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The German Research Foundation (DFG) and Funding Programs for International Collaboration

Eva-Maria Streier (DFG Office New York) Sebastian Granderath (Div. Of Research Careers) Max Voegler (DFG Office Washington)

• German Science Landscape

• Who We Are and What We Do

• Programs and International Collaboration

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The German Research Landscape

approx. 750 publicly funded research institutions, about 100 research networks and clusters

549,000 staff in Research and Development, approx. 320,000 scientists and researchers

bilateral, European and multilateral scientific cooperation agreements (STC) with more than 40 countries („WTZ-Abkommen“/ Agreements on scientific and technical cooperation)

Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development: 69,9 billion euro (in 2010) = 2.9 % of GDP

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Facts and Figures

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Higher Education Institutions

Institutions of Higher Education ►108 universities ►210 universities of applied sciences ►6 colleges of education ►16 colleges of theology ►52 colleges of art ►29 colleges of public administration

Features of German universities ►Unity of research and teaching ►Broad range of subjects ►Theoretical orientation of research


The German Research Landscape Alliance of German Science Organizations

Organization Budget Mission Logo

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

103.1 mill. € (= 131.6 mill. $)

promote academic cooperation globally AvH

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 1.9 bill. € (=2.2 bill. $) applied research FhG

German Academic Exchange Service

397 mill. € (= 507 mill. $)

support international exchange DAAD

German Research Foundation 2.64 bill. € (= 3.38 bill. $) fund excellent research DFG

Helmholtz Association 2.9 bill. € (=3.7 bill. $)

research with large scale equipment HGF

Leibniz Association 1.3 bill. € (=1.6 bill. $) research, service museums WGL

Leopoldina 6.5 mill. € (= 8.03 mill. $) nat. academy of sciences Leopoldina

Max Planck Society 1.5 bill. € (1.9 bill. $)

"makers of nobel-prize winners" MPG

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GWK 23: PFI Monitoring-Bericht 2011 (MPG. WGL, HGF and FhG), http://www.gwk-bonn.de/index.php?id=24 (Leopoldina), presentation by C.Schäfer, DAAD (pdf file), AvH Annual Report 2010

http://www.mpg.de/index.html



103.1 mill. € (= 131.6 mill. $)




397 mill. € (= 507 mill. $)





Leibniz Association 1.3 bill. € (=1.6 bill. $)

research, service museums WGL




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The German Research Landscape Alliance of German Science Organizations


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Projects

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The German Research Landscape Research Funding Organizations (internationally relevant)


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Funding organizations: do not run any research establishments themselves



103.1 mill. € (= 131.6 mill. $)




397 mill. € (= 507 mill. $)





Leibniz Association 1.3 bill. € (=1.6 bill. $) research, service museums WGL




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Alliance of German Science Organizations The German Research Landscape


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The German Research Landscape Research Performing Organizations

Source: Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2010


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Research-Performing Organizations 2/3 of R&D budget by private sector




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DFG serves all branches of science and the humanities by funding research projects at research universities and other publicly funded research institutions in Germany

A self-governing body of science and research

Member organization (universities, academies, research organizations)

Budget in 2013: approx. 2.7 bil. € (3.5 bil. $) of direct research funding

The DFG – Who we are and what we do


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DFG Profile Funding in 2009-2012, by scientific discipline (in Mio € and %)


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DFG Profile Funding in 2012, by program (in Mio € and %)

Individual Grants Program: 922,4

Research Centers: 41,1 (1.5%)

Priority Programs: 203,2

Collaborative Research Centers: 551,1

Research Training Groups: 152,5

Research Units: 181,9

Infrastructure Funding: 167,7

Excellence Initiative: 404,3

Prices, other : 52,8 (2.0%)


DFG Profile

The DFG

► funds all areas of science and humanities and fosters cooperation among researchers

►Special emphasis on the training of doctoral students and early career researchers

►promotes equal treatment of men and women

►provides scientific advice to federal and state parliaments and agencies

►promotes close ties between research and industry as well as with researchers abroad.

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Germany´s Central Research Funding Agency


How Does the DFG Fund Research Projects?

