and structure of the city, the 

creative uses of spaces and sites, the multiple dynamic cultural scenes, it’s 

also the intangible and not so visible spaces the city provides for testing 

out new forms of identity, belonging, and ultimately citizenship. 

Dr Andrew McIntosh 

Biomechanical links between Sydney and Heidelberg 

I was very fortunate to be a DAAD scholarship holder at Heidelberg 

University in the early 1990s. I undertook part of my doctoral research 

there in the field of biomechanics and have since continued to collaborate 

with my former supervisor and a biomechanics group at the Orthopaedic 

Clinic in Heidelberg. The latter has developed into a wider collaboration 

between my research group and theirs. Learning German has been a 

great asset, not just for breaking the ice with German scientists and 

friends, but in understanding and experiencing the German culture. The 

opportunity presented by the DAAD has been very significant in my career 

and provided on-going opportunities for collaboration and exchange with 

Germany. 





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Elite-Universitäten 

Auch wenn das Niveau deutscher Hochschulen gut bis spitze ist, fehlte es 

bisher doch an herausragenden Namen, die auch im Ausland weithin 

bekannt waren. Ein Grund hierfür ist die Abwesenheit deutscher Unis auf 

den ersten Plätzen internationaler Rankings, was ein eigenes Thema ist. 

Und Elite-Unis gab es durch die egalitäre Tradition in der alten 

Bundesrepublik ebenfalls nicht. Als Elite-Universität firmierte in neuerer 

Zeit höchstens die International University Bremen, die 2001 als 

Deutschlands erste private Elite-Uni nach amerikanischem Vorbild eröffnet 

wurde. 

Die 2005 von der früheren Bundesforschungsministerin Edelgard Bulmahn 

ins Leben gerufene "Exzellenzinitiative" mit einem Gesamtbudget in Höhe 

von 1,9 Milliarden Euro soll dies ändern 

(http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/exini_start.html, 

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/coordinated_programmes/excellen 

ce_initiative/). 

Die Bewertungskriterien setzen sich aus drei Elementen zusammen: 

Graduiertenschulen zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses 

durch optimale Promotionsbedingungen; Exzellenzcluster zur Förderung 

der Spitzenforschung, die einen besonderen Schwerpunkt setzen und 

eng mit außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen sowie der Wirtschaft


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kooperieren sollen; sowie Zukunftskonzepte zum projektbezogenen 

Ausbau der universitären Spitzenforschung, um an die Weltspitze 

vorzudringen. Einer Universität muss mindestens eine Schule sowie ein 

Cluster bewilligt werden, um auch im Bereich Zukunftskonzepte erfolgreich 

sein zu können. 

Am 13. Oktober 2006 gaben die DFG und der Wissenschaftsrat die 

Entscheidung bekannt: Mit zwei Elite-Universitäten, der Ludwig- 

Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) und der Technischen Universität 

München (TUM), sowie zahlreichen Graduiertenschulen und 

Spitzenforschungszentren liegt Bayern dabei an der Spitze, gefolgt von 

Baden-Württemberg, das mit der TH Karlsruhe ebenfalls eine Elite- 

Universität vorzuweisen hat. Nordrhein-Westfalen lag im Mittelfeld vor 

Niedersachsen und Hessen, während der ganze Osten außer Sachsen 

leer ausging. 

Den drei Siegern winkt ein zweistelliger Millionenbetrag pro Jahr - nicht 

viel im Vergleich zu internationalen Spitzenuniversitäten wie etwa Harvard. 

Auch die bisher von Finanzierungsproblemen geplagte International 

University Bremen erhielt jetzt von der Jacobs Foundation eine 

Großspende in Höhe von 200 Millionen Euro - doppelt so viel wie die drei 

frisch gekürten Elite-Universitäten zusammen (http://www.iubremen.de/news/media/pressreleases/10678/index.php.de). 

Dafür müssen 

die neuen Elite-Unis nicht ihren Namen ändern, während die Bremer 

Universität jetzt "Jacobs University Bremen" heißt. Dennoch sehen die drei 

Sieger-Unis jetzt ihre Chance, durch die Förderung zukunftsträchtiger 

Forschung den Sprung an die Weltspitze zu schaffen. 

