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A NNUAL R EPORT 2004eral Minister of Education and Research,Edelgard Bulmahn. In his address, the Presidentof the Max Planck Society emphasizedthe challenges posed by ongoing globalizationand the creation of a Europeanresearch region. “This is a process,” PeterGruss said, “where the Weizmann Instituteand the Max Planck Society are pursuingcommon aims: to ensure the excellence andcompetitiveness of our institutes, departmentsand researchers at an internationallevel.”The Minerva Fellowship ProgramIn 1973 the Minerva Fellowship Program was established in an expanded form covering all Israeliand German research institutions. Within this framework the Minerva Foundation currently providesan annual €1.2m of funding for around 50 Israeli and German fellowship holders for a period up tothree years, allowing them to conduct research in the host country. The targeted funding of juniorresearchers is increasingly becoming a priority in order to encourage support for German-Israelicooperation among the upcoming generation of young scientists. In addition to Minerva Seed Grantsand Short-Term Research Grants for stays of around three months, both countries also host so-calledMinerva Schools or Gentner Symposiums, named after one of their founders. These events providelarge groups from both countries the opportunity to exchange ideas on scientific matters and tomake initial contacts for subsequent cooperation agreements. Until the year 2003, a total of €31mwas provided for this purpose, funding which was used by around 700 Israeli and more than 800 Germanscientists for extended research visits in either country.The Minerva Junior Research GroupsBy establishing a current total of five Minerva Junior Research Groups at a number of Israeli universitiesand research institutions from 2001 onwards, the Minerva Foundation has closed a gap inthe German-Israeli research support program. The foundation provides these Junior ResearchGroups with around €100,000 annually. The work of the Israeli Junior Research Groups is also limitedto five years, based on the model of the Independent Junior Research Groups in the Max PlanckSociety. During this time, outstanding young scientists have the chance to gain qualifications forfuture senior research positions and to strengthen German-Israeli scientific cooperation at an earlystage in their careers. The appointments procedure for a further two Minerva Junior ResearchGroups at the Weizmann Institute of Science is now underway.8
P OLITICAL G UIDELINESThe Minerva Research CentersA further new source of funding was founded in 1975 in the form of Minerva Research Centers. Thebasis for the project was provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the formof an endowment of €65m. The annual budgets of the Minerva Centers are financed from the yieldon the endowment, and an equivalent sum provided by Israel. An advisory board, consisting ofequal numbers of Israeli and German scientists, evaluates the centers’ scientific work and decideson new research proposals and the use of funding. All 41 Minerva Research Centers at seven Israeliscientific institutions are conceived as centers of excellence, with the aim of supporting cuttingedgescience in close cooperation with German research institutions. The research fields includeGerman history, human rights, German-Jewish literature, the potential agricultural applications ofgenetics and bio-technology, the transformation of light energy, marine biogeochemistry, and computerscience.Independent Junior Research GroupsIn this scheme involving the mutual establishmentof Junior Research Groups withforeign partner organizations, Germanjunior scientists head a Junior ResearchGroup at a foreign research institute, whilea foreign scientist is made the head of aJunior Research Group at a Max Planckinstitute. This is intended to give youngjunior scientists the chance to gain experiencein dealing with different languages,cultures, and mentalities at an early stage intheir careers.Host research institutionLaboratoire Lorrain de Recherche enInformatique et ses Applications, NancyInternational Institute of Molecular andCell Biology, WarsawMPI for Developmental Biology,TübingenMPI for Cognitive NeurosciencePsychology Department, MunichInstitut de Génétique et de Biologie Molé-culaire et Cellulaire, Straßburg (CNRS)MPI for Biophysical Chemistry,GöttingenPôle de Biotechnologie Végétale,Toulouse (CNRS)Head of Junior Research GroupErnst AlthausMPI for Computer Science, SaarbrückenMatthias BochtlerMPI for Molecular Cell Biology &Genetics, DresdenNicholas FoulkesInstitut de Génétique et de BiologieMoleculaire et Cellulaire, StraßburgRafael LaboissièreInstitut de la Communication Parlèe, GrenobleFrank PfriegerMax Delbrück Center, Berlin;previously MPI for Neurobiology, MartinsriedErez RazWeizmann Institute, RehovotJulia Vorholt-ZambelliMPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg9
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