► Individual persons apply for funding in the individual grants program:

● research grants enable individuals to conduct researchs project with clearly defined topics and duration,

● no predetermined fields, programs or deadlines

►Research networks apply for funding of „coordinated programs“:

● coordinated programs promote cooperation and structural innovation,

● in areas of current relevance and by concentrating scientific potential at a university!

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Funding instruments depend on who is targeted


Individual grants programme955 (35.2%)

Research Centres 42 (1.5%)

CollaborativeResearch Centres

561 (20.7%)Priority Programmes

201 (7.4%)

Research Units 175 (6.5%)

ResearchTraining Groups

144 (5.3%)

Infrastructure funding180 (6.7%)

Prizes, other 48 (1.8%)

Excellence Initiative 407 (15.0%)

Amount of research funding awarded by program for 2011 (in €m and %)


Amount of Research Funding* Awarded by Scientific Discipline for Each Calendar Year 2008 to 2011 (in €m and %)

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* Funding amounts refer to both new and ongoing projects in the individual grants and coordinated programs that receive funding in the year shown.

237.0(14.3%)

259.0(14.4%)

286.7(14.6%)

318.3(15.3%)

630.7(38.1%)

684.5(38.1%)

766.9(39.1%)

808.1(38.9%)

430.3(26.0%)

453.6(25.3%)

470.0(23.9%)

498.8(24.0%)

357.0(21.6%)

398.4(22.2%)

440.3(22.4%)

451.9(21.8%)

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Humanities and Social Sciences Life Sciences

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► the aim is to establish a university landscape that is similar to the Alps: to promote the excellent, to foster diversity and to link university and non-university research and graduate education

Excellence Initiative: The Aim


launched in 2005 to promote top-level research in Germany

coordinated by the DFG and the German Council of Science and Humanities

funding awarded according to the highest standards of research quality (on the basis of peer review)

is financed jointly by the German federal government (75%) and the states (25%)

two Phases:

First phase 2006 – 2012 (1.9 Billion €)

Second Phase from 2012 – 2017 (2.7 Billion €)

Excellence Initiative: General characteristics


Excellence Initiative: Funding lines

Graduate Schools Highest level research training 45 Graduate Schools approx. 1,6 million € p.a. each

Clusters of Excellence outstanding research 43 Clusters approx. 6,3 million € p.a.

each

Institutional Strategy for Top-Level University Research

Increase international competitive ability of the entire university 11 Institutional Strategies

approx. 12,5 million € p.a. each


Where is the Excellence Initiative active?

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Throughout Germany

~ 6.200 new positions EXC und GSC ~ 3600 doctoral postions ~ 700 position for postdocs ~ 270 junior professorships ~ 390 senior professorships ~ 230 other accademic staff Institutional Strategies ~ 850 positions for early career researchers

(doctoral level to group leader) ~ 145 junior & senior professorships

[October 2011]

Funding decissions 2012 [February 2009]


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72.5 % PhD students, 21.6 % postdocs and 5.9 % professors. Roughly one third of the new hires were women, 25 % foreign nationals, 10 % of which came from the US, 43 % from Europe, 27 % from Asia.

Excellence Initiative: Cooperation outside Academia (Graduate Schools/Excellence Clusters)

Graduate Schools (39)

Excellence Clusters (37)

Number Percent Number Percent Research Performing Organizations 34 87% 33 89%

Max Planck Institutes 20 51% 23 62% Leibniz Institutes 15 38% 9 24%

Helmholtz Institutes 15 38% 13 35% Fraunhofer Institutes 7 18% 8 22%

Others 25 64% 21 57% Industry 20 51% 18 49%

Large Businesses 18 46% 13 35% SME 12 31% 11 30%

Size Unknown 2 5% 1 3% Others (Museums, schools, etc.) 17 44% 14 38%

Source: Michael Sondermann, Dagmar Simon, Anne-Marie Scholz, Stefan Hornbostel : DIE EXZELLENZINITIATIVE: BEOBACHTUNGEN AUS DER IMPLEMENTIERUNGSPHASE, IfQ Dezember 2008





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The DFG Funding Chain ►Postdoc Stage

Preparation for scientific

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Achievement of eligibility for tenure

Postdoc Period Doctorate

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Professorship or scientific

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mgmt. position

Eligible to apply


Where Can I Find Relevant Projects and Institutions for my Field?

