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DFG to Fund Eleven New Research Training Groups

€82 million for the first funding period
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With funding for an initial five-year period starting in spring 2026, the new groups will be conducting research on topics ranging from malformations of the cerebral cortex to restoring diversity in our diet. 

Authorisation Procedures in Animal Research

DFG Senate Commission Calls for Realignment

The Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Research has issued a statement calling on federal and state ministries and authorities to eliminate existing legal uncertainties and reduce bureaucracy. It was originally published in German on 1 October and is now available in English.

DFG to Fund Nine New Collaborative Research Centres

€120 million in funding for the first funding period
DFG-Förderprogramm: Sonderforschungsbereiche

With funding awarded from April 2026 for an initial period of three years and nine months, the new consortia will conduct research on a wide range of topics that include fungal-based building materials, autoimmune diseases and molecular boron chemistry. In addition, the Grants Committee in Bonn has approved the extension of 32 Collaborative Research Centres, each for a further funding period.

Global Minds in Research Consortia

New Funding Opportunities under the Federal Government’s Global Minds Initiative Germany
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In addition to the ongoing availability of individual grants for researchers from abroad, the DFG is now also offering professorships and Mercator Fellow positions in Collaborative Research Centres, Transregios and Clusters of Excellence under the Global Minds Initiative Germany initiated by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). 

DFG - German Research Foundation

Things to Know about the Proposal and Funding Process

Funding Opportunities

Calls for Proposals

Basics and Topics

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