Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is the central self-governing research funding organisation in Germany. The DFG serves the sciences and humanities and promotes research of the highest quality in all its forms and disciplines at universities and non-university research institutions. The focus is on funding projects developed by the academic community itself in the area of knowledge-driven research.

The DFG’s primary task is to promote excellent knowledge-driven research, especially at universities. Funding science across the entire spectrum of academic disciplines and scientific institutions, the DFG also has a special responsibility to shape the development of the German science system in general.

Website

https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/mission/index.html

Host Country

Germany

Duration

Various

Applicants

Scholars, researchers, and academics. DFG takes particular care to promote early career researchers and offers them programmes which provide appropriate support at every phase of their qualification.

Contact

Email: postmaster@dfg.de

Contact form: https://www.dfg.de/en/service/contact/index.html

How To Apply:

Find a database of available funding opportunities linked here: https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/index.html