Abbreviation DFG Formation 1951 Founded 1951 | Predecessor NG Region served Germany | |
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Purpose Science funding in Germany Location Kennedyallee 40, 53175 Bonn, Germany President Peter Hrsg V Strohschneider Founders Fritz Haber, Friedrich Schmidt-Ott Profiles | ||
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The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; English: German Research Foundation) is a German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.
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Function
The DFG supports research in science, engineering, and the humanities through a variety of grant programmes, prizes and by funding infrastructure. The self-governed organization is based in Bonn and financed by the German states and the federal government. As of 2017, the organization consists of approx. 100 research universities and other research institutions.
The DFG endows various research prizes, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.
Background
In 1937, the Notgemeinschaft der Wissenschaft (NG) was renamed the Deutsche Gemeinschaft zur Erhaltung und Förderung der Forschung ("German Association for the Support and Advancement of Scientific Research"), for short known as the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). By the end of World War II in Germany, in 1945, the DFG was no longer active. In 1949, after formation of the Federal Republic, it was re-founded as the NG and again from 1951 as the DFG.
Structure
The DFG is a member of the International Council for Science and has numerous counterparts around the globe such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Science Foundation (USA) and the Royal Society (UK).
The DFG has several representative offices in Asia, North America and Europe and also maintains the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion, which was jointly founded by the DFG and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. On 9 June 2012, DFG launced a centre in Hyderabad, to expand its presence in India. The German-based research foundation and India's Department of Science and Technology are together working on 40 bilateral research projects in science and engineering. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is a member of Science Europe.