Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Work of the DFG
Regular updates
In response to the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Deutsche Forschungs- gemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is implementing precautionary measures. As one most members of staff at the DFG Head Office will be working from home with immediate effect, until further notice. All team members are working hard to keep funding activities functioning as normally as possible. On this website we publish all news on research funding.
Thursday, 18 November 2021
DFG congratulates Uğur Şahin and his team on award
The DFG congratulates Professor Dr. Uğur Şahin, Dr. Özlem Türeci, Professor Dr. Christoph Huber and Professor Katalin Karikó, PhD, of the Mainz-based company BioNTech on receiving the Future Prize 2022. The team received the distinction for its development of a COVID-19 vaccine based on preliminary work originally carried out as part of DFG-funded projects. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented the prize yesterday evening in Berlin.
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
In Search of Solutions for the Future
On Monday, 15 November, the DFG organised a broad-based networking meeting with academics working on DFG-funded projects in the field of pandemic research. Around 300 participants from more than 100 pandemic-related projects gathered for the digital dialogue entitled “Preparedness for Future Pandemics from a Global Perspective”. The focus was on interdisciplinary networking and initiating additional projects.
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Long COVID as a multidisciplinary research challenge
Long COVID syndrome resulting from COVID disease is a multidisciplinary challenge that spans the breadth of science and the humanities. Understanding the underlying pathomechanisms, developing potential therapies and investigating the consequences for individuals, society and the economy requires a wide range of research initiatives and formats. In the view of the DFG’s interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research, these types of question require more than a short-term approach. The existing DFG portfolio offers suitable funding opportunities across the entire breadth of science and the humanities.
- Interner LinkFurther Information (in German only)
Friday, 15 October 2021
Urgent action required concerning health research data
The Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research of the DFG calls for data for health-related research to be made more readily available and more linkable. In a statement, the Commission highlights five fields of action that should be addressed jointly.
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Prevention of Coronavirus Infection through Aerosols
As the development of the COVID-19 pandemic to date has shown: aerosols contribute significantly to the occurrence of infection – and combating them can significantly reduce a resurgence of infection levels. An academic position paper has now been published that provides a summary of findings on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 viruses through aerosols. It aims to help contribute to a reliable information base that is broadly coordinated among specialists as well as offering concrete advice on how to guard against infection.
Tuesday, 8 May 2021
51 New Projects Dedicated to Research into Epidemics and Pandemics
The DFG is funding more than 50 new interdisciplinary projects dedicated to research into epidemics and pandemics. This is the result of the largest interdisciplinary call for proposals ever to be issued in this field. The first projects started at the beginning of the year and the last funding decisions have now been made. A total of 51 projects are due to receive total funding of €31.5 million.
Monday, 3 May 2021
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Exploiting Spatial Data as a Basis for Decision-making as Part of Pandemic Control
Funding will be provided for the development and demonstration of innovative and creative approaches to data evaluation for a detailed spatio-temporal analysis of infection events. The aim should be, for example, to establish the basis for early detection of outbreaks (also on a local scale) or evaluate prevention and containment measures. Projects can either use innovative approaches to analyse pandemic events to date or set out to develop monitoring systems. Proposals and other proposal documents should be in English and should be submitted via the elan portal under “Fokus COVID-19: Erschließen räumlicher Daten” by 25 May 2021.
Wedenesday, 14 April 2021
Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World
The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP) is delighted to launch its third joint research call on “Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World” (RRR call). It aims to address key gaps in our understanding of the dynamic and complex interaction of medium and long-term societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This understanding, in turn, should advance knowledge of how to mitigate the negative societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and support recovery and renewal in a post-pandemic world. Applicants are required to submit novel interdisciplinary and significant research proposals in the social sciences and humanities.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Education and Corona – The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Educational Processes in the Life Course
The focus of the call is to conduct a secondary analytical investigation of educational processes in the life course and how these educational processes are organised. The aim is to analyse pandemic-related influences on education and look at the implications in terms of future developments (e.g. social inequality). Potential project focus areas include in-school and out-of-school educational processes, family interactions (e.g. home schooling) and processes within and relating to the organisation of early childhood education as well as continuing education in adulthood. Another possibility is to evaluate the changes that have come about in terms of digital innovation and new forms of organisation in teaching and learning. Proposals and other documents should be submitted via the elan portal by 23 March 2021.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Aerosol Particles and their Distribution
Funding under this call is available for projects dedicated to answering open and pressing questions on the formation of aerosol particles during breathing, speaking, coughing, sneezing, as well as their evaporation kinetics and spreading dynamics in rooms. Furthermore, the call intends to address the efficient removal of aerosol particles from indoor air, the infectiosity of virus-transmitting aerosols and the inactivation of viruses in aerosols via multiphysics approaches (radiation, charging, temperature, etc.) as well as the transport and deposition of aerosol particles in the airways. Proposals and other proposal documents should be submitted via the elan portal by 2 March 2021.
