GIANT project launched on May 1st!
07/02/2025IISER TVM and JMU successfully prevailed over other applicants in securing funding for the German Indian Academic Network for Tomorrow (GIANT), a program supported by DAAD and SPARC. The JMU GIANT project has been running since May 1.
Successful Launch: JMU / IISER-TVM GIANT Project Strengthens German-Indian Research Collaboration
On May 1, 2025, the joint project GIANT (German-Indian Academic Network for Talent) between the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) and the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (JMU) was successfully launched. The project was selected through a competitive application process and is supported by a co-financed funding program.
GIANT aims to sustainably strengthen bilateral scientific cooperation between Germany and India. The focus lies on mobility, joint workshops, and academic exchange between the partner institutions. A key component of the project is the awarding of 20 scholarships for research internships, enabling students and early-career researchers from both countries to gain international research experience.
The program also supports stays for study, teaching, and research, as well as the joint development of curricula and teaching materials. GIANT thus makes an important contribution to the internationalization of universities and the promotion of excellent research.
