Claim: The president of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a German research funding organization formed in 1951, is Katja Becker, a German physician and biochemist.
Evidence: The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (pronounced [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈfɔɐ̯ʃʊŋsɡəˌmaɪnʃaft, DFG [ˌdeːʔɛfˈɡeː; English: German Research Foundation) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germany. 1951; 69 years ago (1951) Katja Becker Katja Becker (born 7 March 1965, also known as Katja Becker-Brandenburg in some older publications) is a German physician and biochemist.