Thursday, 14 January 2021
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Global South: Health Systems and Society
In this call under COVID-19 Focus Funding, the DFG is inviting proposals on the topic “Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Global South”. With this subject the DFG is highlighting the countries and regions which have been particularly affected by the impacts of the pandemic due to major social dis-parities, a relatively weak economy, a high degree of informality, a lack of social security and overbur-dened health systems.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
COVID-19 Focus Funding: SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Projects
Funding under this call is available for projects in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection whose objectives can only be achieved with the use of sequencing technology. These virus and host-specific sequencings are intended to contribute towards a better understanding of infectiousness and the spread of the infection process as well as the genetic determinants of the immune response and host susceptibility, taking defined clinical patterns and vulnerable groups into consideration.
Monday, 14 December 2020
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Measures to Prevent Infection in Social Settings and Population Groups
The focus of this call is on measures relating to individual behaviour and/or contact between people. Applicants are expected to explain the scientific relevance of the social settings and/or population groups chosen with regard to containing the pandemic. In addition to collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data on the current pandemic, it is also possible to address the topic from a historical perspective by comparing previous pandemics or by using a modelling approach.
Monday, 7 December 2020
First Decisions on COVID-19 Focus Funding
The DFG has made its first decisions in the new COVID-19 Focus Funding instrument. These decisions will enable 33 projects to immediately begin research on immunity, host susceptibility and pathomechanisms of infection with SARS-CoV-2. A total of €3.6 million will be provided for a maximum of one year, including the standard programme allowance for indirect project costs.
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Coronavirus Vaccine Demonstrates the Long-Term Value of Knowledge-Driven Basic Research
The most promising vaccine against the coronavirus to date is also an example of the long-term value of curiosity-driven basic research and its funding by the DFG. The so-called mRNA vaccine platform, which the Mainz-based company BioNTech uses in its Covid-19 vaccine developed jointly with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, can be traced back to preliminary work carried out from 2006 to 2008 in a project within a DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) on cancer research at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. This in turn was also tied to previous DFG-funded research.
Monday, 5 October 2020
Funding Results Announcement for the Sino-German Center Call for Bilateral Collaborative Proposals between China and Germany in COVID-19 Related Research
n May 2020, the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) issued a Call for Bilateral Collaborative Proposals between China and Germany in COVID-19 Related Research, in order to accelerate the joint efforts of international cooperation in R&D activities against the global outbreak of novel coronavirus. A total of 76 applications were received by the deadline, of which 73 applications passed the eligibility check. After going through a two-step process of evaluation, first reviewed in parallel by both sides and then confirmed by a joint panel, 20 projects have been approved by the Joint Committee of the SGC to be funded.
Monday, 10 August 2020
COVID-19 Focus Funding: Immunity, Host Susceptibility and Pathomechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
The purpose of this first Focus Funding COVID-19 call is to address urgent, unresolved questions on immune response, host susceptibility and the infection mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2. Projects must be hypothesis driven and evidence based. It must also be clear from the proposal how the newly acquired knowledge will contribute to a better understanding of the infection process and the concrete management of the current crisis. Projects must be submitted by 7 September 2020.
COVID-19 Focus Funding in the Research Grants Programme
The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates that scientifically based knowledge is essential to the handling of the current pandemic. The DFG has therefore developed COVID-19 Focus Funding, a new funding opportunity designed to enable scientists to address especially urgent research questions requiring rapid answers. Between June 2020 and June 2021, the Commission for Pandemic Research will issue calls on different topics. Funding may also be used in conjunction with ongoing projects or to prepare subsequent larger-scale projects.
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Equal Opportunity in Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Support from
the DFG
For many researchers, the current coronavirus pandemic and efforts to manage it are having an impact on their daily lives. Researchers with care responsibilities are facing the challenge of balancing their work with family obligations. The DFG is endeavouring to support them through a range of measures and uphold its efforts to promote equal opportunity.
Wednesday, 23 July 2020
Inaugural Meetings of DFG Review Boards Held
The review boards elected in fall 2019 have all held their inaugural meetings. In compliance with the contact restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, the review boards were able to complete this process by 16 July 2020. They are now set to take up their important role in the DFG’s review and decision-making processes.
