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The DFG and its Funding Schemes with particular Attention to the Excellence Initiative

The DFG and its Funding Schemes with particular Attention to the Excellence Initiative. Beispielfolie Inhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild). The DFG . Profile and Tasks Structure , Budget and Programmes The Excellence Initiative International Cooperation Contacts.

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The DFG and its Funding Schemes with particular Attention to the Excellence Initiative

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  1. The DFG and its Funding Schemes with particular Attention to the Excellence Initiative

  2. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • Profile and Tasks • Structure, Budget and Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  3. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • Profile and Tasks • Structure, Budget and Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  4. The German Research Foundation (DFG) – Who We Are and What We Do Who we are: • Central public funding organization for basic research in Germany • Aself-governing body of science and research • Member organization (universities, academies, research organizations) • The budget in 2011: approx. € 2.7 billion in direct research funding, provided primarily by the federal government and the 16 German Länder

  5. The DFG’smission Statement The DFG • serves all branches of science and the humanities • fosters scientific excellence through competition • supports international cooperation in research • advises political and social decision-makers • supports the transfer of knowledge between science and industry

  6. The DFG´s 2012 budget The DFG´s 2012 budgettotalledapprox. € 2.5 billion 67,1% funded by Federal government 32,7% funded byGerman states 0,2% funded by private sources

  7. What are the DFG’s aims?The DFG’s scientific aims are to • Ensure the best possible support for outstanding scientists and young researchers • Makeresearch funding open toall disciplines in accordance with scientific standards of quality • Keep Germany future-oriented and internationallycompetitive as a scientific location

  8. DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DFG bottom-up Basic principleoftheDFG Illustration: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/REWI/STJZ/Daumier%20gruen.jpg

  9. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • Profile and Tasks • Structure, Budgetand Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  10. DFG Funding Portfolio Infrastructure International Scientific Contacts Promoting Young Researchers Funding Programs Individual Grants Program Coordinated Programs Research Fellowships Emmy Noether-Program Heisenberg-Program Reinhard Koselleck-Projects Research Units Priority Programs Collaborative Research Centres Clusters of Excellence International Research Training Groups Prizes Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize Communicator Award

  11. DFG - Individual Grants Programme(funding for a period of up to three years) How does the DFG promote international cooperation?Individual Grants Programme • Research project on a specifically defined topicwithin a limited time period • A research grant can be used to • staff • scientific instrumentation • consumables • travel and publications • No submission deadline • Funding decision: General Assembly of DFG • Information on formalities: DFG-Form 50.01DFG-Scientific Affairs • funding for a period of up to three years Part in total funding volume: 27,9% (2011)

  12. What coordinated programmes does the DFG offer? Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) PurposeTo create a core research focus at a university through the long-term promotion of interdisciplinary cooperation within the framework of a coordinated programme EligibilityResearch universities DurationUp to 12 years, with each funding period encompassing four years Particular featuresCRC/Transregios are supported by multiple (usually up to three) university locations

  13. Countries of origin of foreign visiting researchers in Collaborative Research Centres* * Data source: Online survey CRC 2012, reporting period 2011

  14. Further inquiries Formal examination Reviewer selection • Project quality • Applicants’ qualifications • Aims & work programme • Employment opportunities • Planned allocation of funding (written) Review Reviewers Draft of funding recommendation confidential Assessment Review Board • Assessment of reviewer selection • Proposal and review • Comparative merit and funding volume Communication offundingrecommendation Decision Joint Committee • Cross-subjectcomparison Decision letter, Reviewers’ recommendations How does the decision-making process work?Individual grants involve reviewers, a review board & the Joint Committee Proposal DFG Head Office Notification

  15. Who reviews proposals for individual grants?Peer reviewers Peer reviewers in the individual grants programme • have special knowledge of the fields involvedin the proposals • are unbiased and independent • are individually suitable and experienced • areableto argue evidentiary • are additionally qualified Each year, and abroad. Reviewers act in an honorary capacity. The DFG receives approximately 13,000 proposals for individual grants and solicits reviews from 9,000 reviewers from Germany

  16. Who ensures scientific merit? The DFG’s review boards These review boards • are elected by scientists and academics from their respective communities • are involved in panel reviews for coordinated programmes • monitor the selection of reviewers, make recommendations and comparatively assess all proposals and reviews in the individual grants programme • ensure that comparable high-quality standards and criteria are applied equally in all DFG programmes There are 48 DFG review boards with 594members. Review board members act in an honorary capacity. 2011

  17. What are the DFG's selection criteria? DFG reviewers judge proposals according to • scientific quality of the project • applicants’ qualifications • aims and work programme • employment opportunities • planned allocation of funding • quality and added value of cooperation • programme-specific criteria in coordinated programmes

  18. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • Profile and Tasks • Structure, Budget and Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  19. The Aim • 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

  20. The Aim The Excellence Initiative aims to • strengthen German universities and departments • enhance Germany’s attraction as a research location • Increase Germany’s international competitiveness and visibility in all fields of science and the humanities • Establish centres of excellence and raise the overall quality of German universities

