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The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing eleven new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) to promote world-class research at universities. This was announced by the relevant Grants Committee, which met by video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new CRCs will initially receive a total of approximately €138 million over a period of four years from 1 July 2021 onwards. This includes a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect project-related costs. Seven of the new consortia are CRC/Transregios (TRR) distributed across multiple applicant universities.
As well as the eleven new groups, the Grants Committee agreed to extend the funding of another 27 CRCs for an additional funding period, including four CRC/Transregios. Collaborative Research Centres allow researchers to tackle innovative, challenging and long-term research projects within the network and should enable institutional priority area development and struc
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Endless emails with urgent subject lines? Check. A calendar full of reminders? Check. Late night Zoom calls with clients in another time zone? Check. Sometimes it can all feel way too much.
That is when you know a typical weekend relaxing at home isn’t going to be enough. It’s time to escape to somewhere that promises luxury, family fun, and blissful rejuvenation – so that you can truly recharge your batteries.
Head to the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah for a sumptuous staycation with the warmest of welcomes.
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We’ve all seen the social media posts that have proliferated our feeds throughout the pandemic. Celebrities the world over have kept us updated on how their lives – like those of most across the globe – have been uprooted due to Covid-19.
Some successfully gained a loyal following thanks to their down-to-earth candour (see Dame Judi Dench and Tom Hanks), while others did not quite hit the mark with their inaccessible lifestyles (case in point: Gal Gadot s star-studded cover of John Lennon s
Imagineor Kim Kardashian s holiday).
As some countries, such as the UK and US, begin to loosen restrictions and many stars have started going back to work, we ask some of today’s biggest celebrities, from across the world and a range of industries, how Covid-19 has affected their lives, and what lessons they have learnt amid this unusual experience.