Friday, 17 July 2020
Extension of Rapid-Response Measures for Fellowship Recipients Affected by Corona Containment Measures
To further support DFG fellowship recipients, the DFG is extending the measures implemented in March by three months.
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Covid-19 Task Force of Consortium nfdi4health
In the recently approved consortium nfdi4health within the framework of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), the DFG will also fund the Covid-19 Task Force from July 2020 onwards. The goal: to enable the research community to find relevant studies more easily and exchange data more effectively. This will help to tackle the pandemic more efficiently and prevent negative impacts on communities.
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Peru Offers to Participate in Clinical Trials for Vaccine Research on SARS-COV-2
The Peruvian government has shown a great amount of interest in Germany’s scientific approaches and progress in the current pandemic and has stated via the German Federal Foreign Office that it welcomes the participation of German researchers in clinical trials in the country to develop a vaccine for SARS-COV-2. Peru is an ideal environment as a multi-ethnic country with more than 300,000 infected people. The government stated that it could provide several research teams and the immunising antigens collected in Peru could be used for study findings.
Should German institutes or clinics be interested in cooperating with the Peruvian authorities and including Peruvian patients in clinical trials, the DFG will contact the Peruvian embassy and the German Federal Foreign Office via the Latin America team. The team would also be happy to provide background information on demography, operational capacity for vaccine tests and feasibility. The DFG and HRK keep each other informed about enquiries received in order to provide advice and avoid duplicate requests.
DFG programme contacts
- Interner LinkDr. Katja Großmann and Interner LinkDr. Stefan Thiel (Life Sciences: Medicine)
- Interner LinkDr. Dietrich Halm (International Affairs)
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Corona-Warn-App Released
The federal government has released the Corona-Warn-App. More detailed information about the app and its voluntary use is available at
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
DFG Establishes Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research
Against the background of the current coronavirus pandemic, the DFG is to establish an interdisciplinary commission for pandemic research. The commission will be made up of 18 members representing all research disciplines, and its task will be to strengthen the knowledge-driven research which is essential to pandemic and epidemic research and which forms the basis for nearly all translational approaches. The decision to set up the commission was made by the Executive Committee of the DFG, Germany's largest research funding organisation and the central self-governing organisation of the country's research community.
Friday, 5 June 2020
Relief for Staff with Family Obligations in CRCs During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is causing significant challenges to many researchers with family obligations. The DFG has therefore decided that Collaborative Research Centres (CRCs) may use equal opportunity funds to provide financial relief for these individuals. For affected, DFG-funded research staff in CRCs, employment contracts that end between 1 May and 31 December 2020 can, as an exception, be extended by up to three months using approved equal opportunity funds if these staff are currently experiencing unusual family difficulties. Equal opportunity funds can also be used in appropriate amounts for the short-term relief of individual difficulties faced by project managers and other research staff who are experiencing unusual family difficulties due to coronavirus.
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Joint Genome Research on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Researchers are pooling their expertise and sequencing infrastructure under the umbrella of the recently established German Covid-19 OMICS initiative, with the aim of making a scientific contribution towards overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers from more than 22 institutions have participated so far, including quite a few from DFG-funded projects. The DFG-funded sequencing centre CCGA and the Cluster of Excellence Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI) are among those expected to help improve the understanding of why some people become seriously ill and others experience mild symptoms.
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Extensive Financial Support for Research Projects
With immediate effect, the DFG, is offering additional funding to support DFG-funded projects affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting restrictions on public life. The Joint Committee has approved a package of measures proposed by the DFG Executive Committee. These measures allow additional staff and project funding to be requested across a wide range of funding programmes, allowing research work that cannot be carried out as originally planned to be continued and completed. The support package amounts to at least €175 million.
- Interner LinkInformation for researchers
- Interner Link"For Applicants and Funding Recipients" in Corona-Information
- Interner LinkGo to press release
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Changes to DFG Annual Meeting in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has significant implications for the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). To protect all participants, and given the ongoing restrictions on public life, the meeting scheduled for 29 June - 1 July in Berlin cannot be held in the originally planned form but will be adapted to current circumstances.
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
CRC 902 "Molecular Principles of RNA-based Regulation" Analyses SARS-CoV-2 with NMR Spectroscopy
Researchers in CRC 902 "Molecular Principles of RNA-based Regulation" are analysing the structures of the RNAs and proteins of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. 30 teams from 11 countries are now involved in the research using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The DFG approved an additional proposal for this project in May 2020. The researchers are publishing the results of their research on a weekly basis.
