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Not too long ago, I had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Doreen Siegfried about #OpenScience, to reflect upon how I approach research, and why I turned to Open Science. The interview is out now with the ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft / ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. My additional two cents: 🔑 Open science helps us work together and accumulate knowledge from transparent and reusable materials, data, code, etc. 🔑 The aim is to share knowledge and this, of course, requires training - no need to build the perfect code or repository from scratch 🔑 There are many ways to get engaged, for example with the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) or by getting in touch with a local Open Science Center such as the LMU Open Science Center

Austrian research institutions and funding agencies are appealing to the next government to raise the research quota to #4percent by 2030 📈 Increasing research funds is an important step to ensure Austria's future competitiveness and innovative capacity. Learn more 👉  https://lnkd.in/dbfFa63T Austrian Science Fund FWF FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH Institute of Science and Technology Austria Ludwig Boltzmann GeoSphere Austria Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft CDG Silicon Labs Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws) OeAD-GmbH – Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung

For the benefit of our English speaking followers and friends, I am happy to provide an update in English as well: Yes, we have received a great number of even greater applications for the Digital GreenTalent Award 2024! 😁 We are thrilled that we have received applications from 44 countries and almost every continent! Picking out the best candidates will certainly not be an easy task for our top-class jury. At the beginning of September, it will be decided who will be one of this year's Digital GreenTalents and who will receive the award at the ceremony on November 13. The winners can look forward to one of 20 fully-funded research stays as well as participating in a unique SpringSchool next year and in the global Digital GreenTalents network.    The Digital GreenTalents competition, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (#BMBF), promotes ambitious young scientists (master's students, doctoral candidates, postdocs and young professionals) from all over the world who are driving forward innovative ideas relating to digitalization and sustainable development. The BMBF Digital GreenTalents programme is organized by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (#PTKA) in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (#GI). All information can be found at: https://lnkd.in/eeM8m6Se   #DigitalGreenTalents24 #BMBF #Digitalization #Sustainability #ResearchFunding #Innovation #DigitalGreenTech

🌏❄️🔬 Exciting news from the Universität Graz! The #SermilikStation, has the chance to be a cutting-edge platform for research, teaching, and can act as a lighthouse for #ScienceCommunication in the context of #ClimateChange. The interdisciplinary ethos of the #SermilikStation perfectly aligns with the conceptual ideas in #biogeomorphology, linking sediment transport, primary succession, and paraglacial adjustment. This can help to understand the dynamic interactions within the cryosphere and their cascading effects on hydrology and ecology. Derived knowledge on #LandscapeDevelopment, #NaturalHazards, and #FunctionalEcology provides the chance to advance our understanding of the consequences of #ClimateChange and provides insights into potential applications of #NatureBasedSolutions that can mitigate environmental challenges faced by both humans and ecosystems in the region. #PolarResearch #ClimateChangeResearch #InterdisciplinaryScience Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Universität Wien Universität Innsbruck Polar Research GeoSphere Austria 🌏❄️🔬

Bavaria’s Leap into Innovation: A €10 Million Commitment to Global Challenges 🌍🔬 The Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst is at the vanguard of fostering innovation through strategic investments in academia. As part of the Elite Network of Bavaria initiative, a robust €10 million funding package has been earmarked to catalyse five pioneering international research collectives. Starting in 2024, this funding will support these collectives over six years, with a focus on addressing critical societal challenges. These interdisciplinary teams are poised to make significant advances in areas such as Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 🏥: Charting new territories in pain management methodologies. Universität Regensburg 🔍: Exploring atomic structures and cellular stress, with potential breakthroughs in disease prevention. FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg 🏔️ : Assessing the impact of glacial melt on communities, guiding towards resilience. Technische Universität München 🌾: Enhancing crop yields through optimization, bolstering global food security. This funding commitment underlines Bavaria's position at the forefront of cutting-edge research with real-world impact. We're proud that young researchers are receiving this incredible support. Stay tuned as we follow the exciting discoveries coming out of these world-class research centres! 📢 For more details on this initiative, explore the full announcement by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst here: https://lnkd.in/dSkH3jkB #BavarianInnovation #UniversityResearch #GermanHigherEd #ResearchFunding #GlobalChallenges

