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Germany's New Center for Research and Innovation in New York

bridges vol. 25, April 2010 / Institutions & Organizations

By Sebastian Fohrbeck , Marion Müller & Joann Halpern

egcri009bsheehan_small.jpgOn February 19, 2010, Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, and the German Ambassador to the United States, Klaus Scharioth, opened the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) in New York1.  Part of the German Government's Strategy for the Internationalization of Science and Research, it is one of five such centers worldwide. The other locations are Moscow, New Delhi, São Paulo, and Tokyo. Funds for the centers' start-up phase are provided by the German Federal Foreign Office.

The mission of the GCRI is to strengthen transatlantic collaboration in science and technology to help solve the challenges of the 21st Century.

Its primary goals consist of:
  • Presenting Germany to the North American market as a land of research and innovation
  • Enhancing the dialogue between academia and industry
  • Creating a forum for the initiation and enhancement of transatlantic  projects
  • Providing an information platform for the German research and innovation landscape.
Two key German organizations have been entrusted with bringing the idea to life and establishing GCRI in the American market: the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)2  and the German Research Foundation (DFG)3 . These organizations have had their own liaison offices in North America since 1971 and 2002, respectively. This new entity allows them, in an unprecedented way, to go above and beyond what individual agencies, organizations, and stakeholders can achieve in the American market. It is a road not previously traveled but one that surely holds great potential.

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