The Research Alumni Project Week "Global Digital Health - Interdisciplinary Challenges from International Perspectives" is a collaborative initiative bringing together Research Alumni and local researchers from 6 German partner institutions (DKFZ, KIT, and the Universities of Cologne, Heidelberg, Münster, and Siegen) from 20 – 26 November 2025 in Cologne and Heidelberg. 

Alumni from developing, emerging, and industrialised countries are invited to apply. Successful applicants will receive support for travel and lodging costs.

To apply for funding to attend this project week, it is a prerequisite that you are an international Alumni from one of the 6 partner institutions / universities. That means, the project is aimed at those, who studied or conducted research at one of the participating institutions and have spent at least 3 months in Germany as a part of their academic career. 

Further information: https://indico.dkfz.de/event/1216/

The project is supported by the DAAD with funds form the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).