Calls for Proposals - Information for Researchers
This section aims to keep researchers from all disciplines up to date on current calls for proposals as well as other general information on the various DFG funding programmes.
Extended deadline for DFG calls
In view of the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on research activities, the DFG has extended the submission deadline for several of its current calls for proposals. Further deadline extensions will be introduced if necessary. Researchers can find regular updates under the information on the relevant call.
The submission deadlines have been extended for the following programmes:
- Interner LinkSpecialised Information Services Programme
- Interner LinkLicences for Digital Content
- Interner LinkOpen Access Publishing
- Interner LinkEmmy Noether Programme
Ongoing Calls for Proposals and General Information (Complete Listing)
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Information for Researchers No. 49 | 4 August 2020
Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA): Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability -
Information for Researchers No. 48 | 22 July 2020
Priority Programme “New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-host Interactions – From Single Cells to Microbial Communities” (SPP 2330) -
Information for Researchers No. 47 | 22 July 2020
Priority Programme “Energy Efficient Power Electronics ‘GaNius’” (SPP 2312) -
Information for Researchers No. 45 | 16 July 2020
Priority Programme “Systems Ecology of Soils – Energy Discharge Modulated by Microbiome and Boundary Conditions (SoilSystems)” (SPP 2322) -
Information for Researchers No. 44 | 15 July 2020
Priority Programme “Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)” (SPP 1294) -
Information for Researchers No. 43 | 15 July 2020
Pre-announcement of the NCN-DFG Calls for Joint Polish-German Proposals -
Information for Researchers No. 42 | 14 July 2020
Priority Programme “Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering. Knowledge Meets Data: Interpretability, Extrapolation, Reliability, Trust” (SPP 2331) -
Information for Researchers No. 40 | 13 July 2020
Priority Programme “Creation of Synergies in Tailor-made Mixtures of Heterogeneous Powders: Hetero Aggregations of Particulate Systems and Their Properties” (SPP 2289) -
Information for Researchers No. 38 | 6 July 2020
Priority Programme “META-REP: A Meta-scientific Programme to Analyse and Optimise Replicability in the Behavioural, Social, and Cognitive Sciences” (SPP 2317) -
Information for Researchers No. 37 | 3 July 2020
Priority Programme “Ferroptosis: from Molecular Basics to Clinical Applications” (SPP 2306) -
Information for Researchers No. 36 | 3 July 2020
Priority Programme “Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning” (SPP 2298) -
Information for Researchers No. 34 | 25 June 2020
NSF and DFG Opportunity for Collaborations in Advanced Manufacturing -
Information for Researchers No. 33 | 3 June 2020
German-African Cooperation Projects in Infectiology -
Information for Researchers No. 32 | 26 May 2020
Priority Programme “The Active Self” (SPP 2134) -
Information for Researchers No. 30 | 25 May 2020
Second NFDI Conference 2020 as Webinar -
Information for Researchers No. 29 | 25 May 2020
National Research Data Infrastructure – 2020 Call for Consortia Proposals (Round Two) -
Information for Researchers No. 28 | 20 May 2020
Extra Financial Support for DFG-Funded Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic -
Information for Researchers No. 27 | 19 May 2020
NSF-DFG Lead Agency Activity in Electrosynthesis and Electrocatalysis (NSF-DFG EChem) -
Information for Researchers No. 25 | 11 May 2020
Funding Opportunities for Indo-German Fundamental Research Projects in the Life Sciences -
Information for Researchers No. 24 | 30 April 2020
Instructions for Project Proposals Restructured and Updated -
Information for Researchers No. 20 | 19 March 2020
Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 -
Information for Researchers No. 10 | 23 January 2020
Science Africa Workshop: International Research Cooperation on Sex, Gender and Diversity Dimensions in Infectiology -
Information for Researchers No. 8 | 17 January 2020
Research Units and Centres for Advanced Studies in the Field of Artificial Intelligence -
Information for Researchers No. 2 | 7 January 2020
GAČR-DFG Cooperation: Possibility for Joint German-Czech Research Projects -
Information for Researchers No. 68 | 24 October 2019
Sequencing Costs in Projects
Further Information
The DFG’s announcements/calls are generally published in German. Depending on the content, this information may also be published in English, which would then be available on this page. For a complete listing of all announcements/calls, please refer to