Programmes and criteria

Here, you will find details of the written review process for proposals under individual grants programmes: these involve proposals being submitted by individual researchers. 

Different guidelines are available for reviewing proposals submitted under the other DFG funding programmes. For further details on specific programmes, see All funding programmes at a glance.(interner Link)

General information and guidelines for reviewers are provided in the document General Guidelines for Reviews.(Download)

 ProgrammWas wird gefördert? 
 Individual projects (research grant)(interner Link)A researcher’s own project with the option Temporary Position for Principal Investigators/Temporary Substitute for CliniciansNotes on the review process(Download)
 Walter Benjamin-Programme(interner Link)Position/temporary substitute for clinicians in Germany or fellowship abroadNotes on the review process(Download)
 Emmy Noether-Programme(interner Link)Head of an independent junior research groupNotes on the review process (Download)
 Heisenberg-Programme(interner Link)Pathway to a professorshipNotes on the review process(Download)
 Reinhart Koselleck Projects(interner Link)Highly innovative or positively high-risk projectsNotes on the review process(Download)