Research Institution

     		Cost Item (AOBJ, as listed in your award letter) 
     	
		DFG Reference Number
     	
		Award Date
     	

Please send your application by e-mail to: 
Fin2.corona-sofortmassnahmen@dfg.de

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Financial Grant Management -
53170 Bonn

Application for emergency support for DFG-funded projects 
affected by containment measures relating to the coronavirus pandemic

1.	Project details: 	
	Project duration / funding period in months: 	Months: ________	
	Start date: 	Anticipated end date: 	
2.	Request for extension plus additional funds*	
	Requested extension: 		
	until (dd.mm.yyyy):	____.____.______	of	______ months	
	* This form can be used by ongoing projects whose grant period ended or will end between 1 April 2020 and 31 December 2021 to request, at any time, extensions with additional funding for up to three months in the DFG programmes listed in the supplementary instructions (cf. page 2). Up to 80% of the originally awarded project funds may be approved at the rate proportional to a three-month period. Further extensions requiring additional funding can be requested at the end of the project by submitting a renewal or supplemental proposal to the DFG. These proposals are not subject to the simplified arrangements for emergency support. Cost-neutral extensions should be requested using DFG form 41.45 – 03/16.	
3.	Request for additional funds: 	
	For staff (including temporary position for principal investigator)	     	EUR	
	For direct project costs	     	EUR	
	     of which: costs arising from cancellations	     	EUR	
	Total additional funds needed**: 	     	EUR	
	** The DFG will approve a maximum of 80% of the amount originally awarded at the rate proportional to a three-month period. For funded events (conferences, workshops, networking events, etc.) that are rescheduled up until 30 June 2022, the original grant will continue to apply. Additional funds can be claimed up to the full amount of cancellation costs.	
4.	Reason for requested support: 	
	 Restricted access to facilities or required research infrastructures	 Stoppage/delays to measures required for the project	
	 Travel bans affecting necessary travel	 Cancellations	 Animal care	
	 Other: 

Place, date		Place, date	
			
Signature on behalf of research institution
by an authorised representative

		Signature of researcher (grant recipient)

Supplementary Instructions for Completing the Application

Funds required and reason for application

If delays have occurred in the project due to the measures taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic and additional funds are required for the proper completion of the project, this form can be used to request an extension plus additional funding for staff (including temporary position for principal investigator) and direct project costs (e.g. cancellation costs, ongoing maintenance costs or expenses for animal care) for a maximum of three months. This possibility also applies in cases where, due to the closure of daycare centres, schools and other childcare facilities and the resulting need for researchers to look after the children themselves, there have been absences and this has caused delays to the project. The reason why the funds are necessary is given by selecting the appropriate checkbox. The aforementioned necessity of providing parental childcare can be listed under “Other”. No additional details are required. 

The maximum amount that can be approved is 80% of the funds originally awarded at the rate proportional to a three-month period. The DFG will calculate and check the maximum funding amount. If the application is approved, a programme allowance for indirect project costs will also be awarded in line with the original project grant. 

Applications for amounts higher than this or extensions with additional funding needs of more than three months can be submitted to the DFG at the end of the project by means of a renewal or supplemental proposal with separate justification being provided. These proposals will be reviewed and decided upon using the standard procedure. 

Cost-neutral extensions should be requested using DFG form 41.45 – 03/16.

For funded events (conferences, workshops, networking events, etc.) that are rescheduled up until 30 June 2022, the original grant will continue to apply. Additional funds can be claimed up to the full amount of cancellation costs. 

Project duration

Under 1, enter the project duration in months according to the original award letter. The start of the project is the first day of the period for which the first disbursement request was made, or within 12 months of the award letter date at the latest. Note that the 12-month period begins on the day after the date of the award letter. An application for emergency support can only be submitted by ongoing projects for which the funding period ended or will end between 1 April 2020 and 31 December 2021. It is irrelevant whether the end of the project originally was to occur or has occurred within this period due to an interruption or a previous cost-neutral extension. 

Requests for funds and final report on the use of funds

You can use this form to request additional funds at any time. After approval, the funds can be requested with a separate request for disbursement. The expenses for the additional funding needs must be listed separately in the final report on the use of funds.

Funding programmes

Applications for emergency support can be submitted in the following funding programmes: Research Grants Programme, Research Units, Priority Programmes, Clinical Trials Programme, Emmy Noether Programme, Heisenberg Programme, Walter Benjamin Programme, Reinhart Koselleck projects, funding instruments within the Scientific Library Services and Information Systems Programme (all programmes except Open Access Publishing and Acquisition of Complete Collections and Literary Remains), publication grants, project academies, workshops for early career investigators, scientific networks, roundtable discussions, international collaboration and conference funding, committees, instrumentation funding programmes with corresponding staff and project funds (Core Facilities, New Instrumentation for Research, Major Instrumentation Initiative, Impulsraum). Exclusions: funding through the Excellence Initiative and the Excellence Strategy, central research facilities, Research Centres and funding for major research instrumentation in accordance with Article 91b of the Basic Law. Separate arrangements apply to Collaborative Research Centres, Research Training Groups and fellowships. More details can be found in Information for Researchers No. 28-2020.