Information on the 29th Call for Proposals

On the basis of an agreement with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has taken over and continues the Programme of German-Israeli Project Cooperation. The BMBF continues providing the funds, while the DFG has all scientific and administrative responsibility.

Project Funding 

Participating institutions in Israel are invited to submit proposals which may come from all fields of science and research. Proposals shall be so designed as to be carried out in close cooperation between the Israeli and the German project partners. They must contain a description of the joint work plan for both, the Israeli and the German side. The quality of the research work and the strength of the scientific cooperation including the exchange of scientists, in particular early career researchers (PhDs/Postdocs), are the main criteria for the review and selection. Principal investigators on both sides need to have adequate working conditions over the full period of the project. 

Eligibility and Deadline 

Eligible for the submission of proposals are: 

• Bar-Ilan University 
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 
• The University of Haifa 
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
• Reichman University 
• Tel Aviv University
• Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology
• Weizmann Institute of Science 

Each of these institutions is entitled to submit two proposals which makes altogether 16.

Please note: No direct submission by researchers from either Israel or Germany can be accepted.

The procedure is carried out in two stages: The first stage takes place in Israel. 

The research authorities of the eight institutions are responsible

• for the selection among pre-proposals which they solicit and receive through an internal procedure
• and for the formal correctness of the 16 proposals which are selected for submission to the DFG.

Key date: The deadline for the submission of these full proposals is 15 March 2025.

The second stage takes place in Germany.

DFG organises a review of the 16 full proposals and submits the result to a committee of experts which formulates a recommendation to the main financial committee for decision. 

Key dates:

• Submission of full proposals to DFG: 15 March 2025
• Review of proposals: by October 2025
• Decision by DFG and notification: December 2025
• Beginning of granted projects: 1 January 2026

Duration of Projects

In all submissions the research shall be planned for a period of five years. 

Budget 

The financial plan must state the institutional resources available to the project on both sides and identify the additional needs. The total budget requested for the Israeli and the German partners may amount to a total of €1,655,000 for a maximum duration of five years. 

Funding may include running costs (staff, materials, travel) and instrumentation. The equipment must be advanced and highly specialised and specifically needed for the conduct of the project and not of a general kind for basic needs of the institute. 

If a project comprises several groups on both or either sides a financial plan has to be drawn up for each group individually. In each project the share between the Israeli and the German partners can be freely negotiated. Industrial partners participate at their own expense.

Please note the DFG’s data protection notice on research funding (see link below: privacy policy). If necessary, please also forward this information to those persons whose data the DFG processes because they are involved in your project.

Further Information

For additional information on the DFG please see: 

• www.dfg.de/en

The DFG’s data protection notice on research funding can be viewed and downloaded at:

• www.dfg.de/privacy_policy

For the proposal please follow the “Guidelines for the Submission of Proposal in the DIP Programme” (form 15.20). This form as well as the “Title Page for the Application” (form 15.201) and “Financial Plan for the Overall Project” (form 15.202) can be found under: 

• www.dfg.de/formulare/15_20
• www.dfg.de/formulare/15_201
• www.dfg.de/formulare/15_202