German Research Foundation
Browse open grants and funding opportunities from the German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany central self-governing research funding organization. Atom brings together its research grants, fellowships, and coordinated programs, so you can compare deadlines, eligibility, and award amounts.
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About German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) is the central self-governing research funding organization in Germany. It serves the sciences and humanities by funding excellent research at universities and research institutions and by promoting the advancement of early-career researchers.
The DFG funds work across all disciplines, from the natural sciences and engineering to the life sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Its support spans individual research grants, coordinated and collaborative programs, research centers and training groups, fellowships, and major research infrastructure.
Funding is awarded through rigorous peer review, with eligibility generally tied to researchers and institutions in Germany and their international collaborators. Researchers can find current DFG funding opportunities and deadlines on Atom.
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58 grantsInfrastructure Priority Programme “Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)” (SPP 1294)
The German Research Foundation's SPP 1294 funds research using the HALO aircraft to advance understanding of atmospheric and Earth system processes through airborne scientific studies and instrumentation.
DFG Research Centres
The DFG Research Centres programme funds innovative, interdisciplinary research centres at German universities to advance high-impact science and foster collaboration across disciplines and institutions.
Priority Programme “Combinatorial Synergies” (SPP 2458)
Priority Programme “Combinatorial Synergies” (SPP 2458) supports researchers studying finite and discrete structures, funding work across mathematical themes to develop unifying theories.
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