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Announcing opening of application for German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagener Prize 2019

The Gottfried Wagener Prize honors young scientists under 46 years of age in Japan for path-breaking and application-oriented research work in the following three categories:

Materials and Energy
Digitalization and Mobility
Life Sciences


In each of these three categories a prize of 2,000,000 Yen is awarded. Workshops with experts from German industry and academia planned as follow-up.

Applications must be submitted until Tuesday, 15 January 2019 .
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The German Innovation Award was established by technology-focused German companies to encourage collaboration between German and Japanese industry and academia and to provide support for young researchers in Japan.

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German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagener Prize
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The German Innovation Award is organized by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan.