02. November 2010 Helmholtz Head Office

New Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Groups selected in Moscow

Six new German-Russian Young Investigators Groups were selected in Moscow today. They will be funded by the bilateral funding programme, Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Groups (HRJRG). The Helmholtz Association runs the programme in collaboration with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) to strengthen cooperation between Russian scientists and Helmholtz Centres.

The selection committee was chaired by President of the Helmholtz Association, Professor Jürgen Mlynek, and Chairman of the Board of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Professor Vladislav Panchenko. In total, 23 applications were submitted, all of them outlining outstanding research projects. The committee consulted with international experts to determine the six best proposals. Each of the projects selected will receive up to approximately €150,000 a year for a maximum of three years. The aim of the programme is to enable young Russian scientists in particular to collaborate closely with partners at Helmholtz Centres in research projects, experiments and expeditions. In 2006, the Helmholtz Association signed an agreement with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research to foster German-Russian Young Investigators Groups. Since then there have been two calls for proposals, which awarded funding to 14 joint research projects.

The following projects will now receive funding:

HRJRG-205: Geodesy, Cartography and Exploration of Phobos and Deimos
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Oberst Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAIK), Dr. Sergey M. Leonenko

HRJRG-207: Liquid Identification by Hilbert Spectroscopy for Security Screening
Forschungszentrum Jülich, IFF-8, Dr. Yuriy Divin Kotel´nikov Institute of Radio engineering, Dr. Matvey Valerèvich Lyatti

HRJRG-214: Control of Non-linear Phase Space Dilution and Beam Loss in an Energy Recovery Linac: the Way to Short High Intensity and Low Emittance
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Dr. Aleksandr Matveenko Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Dr. Oleg Shevchenko

HRJRG-216: Hydrogen Behavior in Advanced and Radiation-damaged Materials for Fusion Applications
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Dr. Matej Mayer RSC "Kurchatov Institute“, Dr. Alexander V. Spitsyn

HRJRG-220: Possible Beneficial Effects of TNF and/or Lymphotoxin Ablation in Carcinogen-induced and Sporadic Cancer, as Studies in Mice
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Prof. Dr. Thomas Blankenstein Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Dr. Marina Drutskaya

HRJRG-221: Lake Baikal and Biological Effects of Global Change (LabEglo)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Dr. Till Luckenbach, Irkutsk State University, Dr. Maxim Timofeyev