The French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are continuing their annual joint calls for French-German projects in the Natural, Life and Engineering Sciences. This is based on an agreement signed by both agencies, which was confirmed by the DFG’s Joint Committee (“Hauptausschuss”), establishing joint French-German projects as a standard offering within the DFG’s Research Grants Programme.

For the 2027 edition of this call, the ANR will act as the lead agency, i.e. joint proposals describing the bilateral projects as a whole have to be submitted to the ANR as a first step. The ANR will be responsible for processing them and conducting the review process. The DFG will require a copy of the proposal documents to be submitted via its own web portal for proposal submissions.

The ANR requests pre-registration by the French project coordinator. This only includes formal data (title, acronym, participating scientists, financial estimates, etc.) and is required no later than 13 October 2026 at 5 pm on the ANR’s submission website. Details can be found on the ANR’s website. No equivalent is expected on the German side.

This pre-registration with the ANR is a necessary condition for submitting a full proposal to both agencies (likely in late March 2027). The ANR will notify the French coordinators when the submission site for full proposals opens. The DFG will update its dedicated webpage when this information becomes available.

For the preparation of the full proposals, please check carefully:

• the ANR’s generic call document(externer Link)
• the ANR’s annex for ANR-DFG NLE proposals(externer Link)
• the dedicated webpage of DFG(interner Link).

Please be aware that:

• The ANR provides a general template for proposals, which also applies to this call.
• The proposals are to be written in English.
• The respective eligibility rules of ANR and DFG apply to the applicants of a joint proposal.
• Commercial partners cannot be involved in joint ANR-DFG projects.
• The duration of the projects can be up to three years.

Decisions can be expected in October 2027. Funding will start with the beginning of 2028.

Please note that proposals in the social sciences and humanities must be submitted under the specific ANR-DFG call in the social sciences and humanities (with different deadlines). This also applies to transdisciplinary projects when the proposed research approach mainly centres on these fields, and/or when the principal investigator is from the social sciences/humanities.

In the course of the 2026 edition of this call, 505 eligible submissions were under review. The final results of this call have been made available online(externer Link) (in the “Selection” section).

Equity and Diversity

The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness. 

Good Research Practice

According to a resolution of the DFG General Assembly, DFG funding may only be awarded to research institutions that have implemented the guidelines laid down in the Code of Conduct for Safeguarding Good Research Practice(externer Link) in their own regulations. The management of your institution is responsible for implementing the guidelines in a legally binding manner. In order to avoid delays in the disbursement of funding, please verify implementation within your institution in good time. For information regarding the implementation, please refer to the Research Integrity Portal(externer Link). If you have any questions on this subject, please contact the Research Integrity team(externer Link) at the DFG Head Office. 

Further Information

Please see  ANR-DFG 2027 NLE(interner Link) for  detailed information.

• ANR’s generic call document(externer Link)

• ANR’s annex for ANR-DFG NLE proposals(externer Link)

Privacy Policy

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