Commission for Pandemic Research Urgent action required concerning health research data

(15.10.21) The Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research of the DFG calls for data for health-related research to be made more readily available and more linkable. In a statement, the Commission highlights five fields of action that should be addressed jointly. Interner Linkmore

• Link auf PDF-DateiTo the Statement (in German only)

Nobel Prize for Chemistry DFG Congratulates Benjamin List

(06.10.21) The DFG congratulates Professor Dr. Benjamin List on the award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2021. The researcher from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohleforschung in Mülheim receives this year’s award together with David W.C. MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. DFG President Professor Dr. Katja Becker said: “The DFG congratulates Benjamin List, who has established an entirely new field of catalysis and catalysis research. We previously honoured this groundbreaking achievement by awarding him the DFG’s Leibniz Prize in 2016.” Interner Linkmore

APPROXIMATELY €31.4 MILLION FOR THE FIRST FUNDING PERIOD Six New Research Units, One New Clinical Research Unit and One New Centre for Advanced Studies

(24.09.21) The DFG is establishing six new Research Units, one new Clinical Research Unit and one new Centre for Advanced Studies. The new Research Units will receive total funding of approximately €31.4 million, including a 22 percent programme allowance for indirect project costs. The decision has also been made to extend the funding of six Research Units for an additional period. Interner Linkmore