Friday, 15 May 2020
Information on Dates and Times of Meetings
The DFG and its various bodies are continuing to make funding decisions amid the coronavirus pandemic. To find out when new and extended Research Units, Priority Programmes, Collaborative Research Centres and Research Training Groups will be announced and how the procedures will be organised, please consult the
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Video Statement by DFG President Katja Becker: Support During the Current Crisis
The DFG is responding to the current crisis with flexibility and a minimum of bureaucracy, and as quickly as possible. It is supporting researchers such that they can continue their important basic research with the standard of quality they are accustomed to. Now more than ever, substantiated facts and scientific findings are crucial to public information and evidence-based advice to politicians.
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
International Calls With China and India
India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the DFG are resuming their joint open funding programme in the life sciences. Among other things, the programme is suitable for Indian-German projects on epidemics and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Proposals can be submitted with immediate effect and up until 28 February 2021. The Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (CDZ), an international research funding organisation initiated by China's NSFC and the DFG, has also published a call for bilateral projects in COVID-19-related research.
Monday, 11 May, 11:00
BMBF Forum “Research in Germany” goes virtual
The DFG is a member of the BMBF initiative “Research in Germany”. This year’s International Research Marketing Forum, taking place from 18-20 May, enables experts from universities, non-university research institutions and associations as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to exchange knowledge and experiences, network and advance their training. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the forum will be held in different virtual formats over the course of three mornings.
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 16:00
Science Organisations Welcome Amendment of Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act due to Coronavirus Pandemic
The German Bundestag has amended the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (WissZeitVG) in order to protect researchers with temporary contracts from potential disadvantages caused by protective measures taken within the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Research institutions and universities are now able to extend employment contracts beyond the current maximum limit. The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany expressly welcomes this amendment.
Monday, 4 May 2020
Research on coronavirus in Africa
Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" at the University of Bremen is analysing the development dynamics of state social policy worldwide. In a recent podcast interview, Professor Dr. Klaus Schlichte describes how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting African countries and the measures taken by governments. He leads the project "Transnational welfare: Rise, disintegration, and renaissance of social policy in Africa".
- Externer LinkWebsite of CRC 1342
- Externer LinkPodcast from the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck (in German) - part of the "Coronavirus and Politics" series
Monday, 27 April 2020, 15:30
DFG Supports MOSAiC Expedition in Arctic Ocean During Coronavirus Pandemic
The DFG together with the BMBF is stepping in to support the MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean by sending the research vessels Sonne and Maria S. Merian to Spitzbergen. There they will rendezvous with the research icebreaker Polarstern and perform a complete changeover of approximately 100 personnel as well as exchanging cargo and supplies. Interner Linkmore
Friday, 24 April 2020, 15:00
DFG Underlines Importance of Scientific Quality Standards in Publications
Amid the global spread of SARS-CoV-2, a growing number of publications are being made available on preprint servers without having undergone peer review. In a statement for the Science Media Center, the DFG has commented on the opportunities and risks associated with this method of publishing scientific findings.
Monday, 20 April 2020, 12:00
Special Recognition for Christian Drosten
Virologist Professor Dr. Christian Drosten is to receive a special award from the DFG and the Stifterverband for outstanding science communication amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, 20 April 2020, 10:00
Research for Enhanced Epidemic Modelling
Mathematical models help to predict the spread of epidemics and assess different options for containing them. A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ralf Engbert associated with the DFG-funded CRC 1294 "Data Assimilation - The seamless integration of data and models" has combined a stochastic SEIR model with data assimilation to estimate current contact rates. Understanding these rates and how they change over time is important to estimating factors like the regional effects of limiting social contact. This is an example of how research is learning from the coronavirus pandemic, making it better equipped for the future.
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 10:00
Good Scientific Practice Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic – a European Matter
The DFG is a member of the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO). The network recently published a paper underlining the importance of continuing good scientific practice during the coronavirus pandemic. The DFG draws particular attention to appropriate quality assurance in the research process. In the network's opinion, scientific integrity is vital to the all-important trust of society in research.
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 13:30
DFG-Funded NGS Centres of Competence and Coronavirus Research
The DFG-funded centres of competence for next generation sequencing (NGS) are conducting research on SARS-CoV-2 as part of the COVID-19 Omics initiative. They are contributing their expertise in sequencing to efforts to better understand the virus. So far, 16 German institutions belong to the network. Other participants, including those in other European countries, are welcome to join.
