DFG Office North America

DFG Offices North America: Washington DC and New York City

The United States and Canada hold a special position in the context of the increasing internationalization of German research. The North America Office facilitates contact between scientists and researchers in Germany and North America, supports early-career researchers on a DFG fellowship in the region, and organizes outreach activities to showcase German research in the region.

News

Leibniz prizewinner Brigitte Röder speaks in front of an enthusiastic audience.

Leibniz Lecture by Brigitte Röder

Leibniz Prize recipient Brigitte Röder accepted the invitation of the DFG Office North America and offered the audience fascinating glimpses into her research work in her Leibniz Lecture, the seventh such lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Interner Linkmore

l - r.: D. Medearis, D. Neumann, J. Khazaei, S. Ottenburger, R. Kasprik und R. Dillon-Merrill

Conference on "Smart Cities"

Urban growth, climate change, extreme weather — these are the severe threats to urban infrastructure and the challenges facing city planners and local policymakers. Experts discussed "smart cities" at an event at the DFG North America office. Interner Linkmore

Leibniz-Preisträger Ivan Dikic speaking to a rapt audience

Leibniz Prize Recipient Ivan Dikic

An audience of several hundred listened to the Leibniz Lecture given by Professor Ivan Dikic, organised by the DFG Office North America together with the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Maryland (USA).
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Upcoming Events

Are you looking for information on research cooperation, DFG fellowships or postdoc programmes? Or do you have any other questions regarding the DFG? Come visit us at one of the following events:

December 09-13, 2019
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

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Tasks

To maintain and extend contacts with current and former German DFG award holders in the United States. The goal is both to facilitate the return of young researchers to Germany and to establish networks with researchers who choose to stay in the United States, and also to motivate them for lasting collaboration with Germany.
To expand and support cooperation with partner organisations in the USA working in the field of science and research policy, especially the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
To provide US universities and research institutions with information on Germany as a location of science and research and on opportunities for research cooperation between the two countries, especially within the scope of DFG-funded projects and programmes.
To expand and foster contacts with US DFG alumni, such as Mercator visiting professors and researchers who worked on DFG-funded projects in Germany.
To follow science and research policy developments in the United States and identify and assess the fields relevant to the DFG with respect to basic research.

Funding Opportunities

Funding Programs

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Partner Organizations

German Partners in North America

US Partners

Canadian Partners

Contact information and street addresses

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Pictures from the DFG-Office North America

DFG President Peter Strohschneider and UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski during a meeting at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in April 2016

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