► Research Explorer (interactive map of German research landscape)

► GEPRIS (online database on current DFG-funded projects)




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mgmt. position

Eligible to apply


Postdoctoral Fellowships and Positions

Postdoc Fellowships

and Positions

DFG: Temporary PI Position

Humboldt Research Fellowship

DAAD Fellowships

Others...

Volkswagen Foundation: Freigeist Fellowship

Helmholtz Postdoc Program

EU Commission: Incoming Fellowship


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DFG – Temporary PI Position

DAAD – Fellowships (with AICGS, Leo Baeck, Roche Diagnostics, DLR, and Leibniz)

Helmholtz Postdoc Program

AvH – Humboldt Research Fellowship

EU Commission – Incoming Fellowship

VW Foundation-Freigeist Fellowship

Application Requiments

PhD Depends on program

< 1 year since PhD

< 4 years since PhD

PhD or > 4 years research experience

< 5 yrs. since PhD

Deadlines anytime Depends on program

1 call per year in the spring through the Helmholtz Centres

anytime August 14, 2013 June 15, 2013

Number 348 Depends on program

Duration (yrs.) 3 Depends on program

2-3 6 months to 2 years

1-2 < 5

Link With AICGS, Leo Baeck, Roche Diagnostics, DLR, and Leibniz

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Postdoc Fellowships and Positions


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556 new ERC Starting Grants approved in 2012 in the whole of Europe

http://www.dfg.de/formulare/52_02/52_02_en.pdf

https://www.daad.org/aicgsresearch

https://www.daad.org/leobaeck

https://www.daad.org/leobaeck

https://www.daad.org/roche

https://www.daad.org/roche

https://www.daad.org/dlr

https://www.daad.org/leibnizdaad

http://www.helmholtz.de/en/jobs_talents/helmholtz_postdoc_programme/

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-mca/actions/iif/

http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/funding/persons-and-structures/freigeist-fellowships.html



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mgmt. position

Eligible to apply


Junior Research Group Leader Positions

Junior Research

Group Programs

DFG: Emmy Noether

Fraunhofer Attract

Helmholtz: Junior Research Group

Volkswagen Foundation Lichtenberg Professorship

Max Planck Society MPG Research Group

EU Commission: ERC Starting Grant

AvH: Sofia Kovalevskaja-Award


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DFG – Emmy Noether Program

MPG-Research Group

Helmholtz-Young Investigators Group

Fraunhofer Attract

ERC Starting Grant

AvH – Sofia Kovalevskaja-Award

VW Foundation-Lichtenberg-Professorship

Application Requiments

2-4 yrs. since PhD; prior research experience in 2 countries

2-6 yrs. since PhD

2-7 yrs. since PhD; (7-12 yrs for consolidators)

< 6 yrs. since PhD;

< 4 yrs. since PhD for assistant prof. (W1); < 7 yrs. for associate prof. (W2)

Deadlines anytime Call for proposals in autumn and by MPI when available

3-step procedure, call at the beginning of each year (no call in 2014)

2 calls per year 1 call per year Every 2 years – Deadline of next call: July 31, 2013

Deadline of next call: June 1, 2014

Number Ca. 50-60/a Ca. 100 running 15-20/a ca. 30 running 80 (2012) 8 per call Max. 10/a (in the last four yrs ~3 each year)

Duration (yrs.)

