How the DFG Supports Research Careers
What support and funding opportunities does the DFG offer to researchers in early career phases? Where can you find important background information and helpful hints?
This website describes your options in each phase of your early research career and offers advice for preparing your first DFG proposal.
Video Clips
Who are the DFG-funded researchers, what is their research about and what do they say about the funding they receive? Find out in our portraying films:
In our explanatory videos we show who can apply for funding in the Walter Benjamin Programme, what the funding conditions are, and what helps when preparing a proposal. The third movie shows the DFG funding proposals: the route to a final decision.
Guidance to DFG funding opportunities for postdoc
Ten Principles for Attractive Research Careers
The DFG has published ten "Principles of Effective Career Support in Academi" that define good support structures and conditions for researchers in early career phases in Germany.
Publications
Contact
If you have any questions on the DFG‘s research career support, please send us an e-mail:
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