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In Brief
Research Units
Purpose
To fund research groups in which those involved collaborate closely on specific medium-term research projects whose anticipated findings would not be able to be achieved within the scope of the individual grants programmeEligibility Requirements
Outstanding researchersProposal Requirements
Scientific quality and originality of a research project at an international levelType and Extent of Funding
Guidelines Research Units Programme
Modules:
Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators
Temporary Substitutes for Clinicians
Gender Equality Measures in Research Networks
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups and Heisenberg grant holders may be associated in Research Units.
Funding Duration
As a rule, up to six yearsProposal Deadlines
New proposals: no submission deadline, draft proposals may be submitted at any time. Decisions on first-time funding for Research Units are made by the DFG's Senate four times per year.
Renewal proposals: six months before the approved funds are exhausted
