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Worldwide commitment

EnglishThe DFG as part of society

In all of its funding programmes, the DFG promotes
cross-border cooperation between researchers.
The DFG is committed to creating the best possible conditions for international research cooperation and ensuringhigh standards in research.
All DFG funding programmes enable the involvement ofresearchers in any country. There are funding instruments
aimed specifically at developing these collaborative venturesand networks. In addition, the DFG concludes agreementswith international partner organisations to enable joint
funding of research projects. The DFG attaches particularimportance to its involvement in shaping the European
Research Area. This is especially reflected in the active role
the DFG plays in organisations such as the Global ResearchCouncil (GRC) and Science Europe.
With offices in New Delhi, New York, São Paulo, Tokyoand Washington DC, as well as the Sino-German Center in
Beijing, the DFG also strengthens international collaboration
directly on site. In order to support German research institutions in their applications for EU funding, it finances theEuropean Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) in Brussels.

The DFG provides information on the subject matterand findings of the research it funds and, as the voiceof science and the humanities, it takes a stand on scientific matters in political and social discourse.
It supports politics, administration, industry and society byproviding scientific analyses and recommendations for action
so as to promote sound framework conditions for science andthe humanities in Germany and facilitate the incorporation ofscientific findings when addressing socially relevant issues. In its
policy advice, it is supported in key areas by Senate Commissions set up specifically for this purpose.
The DFG promotes dialogue between science and the humanities and society through its press and public relations
work, through initiatives and event series of its own, as well as
through its participation in the Science Year. It regularly publishes the Funding Atlas, providing a summary of key facts andfigures on publicly funded research in Germany.
As a publicly funded research funding organisation, the DFG
is accountable through its annual report. It also publishesa monitoring report once a year in which it reports on theimplementation of the objectives under the Pact for Researchand Innovation.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

In profile

What is the DFG?

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, GermanResearch Foundation) is Germany’s largest researchfunding organisation and central self-governing bodyof the research community in Germany. It supports
research projects in all scientific disciplines at higher
education institutions and other research institutions.
To this end, the DFG develops procedures for reviewing andevaluating funding proposals that ensure the best projects areselected. As members of the DFG’s statutory bodies electedby the scientific community, researchers themselves determine how funding is allocated as well as being involved inother decision-making processes.
The DFG helps shape the overall conditions and standards ofresearch, maintains dialogue with society, policymakers andindustry, and supports the transfer of research findings topractical application. Particular attention is paid to fosteringinternational cooperation, academic careers, equal opportunities and diversity in science and the humanities.
The DFG is organised as an association under private law. Its
members are universities, non-university research institutions,scientific associations and academies of science and the humanities. In order to carry out its tasks, the DFG has an annual budget of about €3.6 billion at its disposal, most of which
it receives from Germany’s federal and state governments.

Customised funding

Effective career support

Eligible researchers, groups or institutions can submit funding proposals to the DFG at any time andon any topic.

The DFG offers suitable funding for every phase of a
research career, with a special emphasis on researchers in early career phases.

The DFG’s funding instruments cover all academic disciplines, project formats, forms of cooperation, process
phases and career stages. The allocation of funds is
decided on by means of a transparent, multi-stage review
process.

Through its individual funding and structured programmes,
the DFG provides young researchers with the opportunity
to conduct research projects in any scientific discipline andto attain scientific independence at an early stage.

Individual grants form the core of DFG research funding.
Through coordinated programmes such as Priority Programmes, Research Units, Collaborative Research Centresand Research Training Groups, the DFG promotes nationwide and international cooperation as well as the formation of structures in particularly topical fields of work,
clustering scientific potential at a university location.
The DFG awards prizes for exceptional scientific achievements. Its Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is one of themost highly endowed research awards in the world. Together with the German Science and Humanities Council,
the DFG carries out the Excellence Strategy by the German
federal and state governments.

By means of strategic funding initiatives, the DFG is able
to develop and support specific research fields or respondto acute research needs and suggestions regarding the expansion of collaborative ventures. In addition, it promotes
the transfer of knowledge from the research it funds andfinances science communication.
The DFG also funds research infrastructures, scientificinstrumentation and information technologies as well as
scientific library services and information systems, and it
contributes to the scientific organisation of the National
Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).
As a contribution to a modern research culture, the DFG
develops appropriate framework conditions along withthe relevant scientific, ethical and legal standards, establishing these within the research system through itsfunding activities. It is committed to freedom of research,equal opportunities, diversity and equity as well as soundregulatory conditions for research and seeks to harness theopportunities offered by the digital turn.

DFG Research Training Groups enable structured doctoralstudies. The Walter Benjamin, Emmy Noether and Heisenberg Programmes aim to promote academic careers andprovide direct funding for postdocs. In addition, they canparticipate in one of the numerous DFG-funded projects ornetworks, or else acquire a temporary position for a principal investigator. The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize is awarded
by the DFG to outstanding researchers at an early stage oftheir career.
Through its principles of effective career support, the DFG
also establishes how the situation of researchers is to be
structured in early phases of their career.