The First Russian-German International Collaborative Research Centre launched in 2015
St. Petersburg University, Ioffe Physical and Technical University and the German Universities of Dortmund, Bochum and Paderborn have established the first Russian-German International Collaborative Research Centre. The project is aimed at the study of the properties of spins, minute magnetic moments that elementary quasi-particles spreading in semiconductor crystals possess. Study of the interactions, dynamics and lifetime of spins is a most important fundamental objective of modern quantum physics.
Thanks to a 12-year funding period, new research trends can be developed within the framework of this project. The existing schools of thought can be supported, a comfortable environment can be created for the education and growth of the research staff.
The German party represented by the German Scientific Society (DFG) provides the annual funding making up more than 2 mln Euro. The Russian party, on behalf of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), provides about 15 mln rubles per year.
The centre's research programme encompasses 22 projects, each of them having both a German and a Russian head as well as requiring a doctoral or postdoctoral student's research work from each of these countries. Doctoral students are going to spend six months or even more in the partner laboratory while working on their theses for three years. The total of 150 Russian and German scientists will take part in this project.
