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Funded Projects

This section gives an overview of the DFG's various information services which provide up-to-date details on projects and programmes currently funded by the DFG.

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Research Information Systems

  • close Rex - Research Explorer

    The Research Explorer contains over 17,000 institutes at German universities and non-university research institutions, searchable by name, geographic location, subject and other structural criteria. Listings contain current postal and internet addresses.

  • close GEPRIS

    GEPRIS, the DFG’s internet database service, provides information on current DFG-funded research projects. The information contained ranges from project content and objectives to participating scientists and research facilities. Please note that this service is currently available in German only.


Central Research Facilities

  • close Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (IFQ)

    The Central Research Facility "Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (IFQ)" aims to improve the information available on the general conditions for performing DFG-funded research, the execution of such research and its results.

  • close EU Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations

    With premises both in Bonn and Brussels, KoWi is the liaison office of all German public research organisations for EU research policy. KoWi is based on a non-profit association which is financed by the DFG. Our mission is to facilitate access to European funding schemes for German researchers.

  • close Research vessel Merian

    The research vessel Maria S. Merian provides a multi-disciplinary research platform that widens the spectrum of possible operation in winter to the ice-bound regions of the North Atlantic and Baltic.

  • close Research vessel Meteor

    The research vessel Meteor serves basic German open sea research worldwide, in collaboration with other countries active in this area. The investigations span interdisciplinary research topics that scientists from universities and federal and state research institutions jointly conduct.




Prizewinners

  • close Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme

    The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme awards prizes to exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.

  • close Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

    The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, named after the physicist and former president of the DFG, is a distinction for young researchers and provides additional incentive for further excellent achievements in their research work.

  • close Communicator Award

    The Communicator Award is a personal award for scientists and academics who have communicated their research findings to the public with exceptional success.

  • close Albert Maucher Prize in Geoscience

    The Albert Maucher Prize in Geoscience is awarded to young researchers in recognition of the outstanding research findings they have produced using DFG funds.

  • close Eugen und Ilse Seibold Prize

    The Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize, donated by the marine geologist and former president of the DFG and his wife, serves to promote science, research and understanding between Germany and Japan.

  • close Ursula M. Händel Prize

    The Ursula M. Händel Prize recognises scientists who have made exemplary and sustained efforts to improve the welfare of animals in research.

  • close Copernicus Award

    The Copernicus Award is conferred every two years to two researchers, one in Germany and one in Poland, for outstanding achievements in German-Polish scientific cooperation, in particular for promoting young researchers. It is awarded jointly by the DFG and the Foundation for Polish Science.

  • close von Kaven Awards

    The von Kaven Awards are granted annually to mathematicians in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

  • close Bernd Rendel Prize

    The Bernd Rendel Prize is awarded annually by the DFG to young qualified geoscientists (geologists, mineralogists, geophysicists, oceanographers, geodesists) who do not yet hold a doctorate.


DFG Video Portals

  • close Science TV

    Digital television has taken off! Videos and television content are becoming increasingly popular on the Internet. This offers new ways and opportunities to present complex subjects simply and graphically.

  • close ExIn TV

    Making it possible to experience top-level research in Germany using multimedia is the aim of the new internet video portal on the Excellence Initiative. The Excellence Initiative promotes outstanding research at German universities. Its objective: world-class science. We invite you to learn more about the initiative’s projects.


Funding Initiatives and Project Groups

  • close Funding Initiatives

    Funding initiatives are measures taken by the DFG to promote specific research activities in individual areas of research. The programme's objective is to offer specific activities aimed at capacity building or addressing new scientific challenges, thereby supporting the relevant disciplines in their research endeavours.

  • close DFG Project Groups

    The DFG's project groups bring together an interdisciplinary group of experts from the DFG's head office to discuss and propose new research projects.


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