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Professorships established to create fresh perspectives on our planet
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding six junior professorships with the aim of “re-orienting research and teaching at universities in order to develop a comprehensive perspective on the Earth system”.
The foundation issued a call for applicants to the €10 million Earth System Sciences funding initiative, requiring the submission of a research agenda, together with an overarching strategic concept. Individual applicants could be eligible for up to €1.5m in funding for up to six years, according to the foundation’s statement.
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