Exceptional funding for exceptional projects

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have funded Göttingen University's activities in the European Network ENLIGHT with a further €488,000. The funding supports Göttingen University staff and students to collaborate with ENLIGHT partners in research and teaching projects. Photo: University of Göttingen/Jan von Allwörden DAAD and BMBF support European University ENLIGHT: nearly € 500,000 for international collaboration The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have funded Göttingen University's activities in the European Network ENLIGHT with a further €488,000. The funding supports Göttingen University staff and students to collaborate with ENLIGHT partners in research and teaching projects. The Network, which the European Union has funded as a "European University" with five million euros, includes nine renowned European universities: the Universities of Göttingen, Ghent, Groningen, Uppsala and Tartu, as well as the University of Bordeaux, the University of the Basque Country, Comenius University in Bratislava and the National University of Ireland, Galway. "We are delighted about this extraordinary additional funding support from the DAAD and the BMBF," says Professor Hiltraud Casper-Hehne, Internationalisation Officer at the University of Göttingen, and Göttingen project leader of ENLIGHT. "The funding really underlines the success of the projects in research and teaching implemented by our Network and confirms its outstanding reputation both nationally and internationally." Almost half a million additional euros are now moving to Göttingen to further develop digital research-oriented teaching formats and virtual mobility.