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Individual Research Grants

The DFG Research Grants Programme enables qualified researchers who have completed their academic training to carry out a research project on a specifically defined topic within a limited time period. The project must be of high scientific quality and originality, carried out at an international level. Funding duration is based on individual project needs, typically several years. The first proposal may be submitted at any time, and renewal proposals should be submitted at least 6 months before approved funds are exhausted.

Rolling
Full eligibility text

Qualified researchers (as a rule, those holding a doctorate) from all disciplines working at German research institutions. Researchers working at institutions which serve purely commercial purposes or those who are not permitted to publish findings in a generally accessible form are not eligible to apply.

Deadline

Rolling / ongoing

Form workload

3 form file(s) downloaded; 11 writing prompts; 35 fields/sections; page limits totaling ~20; heavy — expect a full proposal pack

Curated data & sources

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. “Official ↗” opens the funder page the value came from; anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency DFG Official page ↗
Country / funding source DE · DFG Official page ↗
Deadline Rolling — no fixed deadline — official page lists it as rolling/ongoing Official page ↗
Funding amount Not stated on the official page Official page ↗
Eligibility 3 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above Official page ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Not captured / obstacles

Data is collected from official funder pages only. Figures are machine-curated (rule + LLM where noted) and should be re-verified on the linked source before use.