Proposal Submission with European Cooperation Partners (Weave Lead Agency Process)
The DFG and further research funding organisations in Europe have agreed to cooperate in reviewing and funding bilateral and trilateral cross-border research projects (Weave Lead Agency Process).
Information about the Programme
Purpose
Realisation of a research project that is limited in time and scope through an individual research grant and in cooperation with foreign European partners.
Eligibility Requirements
Researchers of all disciplines from German research institutions who have completed research training (usually a doctorate) and their partners from other European countries, who must be eligible to apply for funding from the respective funding organisation in their country.
Not eligible for applying for a research grant from the DFG are: Members of organisations that are dedicated solely to commercial purposes; members of organisations that are not permitted to publish their results in a publicly accessible form.
Proposal Requirements
Weave aims at cooperative projects with closely integrated content, to which partners from all countries involved contribute scientifically in a substantial way.
The projects must compete with proposals submitted nationally. Research projects must therefore feature a high degree of scientific quality and originality at an internationally competitive level.
Proposals for bilateral and trilateral research projects with parts of the research conducted in Germany and in partner countries (with whose funding organisations the DFG cooperates in the context of Weave) are submitted to the Lead Agency in one of the partner countries. In any case, a proposal or respectively, a copy of the proposal, must also be submitted to the DFG. For more detailed information on the proposal formalities and the submission process, please refer to the “Supplementary Instructions for Proposals for Cross-Border Cooperation under the Weave Lead Agency Procedure (Weave LAP) [12/20]” (available at "Forms and Guidelines"). Please also consider our FAQs on Weave (to be found in the box at the top on the right).
If a project is approved, the different shares of the project are funded by the respective funding organisations in charge.
Type and Extent of Funding
The type and extent of funding for the German component of a project is based on the rules for research grants.
Funding Duration
Project-specific (up to 36 months)
Forms and Guidelines
Proposal Deadlines
Proposals can be submitted to the DFG at any time.
Some foreign funding organisations are working with application deadlines that must be observed. Please seek advice in this context at the respective funding agency.
Participating Foreign Funding Organisations
- Belgium (from 1 January 2022 on)
- for researchers from the French-speaking Community:
Externer LinkFund for Scientific Research - FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS) - for researchers from Flanders:
Externer LinkResearch Foundation Flanders (FWO) - For proposals with the DFG as Lead Agency, please note: To ensure a decision can be reached in 2022, these proposals have to be submitted via elan before 1 April 2022.
- for researchers from the French-speaking Community:
- Czech Republic:
Externer LinkCzech Science Foundation (GACR)
- Luxembourg:
Externer LinkLuxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) - Poland
Externer LinkNational Science Center (NCN)- Externer LinkInformation on Weave-UNISONO – with NCN in the role of the Partner Agency
- Externer LinkInformation on Weave-OPUS-LAP with NCN in the role of the Lead Agency
- For proposals with NCN as Lead Agency, please note: NCN allows only one applicant on the DFG-side. Proposals with more than one applicant on the German side can only be submitted with the DFG as Lead Agency.
Contact
General information about the Weave process:
Discipline-specific matters:
Please refer to the corresponding websites for information and contacts at the partner organisations (see Participating Foreign Funding Organisations above).