1. German Research Foundation DFG
Tehran, 18. October 2017 – Iran-German Funders‘ Workshop
Prof. Zargham – Prof. Allgöwer, signing INSF-DFG MoU

2. DFG is driven by scientific demand
DFG acts and funds bottom up
no thematic priorities (rare exceptions)
No calls, no deadlines (rare exceptions)
no regional priorities
no political priorities
no political influence
everything decided by scientists
everything in competition
everything in peer review
Funding only if institution agrees on ethical standards

3. DFG‘s Funding Instruments – all open to international co-operation
and to foreign researchers working in Germany
International Scientific Contacts
Promoting Young Researchers
Infrastructure
Research Fellowships
One‘s own position
Emmy Noether-Programme
Heisenberg-Programme
Funding Instruments
Coordinated Programmes
Research Units
Priority Programmes
Collaborative Research Centres
International Research Training Groups
Excellence Initiative
Awards
Individual Grants
Individual Research Grants
Mercator Guest Professorships
Reinhard Koselleck-Projects
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize
many more
D iversity
F lexibility
G lobal View

4. How does the DFG provide funding?
The DFG promotes projects by providing
staff funding
funding for direct project costs and consumables
travel allowances
instrumentation funding
funding for other items such as
publications
trial-related expenses
PR activities
Something for everyone!*
*if a good scientist!

5. What individual grants programmes does the DFG offer?
Research grants
Purpose To carry out a thematically defined research project within a specific time frame Eligibility Researchers from all disciplines at German research institutions who have completed their scientific training (in most cases by achieving their doctorates) Duration Project-specific (usually several years)

6. What individual grant programmes does the DFG offer?
Temporary positions for principal investigators
Purpose To carry out an individual project in the researcher’s chosen research environment Eligibility Researchers from all disciplines who have completed their doctorates Duration Three years initially

7. What coordinated programmes does the DFG offer?
Research Units
Purpose To provide researchers with the opportunity to work jointly on a particular research task in order to achieve results that go beyond what can be achieved through individual research Eligibility Researchers from all disciplines at German research institutions who have completed their scientific training Duration Usually six years, maximum of eight years

8. DFG is driven by scientific demand
DFG acts and funds bottom up
no thematic priorities (rare exceptions)
No calls, no deadlines (rare exceptions)
no regional priorities
no political priorities
no political influence
everything decided by scientists
everything in competition
everything in peer review
Funding only if institution agrees on ethical standards

9. How does the decision-making process work?
Individual grants involve reviewers, a review board & the Joint Committee
Reviewers act in an honorary
capacity. Approx. 22,000 written
reviews annually, received from
approx reviewers.
48 Review Boards (sub-disciplins), more than 700 members elected for four years
39 scientists & 32 governments’ representatives

10. How are decision-making bodies formed?
Cooperation between scientific communities and committee members
39 senators

11. What are the DFG's funding criteria?
DFG reviewers evaluate proposals based on
projects’ scientific merit
applicants’ qualifications
goals and work programme
employment opportunities
proposed use of funding
quality and added value of the cooperation

12. How are reviewers and review panel members selected?
By the DFG’s Head Office

13. DFG´s Head Office – with mission to help!
Executive Board
Internal Advisory Committee
Secretary General, Heads of Departments & Divisions, Executive-Level Offices
President
Secretary General
Forum
Heads of Divisions
Deputy Members: Heads of Departments
Strategy & Executive Offices
Press & Public Relations
Berlin Office
Economics & Auditing
Department III Coordinated Programmes and Infrastructure
Research Centres
Research Careers
Scientific Library Services & Information Systems
Scientific Instrumentation & Information Technology
Department Z Central Administration
Budget & Accounting
Human Resources & Legal Affairs
Information Technology & Infrastructure
Department I International Affairs and Integrative Activities
International Affairs
Information Management
Quality and Program
Management
Department II Scientific Affairs
Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Life Sciences 1
Life Sciences 2
Life Sciences 3
Physics & Mathematics
Geosciences
Chemistry & Engineering II
Engineering Sciences

14. President, Secretary General & 8 vice-presidents of DFG
F. Allgöwer
(Engineering)
W. Ertmer
(Physics)
President:
Peter Strohschneider
J. Griem
Arts
K. Becker
(Biology)
W. Schön
(Law)
L. Bruckner-
Tuderman
(Medicine)
Secretary General:
Dorothee Dzwonnek
M. Hochbruck
(Mathematics)
R. A. Fischer
Chemistry
President, Secretary General & 8 vice-presidents of DFG
Executive Committee
M. Barner, President German
Founders Association, Guest

15. DFG – Iran…. INSF!!! Prof. Strohschneider Prof. Zargham
Iranian Ministry for Energy
DFG INSF
Prof. Strohschneider Prof. Zargham
Vize-Minister Prof. Amoli
Ambassador Dr. Majedi
Vize-Presidency
Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO)

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