• Call for Proposals "Boosting Diamond Open Access"
• Statement of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) on European Council Conclusions on “High-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing”
• Projects at the interface between research and scientific information infrastructure

Here, you will find a list of topics that are currently being discussed in the DFG’s Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS) division, e.g. at meetings of the Committee on Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (AWBI).

• Further information

Funding objectives in the Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS) division 

Establishment and advancement of an innovative information infrastructure for research from a nationwide perspective 

Eligibility

Members of non-profit research information infrastructure facilities in Germany such as libraries, archives, museums, research collections, research data centres or computing and information centres. Researchers in Germany or those working at a German research institution abroad who have completed their academic training (generally by obtaining a doctorate) are also eligible to apply.

Proposal Requirements

Nationwide provision and long-term availability of project results, compliance with established or developing (international) standards and open access to information (open access/open source)

Type and Extent of Funding

Funding for staff, funds for scientific instrumentation, travel, workshops, other

Funding Duration

Project-specific.  Initial funding can be approved for up to three years. The total funding period should not exceed six years.

Time to Decision

Approx. 6 to 9 months

Forms and Guidelines

• Overview of forms and guidelines

The funding offered by the Scientific Library Services and Information Systems division is organised according to programmes and calls for proposals. The funding programmes are designed on a long-term basis; proposals may be subject to specific deadlines or not, depending on the programme. Please refer to the individual programme guidelines for details. 

By contrast, calls for proposals are subject to a time limit, and proposals must always be submitted by specific deadlines.

• Brief description of the Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS) funding programmes

Acquisition and Supply

• Funding Programme: Specialised Information Services

Digitisation and Indexing

• Funding Programme: Digitisation and Indexing

Publishing and Licensing

• Funding Programme: Infrastructures for Scholarly Publishing
  • Call for Proposals: “Fresh Momentum for Diamond Open Access”
• Funding Programme: Open Access Publication Funding

Research Data and eResearch

• Funding Programme: e-Research Technologies
• Funding Programme: Information Infrastructures for Research Data

Funding of Negotiation Processes

• Funding programme: Coordinating Roles and Responsibilities in Information Infrastructures
• Brief information on the funding of round tables (in German only)

Funding of bridge proposals

• Projects at the interface between research and scientific information infrastructure

Further Information

• Expired Calls (in German only)

• New proposal: Proposals may be subject to specific deadlines and submission dates or not, depending on the programme.
• Renewal proposal: Six months before the end of the funding period
• Proposal submission procedures and deadlines / Statutory bodies

E-Mail/Telephone

• lis@dfg.de
  www.dfg.de/lis/en/
  Tel. +49 (0)228 / 885-2699
  Fax. +49 (0)228 / 885-2272
• Contact details for members of the LIS Divisions (in German only)

Service hours:

• Monday - Thursday: 09:00 h - 16:00 h
• Friday: 09:00 h - 14:00 h