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 13:00
Extended eligibility period for submitting proposals to the Emmy Noether Programme
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the associated restrictions on working conditions at universities and research institutions, the DFG is extending the individual eligibility period for proposal submission within the Emmy Noether Programme by three months for prospective applicants who would otherwise only be eligible to apply by the end of 2020. Note that the rules on calculating the eligibility period, as outlined in the programme’s frequently asked questions, remain unaffected.
Monday, 13 April 2020, 17:00
Third statement by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina today released a third ad-hoc statement regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The statement addresses the psychological, social, legal, educational and economic aspects of the pandemic and strategies for a gradual return to normalcy.
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Information on Reviews and Awards for Collaborative Research Centres
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee meetings for Collaborative Research Centres scheduled for 27 and 28 May cannot be held in the usual way. Decisions will be made in a written procedure or by video conference in compliance with data protection legislation. For proposals submitted up to 1 July 2020 which cannot be reviewed on site, a written procedure will also be initiated and the DFG will offer bridge funding to affected universities, as announced in a letter on 9 April 2020.
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 12:00
Call for Proposals on Research into Epidemics and Pandemics Includes New Information on International Cooperation
The DFG has provided additional details to its Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. The additions were made with regard to information on funding principles and funding opportunities with an international component.
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 11:00
The Global Research Council (GRC) represents the majority of publicly funded research and research funding organisations worldwide who are not directly supported by governments. The GRC website shows the COVID-19 activities of its members including the activities of the DFG.
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 9:00
DFG President Katja Becker: Utmost Support for the Continuation of Research Activities during the Corona Crisis
DFG Professor Dr. Katja Becker released a statement today addressed to researchers involved in DFG-funded projects.
Friday, 3 April 2020, 16:00
Second ad-hoc-statement by German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Today, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina presented a second ad-hoc-statement with further proposals on how to deal with the challenges and measures to counter the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 11:00
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 and programmes. Further deadline extensions will be introduced if necessary. Researchers can find regular updates under the information on the relevant call and under the respective programmes.
Monday, 23 March 2020, 12:00
The meetings of the DFG's Senate and Joint Committee, originally scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week in Bonn, cannot be held in the usual form; decisions will be taken using the written process and on a staggered basis. Information on new Priority Programmes, Research Units and other agenda items will be issued at correspondingly later dates.
Saturday, 21 March 2020, 14:00
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has convened an ad-hoc working group of researchers in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This working group today issued a statement concerned primarily with the healthcare system challenges and intervention options.
Friday, 20 March 2020, 20:30
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the DFG has published a letter on financial measures and arrangements for fellowship recipients and those employed as fellows in DFG programmes.
Friday, 20 March 2020, 13:00
The award ceremony for the 2020 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes, originally scheduled for 5 May in Berlin, is to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 10:00
DFG Launches Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics
Research topics range from basic medical and biological aspects and psychological and social factors to economic repercussions / Proposal deadline 1 September 2020
The effects of the current SARS-CoV-2 outbreak have shown that epidemics and pandemics cannot be managed simply on a national level; instead, the whole global framework needs to be taken into account. To be better prepared for the diverse aspects of global waves of infection, it is essential to support wide-ranging research across different disciplines. In addition to investigating the current pandemic, it is important to identify fundamental research questions that produce generalisable scientific findings.
The DFG is therefore issuing a call for a multidisciplinary funding initiative. Funding is to be offered for projects dealing with the prevention, early detection, containment and investigation of the causes, impacts and management of epidemics and pandemics, taking the example of SARS-CoV-2 and other microorganisms and viruses which are pathogenic to humans.
The full text of the call for proposals, with detailed information on submitting proposals, can be found here:
A press release summarising the call can be found here:
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 12:00
In a letter to funding recipients, the DFG has circulated some initial information on the continuation of project work and funding programmes in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. DFG staff are also working hard to identify other options to absorb the additional time pressures and financial impacts on funded projects. The DFG will notify you as soon as these measures can be implemented.
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 10:00
As an additional precautionary measure in view of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, most members of staff at the DFG Head Office in Bonn, the Berlin office and international DFG offices will be working from home with immediate effect, until further notice. The best way to contact them is by e-mail. All team members are working hard to keep funding activities functioning as normally as possible. However, should there be any delays, we would ask for your patience.
Monday, 16 March 2020
Press Release
Coronavirus Pandemic: DFG Stresses Importance of Long-Term Basic Research and International Cooperation
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Press Release
DFG Responds to Spread of Coronavirus