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S cientific Autonomy in Germany: The German Research Foundation

S cientific Autonomy in Germany: The German Research Foundation. Dr. Karin Zach Head of Division of Physics, Mathematics & Geosciences. The German Research Foundation. central public funding organisation for academic research in Germany promote academic excellence on a competitive basis

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S cientific Autonomy in Germany: The German Research Foundation

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  1. Scientific Autonomyin Germany: The German Research Foundation Dr. Karin Zach Head of Division of Physics, Mathematics & Geosciences

  2. The German Research Foundation • central public funding organisation for academic research in Germany • promote academic excellence on a competitive basis • serve science and the humanities in all fields • advise parliaments and public authorities on research questions • support the advancement and education of young researchers • encourage international research cooperation • foster links between science and industry Who We Are What We Do

  3. General Assembly • establishes the directives / receives the annual report and annual account / discharges the executive board of its responsibilities • institutions of higher education, which are research organisations of general importance • other research organisations of general importance • academies, learned societies election election • Senate • research strategy and research policy • advises government offices • cooperation at home and abroad • Executive Committee • manages the daily affairs of the DFG • Joint Committee • financial aspects of research support • research policy and programme planning on the basis of decisions made by the Senate • annual budget • President, Vice Presidents • President of the Stifterverband (Donors' Association) (advises) • Secretary General (advises) • 42 scientists and academics, 3 of them as permanent guests • 39 senators • 16 votes: repr. Bund • 16 votes: repr. Länder • 2 votes: repr. Stifterverband cooperation decision about composition cooperation all scientists and academics eligible to vote • Review Board • evaluates all grant reviews and recommendations appoint-ment election Executive Board as defined by §26 BGB President Secretary General quality assurance • 577 scientists and academics assistance • Peer Reviewers • review grant proposals • Head Office • conducts the daily business selection • approx. 9000 scientists and academics at home and abroad

  4. DFG - Jahresbudget (2006) Summe: 1.587.900.000 Euro Letzte Aktualisierung am 19.06.2007 58,2% Getragen durch den Bund 41,4% Getragen durch die Länder 0,4% Getragen durch private Geldgeber DFG

  5. Bewilligungen* nach Wissenschaftsbereichen 2003 bis 2006 in Mio Euro Letzte Aktualisierung am 19.06.2007 * Basis: Einzelförderung, Direkte Nachwuchsförderung und Koordinierte Programme Quelle: Bereich Informationsmanagement DFG

  6. Bewilligungen* nach Fachgebieten 2003 bis 2006 in Mio Euro Letzte Aktualisierung am 19.06.2007 * Basis: Einzelförderung, Direkte Nachwuchsförderung und Koordinierte Programme Quelle: Bereich Informationsmanagement DFG

  7. Fördervolumen je Programmgruppe 2006 in Mio Euro Letzte Aktualisierung am 19.06.2007 DFG Quelle: Bereich Informationsmanagement

  8. The DFG‘s Funding Instruments

  9. Individual Grants Program - anyone, anytime, any topic • project based (advancement of state of the art expected) • may last up to 6 years (2-3 years per funding period) • funding for: • personnel • consumables • instrumentation • travel expenses • publication costs • eligibility criteria: • anyone holding a PhD and • working at a research institution in Germany • (nationality is NOT a criterion) • many new ideas start within the Individual Grants Program before a more complex form of funding is sought for Percentage of total DFG budget going into the Individual Grants Program: 34% (2004)

  10. Review Board quality assurance overall examination Joint / Grants Committee drafts re-commen-dation re-commen-dation re-views appro-val / rejec-tion selection formal examination The DFG Procedure of Review – Evaluation - Decision peer review decision evaluation grant pro-posal Peer Review-ers Head Office

  11. Emmy Noether Programme: junior research groups (“portable assistant professorship”) • Meant to build up junior research groups and to conduct research with a team • prerequisite: 2-4 years of postdoc experience (at time of application), experience abroad • funding for five years (in exceptional cases for six years) • principal investigator’s position • additional funding for personnel, consumables, travel expenditures Humanities/ Social Sciences 10 % Engineering 11 % Natural Sciences 38 % Life Sciences 42 % 2004 n= 165

  12. Research Training Groups • Enable qualified students to produce their doctoral theses within a collaborative research and study programme. Research Training Groups are open to all disciplines; an interdisciplinary focus is desired. • Scope: 5-10 university teachers, 8-12 DFG fellows, 8-12 non-DFG funded doctoral students • Duration: Up to 9 years (2 x 4.5 years) Percentage of total funding approved: 6.0% (2003)

  13. Examples for Research Training Groups in Astroparticle Physics • GRK 1147 “Theoretical Astrophysics and Particle Physics”, Univ. Würzburg • GRK 602 “Future Developments in Particle Physics”, Hamburg • GRK 742 “High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics”, Univ. Karlsruhe

  14. Collaborative Research Centres • Interdisciplinary centres of excellence • establish core research areas and promote capacity building • central thematic focus • based at one location (alternatively: Transregional Collaborative Research Centres up to 3 locations) • Scope: 10 – 20 project sections • Duration: Up to 12 years (3 x 4 years) Percentage of total funding approved: 30.0% (2003)

  15. Examples for Collaborative Research Centres in Astroparticle Physics • SFB 676 “Particles, Strings and the Early Universe”, Univ. Hamburg • TRR 27 “Neutrinos and Beyond: Weakly interacting Particles in Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology”, Univ. TU Munich, Karlsruhe, Tuebingen

  16. Germany’s Excellence Initiative Idea: • Strengthen Germany’s universities • Make them more visible and attractive internationally better faculty, better students, better research Process: • Input: €1.9 billion for 5 years (plus an option for 5 more) – extra money! • Two calls for proposals: July 2005 / April 2006

  17. Germany’s Excellence Initiative Programme with three lines of funding: • Clusters of Excellence centres of excellence in research; ~ 30; ~ € 6.5 million p.a. • Graduate Schools highest-level research training; ~ 40; ~ € 1 million p.a. • Institutional Strategies to Promote Top-level Research increase international competitiveness; <10; ~ 10 million p.a. Characteristics: • Large scope for unconventional ideas • Boost research base (e.g. new chairs) • Integration of non-university potential expected (Max Planck and other institutes, industry) • 20% overheads added

  18. Examples for Proposals funded in the Excellence Initiative containing Astroparticle Physics • Cluster of Excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe, the Cluster of Excellence in Fundamental Physics” Munich TU and LMU • Graduate School “Heidelberg Graduate School on Fundamental Physics” Univ. Heidelberg

  19. Core Traits of the DFG Basic Research Quality Orientation/Peer Review Political Independence Comprehensiveness

  20. Thank you for your attention! Dr. Karin Zach Karin.Zach@dfg.de www.dfg.de

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