Since 1951 the DFG has gradually introduced new programmes into its range of funding instruments. The following programmes have joined the Individual Grants Programme (Normalverfahren), given this name in 1952.

Year	Description
Since 1951	Individual grants Research fellowships Funding for scientific libraries and information systems
1952 - 2007	Research sabbaticals
Since 1953	Priority Programmes
Since 1955	Grants for the fulfilment of international obligations
Since 1956	Mercator visiting professorships
Since 1957	Central research facilities
1959 - 2008	Funding for conference trips
1961 - 1975	Habilitation fellowships
Since 1959	Grants for conference and lecture trips to non-European countries and Central and Eastern Europe
Since 1961	Exchange of researchers with the Soviet Union
Since 1962	Research Units
Since 1964	Meteor research vessel Max Kade fellowships
Since 1968	Collaborative Research Centres
1971 - 2006	Review of proposals received for the purchase of major instrumentation in accordance with the Act on Furthering Construction in Higher Education (Hochschulbauförderungsgesetz)
Since 1972	Funding of international scientific events in Germany
Since 1977	Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
Since 1978	Electronic publishing
Since 1978	Heisenberg Programme
1985 - 1998	Postdoctoral programme
Since 1986	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
1988 - 2000	Gerhard Hess Programme
1988 - 2002	Clinical Research Units
Since 1990	Research Training Groups Albert Maucher Prize
Since 1994	Central research facility: KoWi (European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations)
Since 1994	Major instrumentation initiatives
1994 - 2001	Centres of Excellence (Innovationskollegs) in former East Germany
1995 - 2007	Humanities Research Centres
Since 1997	Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize Cataloguing and digitization at scientific libraries
Since 1998	German-Israeli project cooperation
Since 1999	Emmy Noether Programme CRC/Transregios International Research Training Groups
Since 2000	Communicator Award
2000 - 2009	Centres of Advanced Studies (Forschungskollegs)
Since 2001	Research Centres Temporary positions for principal investigators
Since 2002	Transfer projects Bernd Rendel Prize
Since 2003	Clinical trials Scientific networks
2003 - 2010	Service centres for research information
Since 2004	Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize
2004 - 2007	EURYI Award
Since 2005	Excellence Initiative Heisenberg professorships von Kaven Awards
2005 - 2015	Central research facility: Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance - IfQ
Since 2006	Copernicus Award Return grants
Since 2006	Central research facility: Maria S. Merian research vessel
Since 2007	Infrastructure priority programmes Review of proposals for major instrumentation in the following programmes: „Scientific Equipment as Part of the DFG's Major Research InstrumentationProgramme as per Art. 91b GG” „Research Buildings as per Art. 91b GG" „State Major Instrumentation Programme"
Since 2008	Reinhart Koselleck projects
Since 2008	Humanities Centres for Advanced Studies

These additional programmes pursued various defined objectives in the context of the DFG's funding strategies, namely

• to improve the dissemination of research findings (conferences, congresses),
• to award individual, outstanding researchers (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Gerhard Hess Prize),
• to provide sustainable support and advancement for young researchers (habilitation fellowships, postdoctoral programme),
• to provide particular support for cooperation at a specific location or within its transregional network (e.g. Priority Programmes, Research Units, Collaborative Research Centres, Research Training Groups, Research Centres), and
• to improve research infrastructure (e.g. major equipment, Central Research Facilities).

Further Information

An overview of all the DFG programmes is available in the Funding section

• Funding at a Glance