German Research Foundation

The "German Funding Programmes" unit is again regularly staffed on site. If you cannot reach us by phone or Skype for Business, please send us an email.

Please note for your application planning that our unit will not be staffed on May 27 and June 17 (both Fridays after the bank holidays).

Please direct all new inquiries exclusively to Dr. Kerstin Theis, head of the unit, e-mail.
Thank you!

Individual funding for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers, including those pursuing a habilitation
- Project funding by means of an individual research grant
  with the basic module funding line and, if applicable, additional modules via building block principle
  (personnel, material and travel funds, if necessary additional funds for publications, workshops, public relations, visiting academics, research sabbaticals etc.).
- Postdoctoral funding for your own position
- Walter Benjamin Programme = for academics in the early career phase after their doctorate to carry out a research project in Germany or abroad.
  The research fellowship section was terminated in summer 2019.
- Emmy Noether Programme = early career researchers
- Heisenberg Programme = preparation for a professorship

Coordinated programmes = research in alliance
- Priority Programmes = sub-projects in a large consortium project, via call for proposals
- Research Units
- Research Training Groups
- Collaborative Research Centres

International
- international academic events
- Establishing international cooperation
- Joint projects with Austria and/or Switzerland (D-A-CH funding line)
Academic infrastructure
- Scientific literature supply and information systems (LIS),
  including digitisation and indexing of sources, full-text digitisation procedures, information infrastructures of research data, e-research technologies, acquisition of bequests and collections,
  Open Access publications, e-Research Technologies
  NEW: Digitisation and indexing
- Scientific equipment and information technology (WGI)
Knowledge transfer between science and industry or public sectors in the pre-competitive phase. Transfer projects can be applied for in all funding lines, provided they are based on the results of DFG projects.

Update of the Project Proposal Preparation Instructions

In March 2022, the DFG updated the Project Proposal Preparation Instructions (Form 54.01), which is relevant for project proposals under the programme Individual Research Grants, under the Emmy Noether Programme and for Research Units or Priority Programmes, cf. in detail the informations of the DFG.

In the future, more detailed statements on the handling of research data (previously chapter 2.4) will be required. A checklist, the DFG and a working group for research data management of the University of Passau provide orientation here.

The section "Handling of research data" and "Relevance of sex, gender and/or diversity" have also been moved to the first, scientific part of the proposal. The page separation for the 25-page proposal is now:
* 17 pages of scientific part (Chapters 1 and 2),
* 8 pages for the chapters "Supplementary information" and "Requested modules/funds".

DFG: Notes for German-Russian applications and cooperation projects

Cooperation to be suspended as a consequence of the Russian attack on Ukraine / Funding of German project parts by DFG still guaranteed

The DFG is currently not accepting new applications or continuation applications that are based on German-Russian cooperation. Applications that have already been submitted are suspended until further notice and will not be processed further. Bridging funding is also not possible.
If the DFG directly funds Russian project parts, for example within the framework of research groups or priority programs, these cannot be funded further.
Cooperation with Russian partner organizations is to be suspended (no exchange of data, samples and equipment as well as other scientific material). Whether projects are continued or changed under these circumstances is at the discretion of the project responsible in Germany, but overall the projects are to be continued as far as possible even without cooperation; funding for the German part of the project is still guaranteed by the DFG.
All events with scientists from Russian research institutions should not be carried out. Ongoing guest visits do not have to be terminated, but new guest visits should not be planned and carried out.
Scientists who have currently applied for a fellowship abroad for Russia can change their applications and state other target countries. Fellowships that have already been approved should not be started. Current fellowships can be converted into domestic fellowships or positions after approval by the DFG Head Office; here, too, there is the option of changing to another country.

Further information can be found on the DFG Webpage.

The DFG funds knowledge-driven basic research in all disciplines in a wide variety of project forms and sizes.

Eligibility to apply: from doctorate.
Deadlines: at any time; exception: time-bound special calls for proposals.
Review procedure: usually at least 6 months.
In addition to its regular funding lines, the DFG invites tenders for certain funding formats separately, such as project funding in priority programmes, centres, international collaborations and prizes, which are published via the DFG Newsletter.
The University of Passau supports the development of DFG applications in the internal funding programme Research Pool - as start-up funding in the form of personnel and, if necessary, material resources!

If you have any questions about which DFG funding line your project idea is eligible for and how to submit an application to the DFG, the staff in Section. III/2 and the relevant subject sections of the DFG will be happy to advise you.

Please briefly inform our DFG Liaison Officer, Professor Carolin Haeussler and the Research Officer, Dr Kerstin Theis, if you have submitted an application to the DFG.
An informal e-mail stating the title, chosen funding line and subject area is sufficient.

In cases of conflict within the scope of DFG proposals or projects, you can contact DFG liaison officer and the elected ombudspersons for good research practice at any time.

Further information on the role of the DFG liaison officers.

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