National funding
Who offers funding?
German Research Foundation (DFG)
The DFG funds basic research on all topics and for all disciplines. In most funding lines, a proposal can be submitted by the applicant at any time. Researchers with a doctorate are eligible to apply.
N.B.: When submitting a grant proposal to the DFG, the rules set by the DFG oblige you to notify the local DFG liaison person of your submission by sending the PDF of your Elan portal receipt to dfg-meldung[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.
Federal ministries
Alongside the DFG, the federal ministries are among the most important funding bodies. The themed calls for proposals address funding policy topics with benefits for society. Most of them are application-oriented collaborative projects.
Federal funding database [German]
State ministries
The Hessian-specific state programme LOEWE (Landesoffensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz) provides targeted policy impulses to strengthen the Hessian research landscape in a positive and sustainable way. The calls for proposals are generally open-topic; in addition to collaborative projects, explorative individual projects can also be funded.
Foundations
Foundations as funding providers differ from one another in terms of size, profile, but also the range of funding offered, hence only a few examples are given here. Some funding formats of certain foundations are very prestigious, e.g. those of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation or the Volkswagen Foundation.
Robert Bosch Foundation website
Contact us
| Name, Forename | Contact |
|---|---|
| Dr. Steinack, Katrin National and international funding - cooperative projects, export control |
Telephone +49 561 804-2232 |
| Name, Forename | Contact |
|---|---|
| Dr. Bauer, Anna National and international funding - Internal funding, DFG, FMER, foundations , EU consortia |
Telephone +49 561 804-7052 |
| Dr. Felgen, Nina National funding - LOEWE, DFG, FMER, foundations, awards |
Telephone +49 561 804-7330 |
Not sure whom to contact?
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