As one of the Austrian members in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment we at the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft have recently published our action plan, showcasing how we promote qualitative and diverse methods for evaluating research and researchers. Key Points of the LBG Action Plan: Diversity of Contributions: LBG research assessment criteria include contributions beyond journal publications, such as public engagement, teaching, mentoring, open science, and participatory research. Qualitative Focus: Research assessment at LBG prioritizes qualitative evaluations through peer review, but avoids undue reliance on metrics like the JIF and H-index. Ethics and Diversity Hub: The LBG has established the Ethics & Diversity Hub to support ethical practices and diversity in research FAIR research data The LBG supports making research data findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable, inter alia by providing the CREED repository for data underlying publications Future Directions: LBG will continue to refine its assessment practices by integrating additional diversity and inclusion indicators, further promoting open access, and actively engaging with national and international networks, including #CoARA #researchevaluation #researchassessment

I'm incredibly honored to share that my project "New Sustainable Fe-rich Magnet using a Predictive Alloy and Microstructure Design Toolbox" (Mag-Tool) has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant totaling 1.5 million euros! 🎉 A huge thank you to the European Research Council (ERC) Research Council for supporting my mission to develop resource-efficient magnets and bring us closer to a greener future. 🌍🔋 Mag-Tool combines cutting-edge machine learning and experimental techniques to reduce the need for rare elements and accelerate magnet development. 🚀 I'm deeply grateful to the Functional Materials (TU Darmstadt), Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt - Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, EU Office of TU Darmstadt, as well as my incredible collaborators and mentors—which are so many that I need another post :)— this achievement wouldn't have been possible without your invaluable support and guidance. 🙏 Onwards to innovation and sustainability! 🌱✨ For more information please check the bellow link 🌟 #ERCGrant #SustainableFuture #MagTool #Innovation #MachineLearning #GreenTech #Magnets #MaterialsScience #Collaboration #MagTool #

At #HIF Margret C. Fuchs conducts the near-field sensing group. The group’s focus is on novel, non-invasive #exploration methods covering applications from single crystal #characterization up to drill-core logging by using optical, #spectroscopy-based sensors. It also includes #research dedicated to the development of new or optimized #sensors and sensor integration in collaboration with industry partners. #womeninscience #innovation #rawmaterials

Sustainability in Computer Science For a detailed insight into which topics relating to sustainability were in the public lecture, see: https://lnkd.in/dtx-D7Cp #BIG #BusinessInformatics #TUWienInformatics #SustainabilityinCS

📢 ❗ Seventy-one percent of Postdocs consider seriously exiting from science in Germany, according to the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW). 😟 Main aspects for Postdocs to consider leaving science were: 1) High workload (65% of the Postdocs surveyed), 2) Health problems (40%), 3) Doubts about suitability (49.6%), 4) Work-life balance (67.2%), 5) Science Temporary Contract Act (#WissZeitVG) (75.4%). 💥 ☔ Aspects such as #underappreciation, lack of career prospects, lack of prospects of a professorship or an alternative #permanentposition and the lack of transparency in the recruitment process also had a significant influence. 📅 The research data set is already published here: https://lnkd.in/easJCevx ❗ ATTENTION ❗ 🐁 🔬 These results do not consider the pressing situation of Postdocs who work with animals. 🤐 Postdocs in the animal research field face stress associated with #stigmatization, delaying their permissions, more and more paperwork for regulatory requirements, and the unavoidable fact of euthanizing animals. ❓ What is the future of science in Germany? #Postdocs #Research #Animalscience #Germany #3Rs