Roundtable in Washington

Strengthening Transatlantic Research Relations

A group photo of the participants at the DFG Round Table in Washington

© DFG / Jeremy Norwood

About 35 German and U.S. experts from academia and politics met in Washington at the invitation of the DFG. The discussion of the third roundtable focused on the role of universities: How can university networks and alliances expand and strengthen transatlantic relations in academic research and science?

DFG Announces Communicator Award 2027

Excellent science communicators wanted

White text reading "Communicator Aword" on a dark blue background

DFG once again announces the “Communicator Award – Science Award of Stifterverband”. Endowed with €50,000, the award goes to an individual researcher or a research team that has made an outstanding contribution to science communication. The deadline for applications is 30 September 2026.

Development of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)

DFG Welcomes Decisions by the Joint Science Conference (GWK)

Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur

New agreement between the German federal government and the federal states secures the future of the NFDI until the end of 2038. The federal government and federal states will continue funding all consortia established under the second NFDI call in 2021. 

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