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DFG · DE · DFG

Clinical Trials

The Clinical Trials Programme funds patient-oriented clinical research in Germany, including interventional clinical studies (phase II feasibility studies and phase III interventional trials) and observational trials, aiming to prove the efficacy of new therapeutic, diagnostic, or prognostic methods. Funding covers staff, equipment, consumables, travel, and other trial-related costs. Feasibility studies have a maximum duration of 36 months, while interventional and observational trials are initially funded for 36 months with possible renewal.

~36 months Rolling

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Career stage

Early Career, Mid Career, Senior

Applicant type

Individual

Residency

DE

Host country

DE

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Minimum qualification

Phd

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Researchers in Germany who have completed their academic training (a doctorate as a rule) are eligible.

Deadline

Rolling / ongoing

Application form effort

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

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Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency DFG www.dfg.de ↗
Country / funding source DE · DFG same page as above — www.dfg.de ↗
Deadline Rolling — no fixed deadline — official page lists it as rolling/ongoing same page as above — www.dfg.de ↗
Funding amount Not stated on the official page same page as above — www.dfg.de ↗
Eligibility 6 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above same page as above — www.dfg.de ↗

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.