5 5 (+ extension) 5 5 5 5 Up to 8 (decreasing)

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Programs for Junior Research Group Leaders


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556 new ERC Starting Grants approved in 2012 in the whole of Europe Currently, there are about 120 active MPRGs. Please note that there are two types of MPRGs, which differ in some respects: “Institute-Specific Group” (“institutseigene Forschungsgruppe”), that is, groups in conjunction with the MPI. These are usually related to the institute’s activities in terms of research topics. Group leader positions are advertised by the MPI itself. “Centrally Announced Group” (“themenoffene Forschungsgruppe”). Here, suggestions for individual research projects are submitted on occasion of the centrally announced, major advertisement campaign where the Max Planck Society – based in the Headquarters in Munich - searches for group leaders. Young scientists may apply to a MPI of their choice - provided that all MPIs participate. These adverts are usually published once a year (in autumn) on the career portal of the Max Planck Society website, in the job ad columns in specialized internationally renowned journals and in online job markets. Currently, there are no announcements for centrally funded Max Planck Research Group Leader Positions, but individual institutes may publish announcements when openings become available. These will be published in major scientific journals and on the homepage of the individual institutes. This program is particularly suitable for excellent young applicants who have already held one or two post-doc jobs. Ideally, you obtained your doctorate a maximum of seven years ago (for a doctorate in medicine: nine years). MPRG-L are offered internationally competitive packages for personnel, start-up money, and yearly operating costs. The leader’s salary is similar to that of junior and assistant professorships or associate professorships in the U.S. Helmholtz: receive up to €250,000 in funding per year for five years; the tenure option offers a long-term career perspective; no call in 2014

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/emmy_noether/index.html

http://www.mpg.de/max_planck_research_groups

http://www.helmholtz.de/index.php?id=2013&L=1

http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs-career/fraunhofer-attract.html

http://erc.europa.eu/starting-grants

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kovalevskaja-award.html

http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/funding/persons-and-structures/lichtenberg-professorships.html

Emmy Noether Program Fast track to a professorship

► Who? Very well qualified Postdocs (2-4 yrs. after PhD), at least 1 yr. research abroad

► Where? At a German research institute (host becomes employer)

► How long? 5 years

► How much? Salaried position (starting at $70,000 p.a.), Funding for

● consumables,

● personnel,

● travel costs etc.

► How to apply? To the DFG


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Dr. med. or MD < 6 years Salary: €58,000 p.a. Candidates are expected to have an excellent research project and at least 2 years and up to a maximum of 4 years (medical researchers: up to 6 years) of postdoctoral experience including substantial international research experience; foreign applicants are eligible if they intend to continue their research career in Germany following completion of the funding period. Programme description This programme enables outstanding junior researchers to rapidly qualify for leading positions in science and research or for a university teaching career by heading an independent junior research group and assuming relevant teaching duties.




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All funding programs include funding options for international cooperation (travel, short-term and long-term visiting fellows, workshops)

Researchers from all countries can be employed in DFG projects

Researchers from abroad can apply for a project in Germany

(example: Emmy Noether Program, Temporary Position)

Fellowships for German postdocs to do research abroad

Joint project funding with partner organisations

(example: International Research Training Groups)

International peer review

International Dimension of DFG programs


How Does the DFG Fund International Cooperation?

Mercator Fellows are supposed to

►Strengthen research (and teaching) in Germany

►Contribute to the objective of the research project

►Support early-career scientists

This module is available within the Individual Research Grant Program and for coordinated programs.

Researchers can apply (through the German host institution) for funding for a research stay of 3 to 12 months (may be divided into 3-month blocks).

Modul: Mercator Fellows


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Ausnahme Heisenberg

Objective To support the initiation of international collaboration with the modules „Bilateral Workshops“, „Trips Abroad“ and „Guest Visits “

Type and Extent of Funding The modules can be combined

► Trips abroad of up to three months or research stays at partner institutions. Researchers from doctoral candidates to professors may take advantage of these;

► Joint workshops.

Funding is available for a maximum of 1 year. The program relies on matching funds.

How Does the DFG Fund International Cooperation? Program: Initiation of International Cooperation


International collaboration:

Advantages for the scientists Challenges for the funding agencies

Free choice of Co-PI’s worldwide Complementary funding:

Identify common goals and funding principles

Access to resources

Create flexible ways of co-funding under the umbrella of the respective funding programs

International career options

Parallelize the funding periods

Broader knowledge + Personal skills

Coordinate the review procedure

Advantages and challenges

„Customized“ bi- (and tri-)lateral approaches


How Does the DFG Fund International Cooperation?

