Listen to the story {Play} The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has published guidelines to fund scientific support for its “StartChances” program. This comprehensive initiative seeks to break the cycle of educational opportunity gaps linked to social background for maximum educational impact. The support will run for …
Listen to the story {Play} Germany’s federal and state governments have agreed on a landmark €20 billion program to improve educational opportunities for disadvantaged students, marking the largest education program in the country’s history. The “Starting Opportunities” program, set to begin in August 2024, will target around 4,000 schools with …
Listen to the story {Play} Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) have announced the first milestones of their Financial Education Initiative. The goals of the initiative are to improve the research and data basis in Germany, strengthen financial competence in all …
Listen to the story {Play} BERLIN, GERMANY – The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has published its Robotics Research Action Plan, outlining a strategy to pool the country’s strengths in robotics research and strategically align funding. The plan aims to make Germany a global leader in robotics …
Listen to the story {Play} Berlin, Germany – November 15, 2023 – The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has established an international advisory board for social innovations to support the implementation and further development of the National Strategy for Social Innovations and Companies Oriented to the Common Good. …
Listen to the story {Play} Berlin, Germany – November 7, 2023 – Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger today unveiled the AI Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy to solidify Germany’s position as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development. The plan outlines eleven key areas of action, including …
Listen to the story {Play} German federal and state governments have reported that 90% of the Digital Pact funds have been used. This means that around 2.3 billion euros have been spent on expanding the digital infrastructure in schools. The Digital Pact is a joint initiative by the federal and …
Listen to the story {Play} The research of energy power from fusion began in the 1950s. It is a solution that has the potential to solve all energy power problems in a society without fossil fuels and an increasing need for more power in general. Until recently the great prospects …
Listen to the story {Play} The Financial Education Initiative is a joint project to improve financial literacy in the general education system. The initiative was launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Finance in Germany last week. In cooperation with OECD a financial education platform …
Listen to the story {Play} The German Government’s work of setting up a Cross-disciplinary National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) has taken further steps to reach the project’s goal. That is to form a digital cross-disciplinary knowledge repository for the entire German scientific and research landscape. Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger …
