The German Research Foundation: Fuelling the dynamics of research funding
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Date: 2–2:45pm, Tuesday 1st April 2008
Venue: National Europe Centre, 1 Liversidge Street, The Australian National University
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner
Prof. Kleiner will present strategic aspects of the DFG combined with considerations of knowledge production and transfer stemming from his own research in production engineering and metal forming techniques.
The German Research Foundation is the central, self-governing research funding organisation that promotes research at universities and other publicly financed research institutions in Germany.
The DFG serves all branches of science and the humanities by funding research projects and facilitating cooperation among researchers.
With Australia, the DFG has bilateral funding agreements with the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Prof. Kleiner began his career at the University of Dortmund, and has a background in mechanical engineering. He has held chairs in Design and Manufacturing at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus and in Forming Technology at the University of Dortmund, and has been the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Dortmund.
He is a member of the Academia Europae, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Council of Technical Sciences of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina.
Prof. Kleiner has been associated with the DFG since the late 90’s, having been involved in a number of research initiatives as well as scientific committees. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in 2005, and elected President in 2007.