IRTGs provide

►Funding for international research training at centers of scientific excellence

►Structured doctoral program

►Joint supervision and exchange program for doctoral students

Faculty members at German universities and their counterparts abroad apply jointly. The foreign partners are expected to acquire complementary funding from their respective source(s).

International Research Training Groups (IRTG)


Funded by DFG

► Common research interest ► Complementary expertise ► Cohesive joint research program

► Exchange of doctoral researchers ► Exchange of faculty members ► Joint supervision ► Joint publications ► Joint degree (ideally…) ► Joint qualification program

Added value for doctoral researchers and faculty Internationally trained next generation of researchers Scientific progress through knowledge transfer

Funded by Partner organization or institution

How Does the DFG Fund International Cooperation? International Reseach Training Groups (IRTG)


► No earmarked funds

► No priorities for disciplines or countries

► Same evaluation procedure

► Driven by demand!

► 47 IRTG in 224 funded programs

► Partners in 21 countries

► long-distance-IRTGs increasingly attractive

International Research Training Groups Global Diversity

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USA 7

Canada/USA 1

Canada 6

Brazil 1

Mexico 1

China 5

Japan 4 South Korea 1

India 2 Australia 1

New Zealand 1 Czech Republic 1

Denmark 1

Estonia/Sweden 1

France 4

Great Britain 2

Netherlands 2

Netherlands/ Norway 1

Austria 1 Sweden 2

Switzerland 1

Russian Federation 1

IRTG by partner country

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The program „Sonderforschungsbereiche - SFB“ (Collaborative Research Centers, CRC) was established in 1968.

Goals:

1. Establishing temporary centers of excellence, to enable ambitious and extensive research on an innovative subject at an internationally competitive level

3 funding periods of 4 years

Maximum duration of funding: 12 years

Critical mass of 12-20 research groups

2. Generating structural effects within the universities by creating core research areas

Eligibility: German universities can apply

Collaborative Research Centers (CRC): General characteristics


Budget for all centers: about € 588 million in 2013 = about 1/5 of total annual budget of DFG

Number of currently funded centers: 232

CRC: Some figures and basic information

Average budget per center: about € 2.4 million per year (excl. indirect costs)

Type of funding: salaries for staff, scientific instrumentation, consumables, travel, publications, conferences, visiting researchers, plus 20% overhead

Core support: Funding of basic costs by universities and participating research institutes is required


General: People Fellowships/positions for doctoral researchers and

Postdocs Travel funds for doctoral researchers and Postdocs Visiting Scientists Mercator visiting professorship (up to 2 years) Sabbaticals for German PI’s

Resources Symposia and conferences

Long-term international collaboration with well defined structures:

Center-to-center collaboration International researchers as project leaders/

subprojects as part of the CRC Non-German university as location of a Transregional CRC

CRC: International Cooperation

other CRC

CRC with internationalcollaboration

31 out of 232 CRC (= 13%)


Research Explorer (interactive map of German research landscape)

GEPRIS (online database on current DFG-funded projects)

Where can I find relevant projects and institions for my field?

Funding Atlas 2012 (contains key data on publically funded research in Germany)


DFG Offices Contact Information

DFG Office North America DC 1776 I Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006, USA

Tel. +1 202 785 - 4208 Fax: +1 202 785 - 4410

[email protected]

Closest Metro Stations: Farragut West (Blue/Orange Line),

Farragut North (Red Line)

DFG Head Office Kennedyallee 40

53175 Bonn, Germany

Tel. +49 228 885 2388

Dr. Max Voegler, Director Washington Office Dr. Eva-Maria Streier,

Director New York Office

Dr. Sebastian Granderath, Program Director,

International Research Training Groups

DFG Office North America NY 871 UN Plaza, 15th Floor New York, NY 10017, USA Tel. +1 212 339-8300 Fax: +1 212 339-7138 [email protected] Closest Subway Stations: Lexington Avenue/53rd (E and M Trains), Lexington Avenue/51st (6 Train)


For more information ► on the DFG: www.dfg.de/en/ ► on DFG-funded projects: www.dfg.de/gepris/ ► on over 17,000 German research institutes: www.dfg.de/research_explorer/

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