Ensuring the Future Viability of Research Vessels

DFG and BMBF develop new financing model

Das Forschungsschiff FS MARIA S MERIAN

Every year, seven German research vessels take hundreds of researchers out to sea. Together with other partners, the DFG and the BMBF have now developed a sustainable concept for financing the operating and expedition costs of the vessels. It is scheduled to come into effect in mid-2026.

Eight New Research Networks

Seven Research Units and one Centre for Advanced Studies established

Topics covered by the newly established groups include road vehicle automation and transformations in the labour market, while total funding will amount to approximately €39 million for the first funding period.

“Ombuds Committee for Research Integrity”

Central point of contact with a new legal status and a new title

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For 25 years, the German research system has maintained a central, independent advisory body to address matters of good research practice. In the future, this body will operate under a new name and on a new institutional and financial basis.

DFG - German Research Foundation