Chronology of Funding Programmes
Since 1951 the DFG has gradually introduced new programmes into its range of funding instruments. The following programmes have joined the Individual Grants Programme (Normalverfahren), given this name in 1952.
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These additional programmes pursued various defined objectives in the context of the DFG's funding strategies, namely
- to improve the dissemination of research findings (conferences, congresses),
- to award individual, outstanding researchers (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Gerhard Hess Prize),
- to provide sustainable support and advancement for young researchers (habilitation fellowships, postdoctoral programme),
- to provide particular support for cooperation at a specific location or within its transregional network (e.g. Priority Programmes, Research Units, Collaborative Research Centres, Research Training Groups, Research Centres), and
- to improve research infrastructure (e.g. major equipment, Central Research Facilities).
