
Individual Grants Programmes - A How-To Guide
Step by step through the DFG grant process: In our How-to-guide you find clearly information on individual funding, a programme comparison, a checklist, helpful tips and pointers. Interner Linkmore
Subject Area Structure and Interdisciplinarity
How the DFG ensures that projects with any type of discipline-specific and/or interdisciplinary alignment are eligible to receive DFG funding. Interner Linkmore
Ongoing Calls for Proposals
- Interner LinkOpen Research Area for the Social Sciences – Pre-call Announcement
(Information for Researchers No. 47 | 02 June 2023) - Interner LinkNSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity on Collaborative Research on Climate Change
(Information for Researchers No. 46 | 02 June 2023) - Interner LinkPriority Programme “Engineered Living Materials with Adaptive Functions” (SPP 2451)
(Information for Researchers No. 45 | 01 June 2023) - Interner LinkNORFACE – New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe
(Information for Researchers No. 44 | 30 May 2023) - Interner LinkCopernicus Award 2024
(Information for Researchers No. 41 | 17 May 2023)
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Head Office
Contact Persons at the DFG Head Office
Organisational Chart
The Head Office of the DFG employs 850 members of staff and is based in Bonn. It has an office in Berlin plus foreign offices in India, Japan, Latin America, North America and Russia.
FAQs on submitting proposals to funding programmes
The FAQs were compiled to assist prospective applicants in submitting proposals to the DFG. They provide information on various DFG funding programmes and serve to complement existing guidelines and instructions. Interner Linkmore
Good Scientific Practice
How self-monitoring in the scientific and academic community counters misconduct. Interner Linkmore
Promoting Equal Opportunity
How the DFG works to support gender equality in science and academia. Interner Linkmore
Diversity Dimensions in Research
Why sex, gender and diversity can be relevant in research projects. Interner Linkmore
Diversity in the Research System
Excellent research requires diversity and originality, objectives fostered by the DFG. Interner Linkmore
Open Access
How the DFG supports open access to scientific literature and other materials. Interner Linkmore
Security-Relevant Research
Scientific research needs freedom, and freedom entails responsibility. Interner Linkmore
Digital Turn in the Sciences and Humanities
The DFG actively monitors and supports change processes in research practice. Interner Linkmore
Handling of Research Data
Research data are an essential basis for scientific work.
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Artificial Intelligence Funding Initiative
The DFG has launched a strategic funding initiative in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Interner Linkmore
National Research Data Infrastructure
In setting up and funding the NFDI, the DFG is responsible for selecting and evaluating the consortia.
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Excellence Strategy
The aim is to strengthen Germany as an outstanding place for research and to improve its interna-
tional competitiveness. Interner Linkmore
Research Careers
The DFG has identified the education and advancement of young scientists and academics as one of its priority tasks. Interner Linkmore