Seventeen new collaborative projects will contribute to research excellence across the arts and humanities thanks to the ongoing collaboration between the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the UK Research and Innovation’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This new tranche of awarded projects will bring the two funding organisations’ partnership, which has been ongoing since 2018, to a total of 127 awards. 

Extension of Bilateral Partnership

We are pleased to note that in May 2025, the AHRC and the DFG extended the longstanding bilateral funding partnership for a further five rounds, raising the total number of annual funding opportunities to thirteen. This partnership will continue to deepen and strengthen the cooperation between researchers from the UK and Germany, thus leading to the growth of a transnational UK-German research culture. The current eighth funding opportunity is open for proposals until 11 February 2026. 

Discovery-Led Model 

Through the discovery-led model adopted for this programme, researchers are empowered to pursue areas of international research significance as identified through their own work. The projects funded this year cover a wide and diverse range of topics, providing new understanding of research fields, including archaeology, history, law, literature, linguistics, musicology and philosophy. 

Projects Funded (Alphabetical Order): 

BeTrustData – Public Benefit and Public Trust in the Context of Health Data Research and Innovation 

Germany: Professor Ruth Horn (Universität Augsburg) 
UK: Professor Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford) 
Discipline: Philosophy 

Brevit – Breathing Behaviour and Non-Lexical Vocalisations in Talk-in-Interaction 

Germany: Dr. Jürgen Trouvain (Universität des Saarlandes) 
UK: Professor Richard Ogden (University of York) 
Discipline: Linguistics 

CLIPP – Crosslinguistic Influence in Predictive Processing and Production of Morphosyntactic Features in Heritage Language Children 

Germany: Dr. Anamaria Bentea (Universität Konstanz) 
UK: Professor Vasiliki Chondrogianni (University of Edinburgh) 
Spain: Professor Alicia Luque (Universidad Nebrija, Madrid) 
Discipline: Linguistics 

DELTA – Digital Exploration of Lute Tablature Agencies. Re-Reading the Creative Practitioners of Sixteenth-Century Intabulations 

Germany: Professor Dr. Irene Holzer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) 
UK: Kevin Page, PhD; David Lewis (University of Oxford) 
Discipline: Musicology 

Fashion’s PLACE – Private (International) Law and Circular Economy 

Germany: Dr. Antonia Sommerfeld; Professor Dr. Ralf Michaels (Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht Hamburg/Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg) 
UK: Professor Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm; Michael Hennesy Picard, PhD (University of Edinburgh) 
Discipline: Law 

The Global Landscapes of Muslim Lives: Latin American and Caribbean Intersections 

Germany: Ken Chitwood, PhD (Universität Bayreuth) 
UK: Dr. Kholoud Al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh) 
Discipline: Religious Studies 

HEXPOL – Witchcraft Politics (Hexenpolitik) across the Sea. A New Entangled History of Early Modern England and the Holy Roman Empire 

Germany: Professor Dr. Rita Voltmer (Universität Trier) 
UK: Professor Alison Rowlands (University of Essex) 
Discipline: History 

Interconnecting Exile. Practices of Recollection, Intertextuality and Memory in German-Language Writing (19^th–21^st Centuries) 

Germany: Professor Dr. Doerte Bischoff (Universität Hamburg); PD Dr. Esther Kilchmann (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg) 
UK: Professor Steffan Davies (University of Bristol) 
Discipline: German Literature 

The Mathematical Turn in Philosophy: Measurement, Computation, (De)Idealization 

Germany: PD Dr. Martin Fischer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) 
UK: Professor Walter Dean; Benedict Eastaugh (University of Warwick) 
Discipline: Philosophy 

MOECEMA – Monastic Economies in the Carolingian Age – Farfa and Fulda 

Germany: Dr. Johanna Jebe; Professor Dr. Steffen Patzold (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) 
UK: Marios Costambeys, PhD (The University of Liverpool) 
Discipline: History 

Multi_DHH – Reframing Multilingualism: Examining the Multilingual Experiences and Repertoires of DHH Children Growing up in Migrant Contexts of Germany and the UK 

Germany: Professor Dr. Nicole Marx (Universität zu Köln) 
UK: Professor Ruth Swanwick (University of Leeds) 
Discipline: Linguistics 

‘A New Order of Things’: Social and Cultural Transition in the Epistolary and Journalistic Networks of Heinrich von Kleist 

Germany: Professor Dr. Elke Dubbels (Universität Osnabrück); Professor Dr. Christian Moser (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) 
UK: Professor Elystan Griffiths (University of Birmingham); Professor Séan Allan (The University of St Andrews) 
Discipline: German Literature 

Patronage and Power in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean: Monumental Donor Epigraphy on Mt Athos (10^th–17^th centuries) 

Germany: Dr. Nicholas Melvani (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) 
UK: Ida Toth, PhD (University of Oxford) 
Discipline: History 

RENEW – From Refuse to Resource: Ceramic and Bone Wastescapes in the Early Neolithic of Europe 

Germany: Professor Dr. Henny Piezonka (Freie Universität Berlin) 
UK: Professor Penny Bickle (University of York) 
Discipline: Archaeology 

ROSALIE – RespOnSible ArtificiaL Intelligence Ecosystems – Comparing the UK and Germany 

Germany: Professor Dr. Stefan Böschen (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen); Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Herzog (Universität zu Lübeck); Professor Dr. Saskia K. Nagel (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen) 
UK: Professor Dr. Bernd Stahl (University of Nottingham); Lydia Farina (University of Nottingham); Professor Helena Webb (University of Nottingham) 
Discipline: Philosophy 

Serious 3D in Art and Architectural History: Object-Oriented Research Methods in Light of Historic Building Information Modelling and Linked Open Data Technologies 

Germany: Professor Piotr Kuroczynski (Hochschule Mainz); Professor Dr. Ina Blümel (Technische Informationsbibliothek, Hannover/Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology – University Library); Professor Dr. Tanja Michalsky (Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte) 
UK: Professor Donal Cooper (University of Cambridge); Professor Fabrizio Nevola (University of Exeter) 
Discipline: Art History 

Small Changes: Local Knowledge, Resilience and Adaptation in Medieval Landscapes 

Germany: Professor Dr. Thomas Meier (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) 
UK: Professor Sam Turner (Newcastle University) 
Discipline: Archaeology 

Further Information 

Please find detailed information on the current call for proposals on the AHRC website(externer Link).

Specific information for applicants based in Germany can be found on the DFG website(interner Link).

Lead responsibility for the administration of calls rotates between the AHRC and the DFG. The AHRC is leading the administration of the current eighth call and should therefore be the first point of contact for general enquiries relating to the call.

Contact Person at AHRC

Frazer Singlehurst, International Partnerships and Engagement Management

international@ahrc.ukri.org(externer Link) (programme enquiries)

Please put “DFG” in the subject line. AHRC aims to respond within five working days.

Contact Persons at the DFG Head Office

AHRC-Ausschreibung@dfg.de(externer Link)

Sigrid Claßen, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tel. +49 228 885-2209

Dr. Nora Böttcher, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tel. +49 228 885-2693