COSIMENA-Funded Events in 2025
In this regard, we have funded 9 diverse event formats, including workshops, small symposia, and winter schools, in addition to a lecture series consisting of 8 evening lectures. These activities have successfully created strong synergies between Egypt’s and Germany’s scientific community, DAAD alumni, while also strengthening ties among partner universities and research institutions from Egypt, Germany, and the MENA region.
In 2025, we had a wide geographic outreach with a strong network of partners across diverse locations. Within Egypt, we expanded partnerships with universities in Cairo, Alexandria, Post Said, and Galala. At the same time, we broadened our partnerships with universities in Jordan, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. The funded COSIMENA activities consisted of a variety of formats, including four workshops, two symposia, two winter courses, and eight evening lecture series. Disciplines included Sustainability, Energy, History, Migration, Urban Planning, Research Matchmaking, Medicine, Molecular Biomedicine, Biophysics, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, and Architecture.
Through fostering and harnessing partnerships in 2025, COSIMENA, as a networking platform, has advanced interdisciplinary collaborations, empowered young researchers, doctoral, and post-doctoral researchers to address complex global challenges of our time. Looking ahead, the next COSIMENA Call for Partnerships is to be announced in September 2026. Eligibility requires that applications include a German cooperation partner, who must be the main applicant partner.
Contact
Should you have any questions or inquiries, please feel free to reach out to us at cosimena@daadcairo.org
