IRS – International Research Space
Within the IRS, funds will be awarded to support scientific cooperation with international partners of strategic interest to RWTH including emerging and developing scientific communities. Funding formats are:
IRS Seed Funds
IRS Seed Funds are ERS projects with international partners, who are expected to provide matching funds. Projects can either be proposed by the researchers to support collaborations with international partners or (possibly topic-) specific calls can be published to foster collaborations with strategic partners of RWTH.
Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellowship – Incoming Scientists
Recognized researchers from all over the world have the opportunity to complete a research project at RWTH; stays may vary in duration from one week to several months. Further information and terms and conditions of participations
Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellowship – Outgoing Scientists
To further promote the internationalization of the University, RWTH scholars can spend a period of research abroad at a foreign university. Further information and terms and conditions of participations
IRS Seed Fund Alberta 2020
SFUoA001 – Impurities in Natural Graphite: Properties and Implications
RWTH Aachen, Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering:
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Lottermoser
- Dr. Ramil Gainov
- Leonard Krebbers, M.SC.
University of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Daniel Alessi
- Dr. Salman Safarimohsenabad
SFUoA002 – Comparative Study of Radiative and Carbon Fluxes at Three Ecosystems in Germany, Canada and Costa Rica (ComRadE)
RWTH Aachen
- Prof. Michael Leuchner
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Physische Geographie und Klimatologie
University of Alberta
- Prof. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Alberta Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS)
Agrosphere Institute IBG-3 of the ForschungsZentrum Jülich
- Dr. Heye Bogena
- Dr. Alexander Graf
SFUoA006 – Maternal Gatekeeping and Attachment Insecurity as Barriers to Fatherhood Flourishing
RWTH Aachen
- Prof. Bettina Wiese
Institute of Psychology (IfP)
University of Alberta
- Prof. Dr. Matthew Johnson
Department of Human Ecology
SFUoA009 – "FInD MoTIONS" Fluid Interface Design: Morphology Tailoring with Immiscibles in Open Network Structures
RWTH Aachen
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering (CVT)
University of Alberta
- Peichun Amy Tsai, Ph.D., P.En.
Canada Research Chair in Fluids and Interfaces
SFUoA011 – Identification of regulatory mechanisms involved in the postnatal establishment of epithelial-microbial homeostasis using comparative functional multi-omics
RWTH Aachen
- Prof. Mathias Hornef
Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Mibi) - Dr. Aline Dupont
Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Mibi)
University of Alberta
- Prof. Leluo Guan
Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science - Nilusha Malmuthuge, Ph.D.
Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science
SFUoA013 – Artificial intelligence (AI) as a socio-technical system in Germany and Canada - an interdisciplinary and intercultural comparison
RWTH Aachen
- Dr. phil. Jacqueline Lemm
Chair of Sociology of Technology and Organization (STO)
University of Alberta
- Prof. Rich Sutton
AITF Chair in Reinforcement Learning and Artifical Intelligence - Prof. Michael Bowling
AITF Chair in Reinforcement Learning and Artifical Intelligence
SFUoA016 – Improved real time material characterization using multivariate geostatistical modelling with multi-spectral imaging
RWTH Aachen
- Prof. Elisabeth Clausen
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) - Rudrajit Mitra, PhD
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) - Devrim Gürsel, MSc
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT)
University of Alberta
- Prof. Jeff Boisvert
Mining and Petroleum Engineering