1. Promoting Young Researchers in International Cooperation MORE Ankara, 11 October 2005

2.  Central self-governing organisation for funding research in Germany Serving all fields of science and research Supporting scientific excellence in competition Bottom-up funding policy Peer review  Promoting international cooperation  Promoting young researchers  Advising parliaments and governments on scientific matters  Budget: 1,3 billion € p.a. 1. DFG: The Mandate

3. 2. Promoting International Cooperation – DFG Funding Possibilities for Young Researchers All fellowship-programmes  are open to candidates from abroad, as long as they intend to be based in Germany for a longer time All programmes have been opened for international cooperation:  funding for travel costs, research stays, inviting guest scientists  bilateral research projects  integration of research groups abroad Overarching aims for young researchers:  Excellence  Early Independence  Internationality

4. Promoting International Cooperation I Research Stays (max. 3 months): enable researchers to build up or intensify cooperation Inviting researchers from CEEC to take part in conferences in Germany Both instruments: Application to be submitted by the German partner Joint research projects (2-3 years):  narrowly-defined research project  funding: personnel, consumables, travel cost  co-funding for the non-German partner should be secured from other sources (national funding organization, EU)

5. Promoting International Cooperation II Bilateral Symposia: can be held in either country, application to be submitted by the German coordinator  Cooperation within Coordinated Programmes  International Research Training Groups  Collaborative Research Centres  DFG-Research Centres etc.  co-funding needed

6. Research Training Groups (Graduiertenkollegs) excellent – innovative – international  thematically focussed research and study programme  5 - 10 faculty, 1 - 2 postdocs, 12 - 24 PhD students 3 - 4 research students, coordinator  established at centres of scientific excellence  selected on a competitive peer-review basis  limited duration (max. 9 years, 2 funding periods)

7. Research Training Groups  Fellowships/positions for PhD students (Individual PhD funding: stipend up to 1.350 €/month), B.A. students and some postdocs Positions advertised world wide Local selection by Research Training Group PhD fellowships 3 years, postdocs 2 years  Means for research students (undergraduates)  Research materials, consumables, and travel funds for students  Workshops, excursions, and a visiting scientist programme  Costs for soft skill seminars  Co-ordination costs

8. Research Training Groups  272 RTGs in all scientific fields, 41 International RTGs  6.600 doctoral students currently funded, 41% female, 28% foreign doctoral students (of these 35% from CEEC = largest group)  ~ 10% of Germans doctoral students complete their doctorate in RTGs

9. Number of female doctoral fellows (top value) and male doctoral fellows in Research Training Groups by scientific discipline from April 2003 - March 2004 Humanities Life Sc. Natural Sc Engineering Sc.

10.  Bioinformatics Bielefeld (Biology and Informatics)  Environmental and Resource Economics Heidelberg/Mannheim (Economics and Geography)  Travel Literature and Cultural Anthropology Paderborn (Cultural Anthropology, Literature Studies, History,...)  Hydrogen Bonding and Hydrogen Transfer Berlin (Chemistry and Physics) Research Training Groups – Examples

11. International Research Training Groups  integration of complementary expertise at centres of excellence  joint research programme & study programme  systematic coordination of bilateral research projects / joint supervision  complementary funding  6-12 month mobility period at partner university  allows to profit from cooperation & counteracts brain drain

12. International Research Training Groups – Examples Gene Regulation in and by Microbial Pathogens (Würzburg, Umea) Complex Processes: Modeling, Simulation and Optimization (Heidelberg, Warsaw) Conflict and Cooperation between Groups. Perspectives from Social and Developmental Psychology (Jena, Louvain-La- Neuve, Canterbury) Electron-Electron Interaction in Solids (Budapest, Marburg) Vascular Medicine (Heidelberg, EK Groningen)

13. Research Fellowships Enabling young researchers  to carry out a clearly defined research project  to acquaint themselves with new scientific research methods or  to complete a larger research project Funding: fellowship plus monthly lump sum payment to cover maintenance and travel costs Duration: up to 2 years

14. Independent Position Eligible to apply are qualified researchers (as a rule: holders of doctorates) Applications can be submitted within 5–6 years following completion of the doctorate Prerequisite: Confirmation from the host institution that it will take on employer responsibilities for the term of approved funding and a guarantee to provide the framework for the successful completion of the project Funding: salary, staff, consumables and equipment, travel allowances, other costs, publication costs Duration: Up to 3 years

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