Research funding in the 1920s

This dossier provides an overview of the history of the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft as the predecessor organisation to the DFG. From its origins in “times of need” through the period of inflation up to the Pamir expedition in 1928.

• The origins of the Notgemeinschaft
• The early years
• The Notgemeinschaft as a new form of research funding
• The Reichstag and the Notgemeinschaft in the Founding Years of the 1920s
• The inflation of 1923
• From “crisis management” in research policy to priority setting
• The 1928 Pamir expedition

Further information

Access to the historical records

“GEPRIS Historisch” is the comprehensive information portal provided by the DFG that makes the history of the DFG and of research between 1920 and 1945 publicly accessible:

• Go to GEPRIS Historisch (German only)

Information on literature used and sources

• Go to the literature collection (German only)

Contact

• Mechthild Köhler,
  Tel. +49 228 885-4322,
  Mechthild.Koehler@dfg.de