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Call for Proposals

German-Israeli Minerva-Gentner Symposia 2024

The Minerva Stiftung invites to apply for a German-Israeli Minerva-Gentner Symposia in 2024.

The Minerva-Gentner Symposium is a format to bring together Israeli scientists with colleagues from Germany through conferences, workshops, etc. It is named after the physicist Wolfgang Gentner, who was a member of the first German scientific delegation to Israel in 1959 and later member of the board of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot.

German-Israeli Minerva-Gentner Symposia are intended to enable scientific discourse, exchange of ideas and new interactions in a given field of research.  Furthermore, the Symposia should initiate new collaborative efforts in fields that are that are highly innovative and not yet in the focus of German-Israeli cooperation. Minerva-Gentner Symposia may be conducted in all areas of research.

A typical Minerva-Gentner Symposium has about 25-50 participants. The invited scientists should come from various institutions in Germany and Israel. In addition to the Israeli and German participants, also scientists from other countries can be included in the programme. The venue of the Symposium may be either in Germany or Israel. Not yet established but promising young scientists (PhD-students, Post-Docs) shall have the opportunity to get in contact with senior scientists during these Symposia.

A Minerva-Gentner Symposium can be funded with up to EUR 30,000 by the Minerva Stiftung.

Scientists from all German universities and non-university research institutions as well as from the six Israeli universities (Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University, Haifa University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion, Tel Aviv University) and the Weizmann Institute are eligible to apply for a Minerva-Gentner Symposium together with (a) colleague(s) from the respective other country. 

Because selection is competitive, it is recommended to submit a detailed proposal (average: 4-6 pages). The scientific quality of the organizers and speakers and the strength of the scientific concept are important criteria in the evaluation process. Please note that your proposal for a Minerva-Gentner Symposium should not involve similar/identical topics or the same group of people as previous ones.

Eligible Expenditures
On principle, only costs for the scientific part of the event can be taken into account. A subsequent increase of the lump sum following the grant is not possible.

The deadline for submitting applications is 10 July 2022 by using this link.