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Part II: Cooperation Across Borders for Future Change Continuing the momentum of the Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier, the Lower Saxonian delegation, led by State Secretary Prof. Joachim Schachtner alongside Prof. Anne H. Anderson, Vice President of the RSE, engaged in a series of high-level meetings in Scotland to introduce the new funding scheme and […]

Part I: A Memorandum of Understanding to Act Scotland, United Kingdom In February 2025, a significant step towards international academic collaboration was achieved with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). This agreement underscores a mutual commitment […]

We are pleased to announce two forthcoming information sessions dedicated to the Lower Saxony – Scotland Research and Innovation Scheme – a prestigious funding initiative designed to strengthen academic collaboration between researchers in Lower Saxony and Scotland. The scheme, structured into two distinct streams, supports both emerging and established partnerships, promoting and enabling cross-border research […]

Announcement of Open Calls The Lower Saxony – Scotland Research and Innovation Scheme officially launches today, reinforcing the commitment to long-term academic collaboration between Lower Saxony and Scotland. This landmark initiative, supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), the Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) together with the Volkswagen Foundation and in […]

With profound sadness, the members of ECAS mourn the passing of Prof. Dr. Jörg Philipp Terhechte, our Academic Director, in the early hours of 22 November 2024. Professor Terhechte was the visionary mind behind ECAS, playing an instrumental role in its creation and development. It was his leadership and dedication that secured the collaboration between […]

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) together with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), have announced a new call for proposals for international and high-impact bilateral research in the arts and humanities sector. It supports cutting-edge, cross-border research deepening the understanding of human culture, history, and society. Researchers from Germany and the UK […]

The Fellow Conference 2024 unfolded as a landmark hybrid event on the 4th and 5th November at Osnabrück University, under the framework of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. This initiative, designed to facilitate mobility for early-career researchers in both regions, is generously supported by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture […]

"Alongside Israel, Scotland is one of the two most important cooperation partners for science in Lower Saxony and the European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS) has a fundamentally important role to play in coordinating this partnership," said Lower Saxony's Science Minister Falko Mohrs at the Lower Saxony - Scotland Joint Forum at Leuphana. Shortly beforehand, a high-ranking delegation from Lower Saxony had visited Scotland to discuss the expansion of cooperation with various universities and Universities Scotland, the association of Scottish colleges and universities.

During the delegation visit led by Lower Saxonian Minister for Science and Culture Falko Mohrs, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, the chair of the Permanent Commission for Internationalisation of the Lower Saxonian Rectors’ Conference and Claire McPherson, the director of Universities Scotland, signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Edinburgh. Its aim is to increase mobility of students, […]

We are delighted to announce that the European Centre for Advanced Studies has recently secured substantial funding from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture to support a new round of joint project grants under the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. This funding not only reinforces the commitment of both regions to the continued promotion of academic excellence and international knowledge production, but more importantly offers another generation of early career researchers the opportunity to engage in collaborative projects of their choice.

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Robert Burns