The Research Alumni Network was created for current and former visiting researchers in Heidelberg as well as for researchers with a Heidelberg background working abroad. More than 400 members from a wide range of disciplines and countries is using this special service within Heidelberg Alumni International.
HAI is the central alumni initiative of the university - the worldwide network for all former and current students, researchers, administrative and teaching staff. Since 1996, HAI offers its members in collaboration with its professional, national and international alumni groups a varied assortment of services, information, activities and events online in HAInet, in Heidelberg, in Germany and worldwide.
2011-2019 supported by the Collaborative Project “International Research Marketing”
Issue 1/2021, March 2021 | German
News from the Network
In “News from the Network”, Research Alumni report on projects they have carried out with colleagues in Heidelberg. German researchers with a Heidelberg connection abroad are also invited to contribute. [More...]
Heidelberg Open Access Services
With the publishers Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP) and the Open Access Platform heiBOOKS the University Library Heidelberg offers free access to academic publications on the internet. Research Alumni can publish their own research insights with heiUP. [More...]
Three Additional ERC Grants for Heidelberg
Three women scientists from Heidelberg University will receive a total of approximatelyy 6.5 million euro through the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants.. At the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) a new Emmy Noether junior research group has started its work. [More...]
“I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg”
The Research Alumni Network lives by and with its members – visiting scientists that are currently conducting research in Heidelberg or have already concluded their stay and are continuing their work elsewhere. We will introduce two of these scientists in the edition of this newsletter:
Prof. Dr Oliver Fabio Piattella, Cosmologist, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria (Brazil)
Funding for two CRCs
With one collaborative research centre in chemistry and participation in a CRC/Transregio in mathematics, Heidelberg University has been successful in the latest approval round of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Total DFG funding for both collaborative research centres is approximately 23 million euros. [More...]
How plants grow
Bioscientist Dr Dongbo Shi, who conducts research at the Centre for Organismal Studies of Heidelberg University, will receive funding from the Japan Science and Technology Agency for his work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that enable plants to grow. The funding totals up to 300,000 euros over a period of three years. [More...]
Successful Placement in Rankings
Ruperto Carola is once again one of the top three universities in Germany: Both the 2020/2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 ranked Heidelberg University third after the two universities in Munich. In the THE ranking list by subject, Medicine at Heidelberg University still holds the top position in Germany. [More...]
Unstable Ice Masses
According to new research, the ice masses of East Antarctica could be much less stable in a constantly warming climate than previously thought. An international research team led by a Heidelberg geologist conducted a close study of the dynamics of the largest ice mass on Earth. [More...]