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 LinkEmmy Noether Programme
Ongoing Calls for Proposals and General Information (Complete Listing)
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Information for Researchers No. 81 | 23 September 2021
NSF-DFG Lead Agency Activity on Chemistry and Transport in Confined Spaces (NSF-DFG Confine) -
Information for Researchers No. 79 | 20 September 2021
Priority Programme “Novel Production Processes through Cross-Scale Analysis, Modeling and Design of Cell-Cell and Cell-Bioreactor Interactions (InterZell)” (SPP 2170) -
Information for Researchers No. 78 | 20 September 2021
DFG and FAPESP Celebrate 15th Anniversary of Cooperation -
Information for Researchers No. 77 | 15 September 2021
Weave Lead Agency Initiative: Additional Collaboration Opportunity with NCN (Poland) -
Information for Researchers No. 76 | 15 September 2021
Priority Programme “On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere” (SPP 2361) -
Information for Researchers No. 75 | 13 September 2021
DFG-RSF Cooperation: Possibility for Joint German-Russian Project Proposals in all Fields of Science -
Information for Researchers No. 73 | 1 September 2021
International Cooperation Opportunities within the Framework of Standing Open Proposal Submission Procedures -
Information for Researchers No. 67 | 3 August 2021
Open Research Area for the Social Sciences -
Information for Researchers No. 66 | 30 July 2021
Solar-Driven Chemistry 2021/2022 -
Information for Researchers No. 65 | 29 July 2021
German-Thai Funding Programme for Joint Research Projects in the Field of “Arboviruses” -
Information for Researchers No. 64 | 21 July 2021
National Research Data Infrastructure: Funding of Basic Service Consortia -
Information for Researchers No. 63 | 15 July 2021
Priority Programme “Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)” (SPP 1294) -
Information for Researchers No. 62 | 12 July 2021
DFG and NSERC Celebrate 10th CREATE-IRTG Anniversary -
Information for Researchers No. 61 | 8 July 2021
African-German Scientific Exchange in the Field of Public Health -
Information for Researchers No. 60 | 7 July 2021
DFG Code of Conduct: Online Portal “Research Integrity” Available in English -
Information for Researchers No. 59 | 24 June 2021
Priority Programme “Daring More Intelligence – Design Assistants in Mechanics and Dynamics” (SPP 2353) -
Information for Researchers No. 58 | 24 June 2021
Priority Programme “Resilience in Connected Worlds – Mastering Failures, Overload, Attacks, and the Unexpected (Resilient Worlds)” (SPP 2378) -
Information for Researchers No. 57 | 18 June 2021
Priority Programme “Autonomous Processes in Particle Technology – Research and Testing of Concepts for Model-based Control of Particulate Processes” (SPP 2364) -
Information for Researchers No. 55 | 17 June 2021
German-African Cooperation Projects in Infectiology -
Information for Researchers No. 53 | 11 June 2021
German Sustainability Science Summit 2021 -
Information for Researchers No. 52 | 11 June 2021
Priority Programme “Disruptive Memory Technologies” (SPP 2377) -
Information for Researchers No. 51 | 8 June 2021
Open Research Area for the Social Sciences -
Information for Researchers No. 49 | 2 June 2021
DFG and AHRC Extend Successful Research Partnership -
Information for Researchers No. 47 | 26 May 2021
Priority Programme “Local and Peripheral Drivers of Microglial Diversity and Function” (SPP 2395) -
Information for Researchers No. 46 | 20 May 2021
Priority Programme “Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity” (SPP 2389) -
Information for Researchers No. 45 | 20 May 2021
Priority Programme “Visual Communication. Theoretical, Empirical, and Applied Perspectives (ViCom)” (SPP 2392) -
Information for Researchers No. 42 | 18 May 2021
Priority Programme „Interlinking Catalysts, Mechanisms and Reactor Concepts for the Conversion of Dinitrogen by Electrocatalytic, Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Methods (“Nitroconversion”)” (SPP 2370) -
Information for Researchers No. 37 | 12 May 2021
National Research Data Infrastructure: Funding of Consortia -
Information for Researchers No. 32 | 29 April 2021
Priority Programme “Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)” (SPP 2349) -
Information for Researchers No. 25 | 26 March 2021
Extension of Financial Support for DFG-Funded Research during the Coronavirus Pandemic -
Information for Researchers No. 89 | 1 December 2020
Taiwan-German International Research Training Groups -
Information for Researchers No. 77 | 30 October 2020
Priority Programme “Entangled Africa: Intra-African connections between Rainforest and Mediterranean (ca. 6,000 to 500 BP)” (SPP 2143) -
Information for Researchers No. 70 | 9 October 2020
Workshop for Early Career Investigators in Allergology -
Information for Researchers No. 36 | 3 July 2020
Priority Programme “Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning” (SPP 2298) -
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. 2 | 7 January 2020
GAČR-DFG Cooperation: Possibility for Joint German-Czech Research 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