Neben einiger Unzufriedenheit mit dem Verfahren selbst, vornehmlich aus 

der Politik, gibt es aber auch generelle Kritik am Prinzip der Förderung 

einzelner Elite-Universitäten: Demnach habe Deutschland im Vergleich der 

ökonomisch fortgeschrittenen Länder eine der niedrigsten 

Hochschulabsolventenquoten, sodass es kontraproduktiv sei, Gelder aus 

der "Breite" abzuziehen, um eine Elite zu fördern. Allgemein wird die 

Exzellenzinitiative aber positiv gesehen: als Signal dafür, dass Leistung 

sich lohnt und auch belohnt wird, als Förderung des Wettbewerbs 

zwischen den deutschen Universitäten und als Mittel zur Stärkung der im 

internationalen Wettbewerb um die besten Köpfe wichtigen 

Hochschulmarken. 

Die Bewerbungen für die 2. Runde der Exzellenzinitiative haben bereits 

begonnen, eine Entscheidung wird im Oktober 2007 erwartet. Man darf 

gespannt sein! 

Elite-Universities 

Even though education at German universities is of a high standard 

generally, there are no famous names or elite universities that are wellknown 

outside of Germany: No German institution occupies a space 

among the world's top-ranked universities, and the only self-proclaimed


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elite university so far was the International University Bremen, a private 

university founded in 2001. 

In order to change this state of affairs, in June 2005 the German federal 

and state governments agreed on a so-called "Excellence Initiative" with a 

total budget of €1.9 billion to promote top-level research in Germany, 

improve its competitiveness on an international level and raise the global 

profile of Germany's top performers in academia and research. 

(http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/coordinated_programmes/excellen 

ce_initiative/). Decisions were made in three categories: Graduate schools 

for promoting young researchers, developing internationally competitive 

centres of top-level research, and increasing the recognition and prestige 

of German research; Clusters of Excellence to establish world-class 

research and competitive training facilities in order to enhance scientific 

networking and cooperation; and most importantly, Institutional Strategies 

to increase the competitiveness of top-level university research at an 

international level. This third line of funding can only be granted to 

universities who have successfully established at least one cluster of 

excellence and one graduate school. 

On October 13 this year, the first round of the Excellence Initiative was 

concluded and the Karlsruhe University of Technology, the Ludwig- 

Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) and the Munich University of 

Technology (TUM) were awarded funding in all three lines, thereby 

winning the coveted (if inofficial) title of "Elite University". All three 

institutions now see their chance to make the leap into the ranks of the 

world's top universities. 

However, the new elite universities combined will only receive about half 

as much money as the International University Bremen recently did from a 

private donation - the Jacobs Foundation provided much-needed funds 

amounting to €200 million (http://www.iubremen.de/news/media/pressreleases/10678/index.php) 

- but then, the 

university is now called "Jacobs University Bremen", whereas the winners 

of the Excellence Initiative will of course keep their names. 

Applications for the second round have already started, with decisions 

slated to be made in October 2007, so interesting times are ahead! 





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Studiengebühren 

Anders als in Australien waren in Deutschland Studiengebühren bisher 

nicht üblich, werden aber seit Jahren schrittweise eingeführt: Zunächst gab 

es Gebühren für Langzeitstudierende, GasthörerInnen (Studierende 

anderer Hochschulen) und TeilnehmerInnen von Aufbau- und Master- 

Studiengängen. An privaten Hochschulen dagegen fielen auch bisher 

schon Gebühren von bis zu mehreren tausend Euro pro Semester an. Ab 

dem Wintersemester 2006/2007 erheben einige Bundesländer nun auch 

an staatlichen Universitäten Studiengebühren für das Erststudium, sodass


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je nach Bundesland und Hochschule mit Gebühren von rund 500 Euro pro 

Semester zu rechnen sind (gesetzliches Limit). Promotionsstudiengänge 

sind derzeit weiterhin überall gebührenfrei. 

