Contact in Russia

DFG Office Russia/CISНемецкое научно-исследовательское сообщество
House of the German Economy
1 Kazachiy Pereulok 5/2
119017 Moscow, Russia
Metro Station: Polyanka or TretyakovskayaPhone: +7 495 956-2690
Phone: +49 228 885-4700
Fax:+7 495 956-2706
russia@dfg.de
www.dfg.de/russia ∙ www.russia.dfg.de

The scientific relations between Germany and Russia
are part of a lively centuries-old tradition. Russia is aparticularly important partner for the German scientificsystem and thus is a priority country in the DFG
international funding programmes.
For decades the DFG has maintained an intensive
scientific dialogue with Russia and, since 2003, it has
supported the development of bilateral cooperation
through its own representative office in Moscow.
Alongside the Head Office in Bonn with its Groupfor International Affairs, the DFG office in Moscow
functions as a local point of contact, providing advice
and information about cooperation programmes for thewhole Commonwealth of Independent States.
The DFG uses a number of different instruments to
support cooperation with Russian researchers. As ageneral rule, researchers can apply for financial resources
for international collaboration in all types of projectfunding. Special funding programmes are listed on theDFG website.

Design: Tim Wübben, DFG; Photos: fotolia.com; DFG Office Russia/CIS; July 2020

Why We Are in Russia/CIS

Contact in Germany
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
German Research Foundation
International Cooperation
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Dr. Jörn Achterberg
Kennedyallee 40 ∙ 53175 Bonn, Germany
Phone: + 49 228 885-2494
Fax:+ 49 228 885-2599
www.dfg.de

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
German Research FoundationНемецкое научно-исследовательскоесообщество

The DFG in Russia/CIS

About the DFG

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, GermanResearch Foundation) is the self-governing organisation
for science and research in Germany. In organisationalterms, the DFG is an association under private law. Its
members are German research universities, non-university research institutions, scientific associations and theAcademies of Science and Humanities. According to its
statutes, the DFG’s main task is to fund the best research
projects selected in a competitive process at researchand higher education institutions.
The DFG serves all branches of science and the humanities by funding research projects and facilitating nationaland international collaboration among researchers. It devotes particular attention to the advancement and training of early career researchers. The DFG promotes equality between women and men in science and academia.
It advises parliaments and public interest institutions on
scientific matters and fosters relations between the research community and society and the private sector.
One of the DFG’s core strategies, that of promoting collaboration between researchers in Germany and abroad,has gained increasing importance in recent years.
Operating offices abroad is a part of this internationalstrategy.

What We Do in Russia/CIS

Our Partners in Russia

The DFG Office Russia/CIS serves to intensify collaboration with the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in several ways:

The systematic expansion of institutional collaboration
with Russian partner organisations facilitates the joint
promotion of cooperation in all areas of basic research.

►Developing and supporting bilateral cooperationby providing advice for researchers in Russia and the CIS
countries and by fostering partnerships within the scopeof the DFG funding instruments

Framework agreements on the co-funding of research
projects and research mobility exist with the following
partners:►Maintaining and strengthening institutional
collaboration with Russian partner organisations
by setting up and expanding co-financed cooperation
projects in accordance with the DFG’s funding spectrum
and review standards►

Early career support
by providing support in establishing contacts andcooperative relationships, for example within theframework of International Research Training Groups►

Promoting cooperation
by initiating and organising bilateral seminars, roundtablediscussions and conferences and by accompanying
delegation visits to Russia and Germany►

Facilitating and intensifying cooperation with
scientific centres in Russia and the CIS countries
by establishing and maintaining contact with research
centres outside Moscow and Russia

More Information on Science in Germany

1. Ursula Gather (TU Dortmund), Dorothee Dzwonnek (former DFG Secretary General),
Nikolay Kropachev (SPBU), St. Petersburg 2014
2. Peter Strohschneider (former DFG President), Ludmila Ogorodova (former Deputy Minister),Andrei Fursenko, Vladislav Panchenko (RFBR), Moscow 2015
3. Aleksandr Khlunov (RSF) and Peter Strohschneider, Moscow 2016
4. Peter Strohschneider and Viktor Sadovnichy (MSU), Moscow 2018

GEPRIS – German Project Information System
GEPRIS is an online database made available by the DFG toprovide information on current DFG-funded research projects.
► http://gepris.dfg.de

Our Activities in Russia

GERiT – German Research Institutions
GERiT provides an overview of 29,000 research institutionsin Germany. Here you will find institutional profiles, job
vacancies, and links to DFG-funded projects.
► https://www.gerit.org/de►

DFG Leibniz Lectures►

German Russian Weeks of the Young Researcher►

DFG Summer Reception in Moscow►Science Talks on Science Policy►

Information Seminars with the German Housefor Research and Innovation (DWIH Moscow)