Claim: Formed in 1951, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is a German research funding organization that serves Germany.
Evidence: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1951; 69 years ago (1951) 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.