Die Gebühren sollen den Wettbewerb unter den Hochschulen weiter 

verstärken und so ihre Position auf dem weltweiten Bildungsmarkt 

verbessern. Zudem wird argumentiert, dass mehr Geld für Bildung nötig 

ist, um deutsche Unis an die Weltspitze zu bringen. 

GegnerInnen von Studiengebühren befürchten allerdings, dass die Gelder 

kaum den Hochschulen zu Gute kommen werden, da nach der Einführung 

von Gebühren staatliche Zuschüsse zurückgefahren werden könnten und 

es in Deutschland rein rechtlich nicht möglich ist, die Gebühren verbindlich 

den Hochschulen zuzuweisen. Zudem könnten Gebühren dazu führen, 

dass sich AbiturientInnen aus finanziell schwächeren Haushalten noch 

weniger als bisher schon zutrauen, ein Studium finanzieren zu können. 

In Australien hingegen, wo für deutsche Verhältnisse astronomische 

Studiengebühren normal geworden sind, klingen solche Zahlen eher 

niedlich. Studieren in Deutschland sollte daher auch weiterhin nicht an der 

Geldfrage scheitern - zumal der DAAD zunächst etwaige Studiengebühren 

für StipendiatInnen übernimmt. 

Australians studying and researching at German Universities 

Durch zahlreiche Messeauftritte, Informationsveranstaltungen an Unis und 

direkte Informations-Emails an German Departments und International 

Offices konnten wir mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf Programme deutscher Unis, 

Austauschmöglichkeiten und das Stipendienangebot des DAAD lenken. 

So gab es reges Interesse an den Stipendien für die 

Deutschlandkundlichen Winterkurse. Insgesamt haben sich 67 

Studierende aus Australien fuer den Winterkurs 2007 beworben. 25 von 

ihnen konnte ein Stipendium verliehen werden. Wir hatten damit mehr 

BewerberInnen als in den 3 Jahren vorher, also seit das Programm 

existiert. Das sind schöne Zahlen! Diese Studierenden werden demnächst 

nach Essen, Freiburg und Leipzig (7-wöchiger Winterkurs) und dieses Jahr 

erstmals auch zusätzlich nach Berlin (4-wöchiger Winterkurs der FU Berlin 

- FUBIS) aufbrechen. 

Auch für das Germanistenstipendium (One-Semester Scholarship for 

University Students Reading German Studies) konnten wir mehr Interesse 

als in den Vorjahren wecken. Insgesamt haben 10 von 24 BewerberInnen 

2006 ein Stipendium für das Sommersemester 2007 bzw. für das 

Wintersemester 2007/08 bekommen. Ein Erfolg ist die relativ hohe Anzahl 

von BewerberInnen und die hohe Zahl von Förderungen, was u.a. auch für 

die gute Qualität der Bewerbungen spricht.


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Für die anderen Stipendienprogramme, vor allem das 

Forschungsstipendium für DoktorandInnen, junge AkademikerInnen und 

WissenschaftlerInnen (Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates, Young 

Academics and Scientists) sowie für das Studienstipendium für Graduierte 

(Study Scholarships for Graduates of All Disciplines) und das 

Künstlerstipendium (Study Scholarships for Artists) liegen noch keine 

Zahlen vor. Die Auswahlen werden bis Mitte Februar in Bonn getroffen 

werden. 

Ich hoffe, dass wir mit Ihrer Hilfe unsere Politik auch im nächsten Jahr 

fortsetzen können, indem wir möglichst viele DozentInnen und 

ProfessorInnen als MultiplikatorInnen gewinnen. Sprechen Sie Ihre viel 

versprechenden Studierenden an! Vermitteln Sie ihnen einen Eindruck von 

den Vorteilen eines Studien- oder Forschungsaufenthalts in Deutschland. 

Machen Sie den DAAD und sein Stipendienprogramm bekannt. Wir 

springen dann gerne ein, informieren und beraten! 

Wir wünschen allen ein wunderschönes Weihnachtsfest 

und einen guten Rutsch in ein viele Wünsche erfüllendes Jahr 2007 ! 


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