  21. Description The Excellence Initiative • promotes top-level research in Germany • was launched in 2005 • First phase 2006 - 2012 • is coordinated by the DFG and the German Council of Science and Humanities • is financed jointly by the German federal government (75%) and the states (25%) • Second Phase from 2012 – 2017

  22. Funding 2006 - 2017 • Fundingisawardedaccordingtothehigheststandardsofresearchquality (on thebasisofpeerreview)

  23. Institutional Strategy for Top-LevelUniversity Research Increase international competitive ability of the entire university • 11 Institutional Strategies • approx. 12,5 million € p.a. each Graduate Schools Highest level research training • 45 Graduate Schools • approx. 1,6 million € p.a. each Clusters of Excellence Centres of excellence in research • 43 Clusters • approx. 6,3 million € p.a. each Description The fundinglines

  24. Review Criteria for draft, initial and renewal proposals Example: Clusters of excellence • Research 1. Quality of the research programme by international standards 2. Originality and risk-taking 3. Impact on the research area 4. Added value of interdisciplinary cooperation 5. Applicability, knowledge transfer, domestic and foreign cooperation partners • People 6. Quality of participating researchers 7. Strategies to promote training and career opportunities for young researchers 8. Strategies to ensure gender equality • Structures 9. Impact on the structural development of the university 10 Added value of cooperation with other institutions 11. Organisation, management and infrastructure 12. Implementation and sustainability of the cluster of excellence

  25. Review Criteria for draft, initial and renewal proposals Clusters (renewals) • Realisation of objectives ● in terms of each review criterion ● considering duration of the past funding period and funding volume General evaluation: Added value through funding

  26. Excellence Initiative Competition 2012

  27. Impacts of the Excellence Initiative In two rounds 2006/2007: excellent positive dynamics in research organisations • Sharpened profiles • New interdisciplinary networks • Expansion of internationalisation and international visibility • Increased the attractiveness to students and scientists from Germany and abroad

  28. Impacts of the Excellence Initiative • Increased cooperation between universities and non-university research-institutions and the private sector • Improvement of administrative structures • Targeted promotion of young researchers • Promotion of equal opportunities and measures to help balance work and family life

  29. Impacts of the Excellence Initiative Approx. 4,000 new positions were created • EXC and GSC: ~ 2,200 doctoral positions ~ 660 positions for postdocs ~ 70 junior professorships ~ 110 senior professorships • Institutional Strategies: ~ 850 positions for early career researchers(doctoral level to group leader) ~ 145 junior & senior professorships [February 2009]

  30. Excellence Initiative Monitoring • 17.500 researchersareworking in clustersof excellenceor in graduateschools • Amongthem34% femalescientists • ~ 25 %havebeenrecruitedfromabroad • ~ 330 positionsforassistentorfullprofessors; 220 amongthesehavebeennewlyestablished Reference: Oktober 15th, 2011

  31. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • DFG andFundingof German Research • Structure, Budget and Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  32. HowDoesthe DFG Fund International Cooperation? All DFG fundingprogramsgenerallyallowtheintegrationof international componentsas e.g.travelallowance, exchangeofstudents/scientists. Special programsare: • Fundingfortheinitiationof international cooperation • Individual Grants Program & Mercator Fellowships • International Research Training Groups DFG support for projects with international partners is generally based on the principle of mutual responsibility. Researchers working in Germany apply to the DFG, while their partners abroad apply for funding at their respective partner organizations.

  33. HowDoesthe DFG Fund International Cooperation?Program: Initiation of International Cooperation ObjectiveTosupporttheinitiationof international collaborationwiththemodules „Bilateral Workshops“, „Trips Abroad“ and „Guest Visits “ Type andExtentofFundingThe modulescanbecombined: • 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. Fundingisavailablefor a maximumof 1 year. The programrelies on matchingfunds. Funding is applied for by the German partner university.

  34. DFG - Individual Grants Programme(funding for a period of up to three years) How does the DFG promote international cooperation?Individual Grants Programme • Research project on a specificallydefinedtopicwithin a limited time period • A research grant can be used to • staff • scientific instrumentation • consumables • travelandpublications • Nosubmissiondeadline • Fundingdecision: General Assemblyof DFG • Information on formalities: DFG-Form 50.01www.dfg.de / English / Research Funding / Funding Programmes / Research Grant / Forms and Guidelines / listof Forms and Guidelines • funding for a period of up to three years Part in total funding volume: 27,9% (2011)

  35. HowDoesthe DFG Fund International Cooperation? Module: Mercator Fellows This moduleisavailablewithinthe Individual Research Grant Programand for coordinatedprograms. Mercator Fellows aresupposedto • Strengthenresearch (andteaching) in Germany • Contributetotheobjectiveoftheresearchproject • Support early-careerscientists Researchers canapply(throughthe German hostinstitution) for funding for a researchstayof 3 to 12 months(maybedividedinto 3-month blocks).

  36. What coordinated programmes does the DFG offer? International Research Training Groups PurposeTo provide structured doctoral training under ideal conditions using well-established mentoring and qualification strategies in an international environment EligibilityResearch universities together with their foreign partner universities DurationUp to 9 years, with each funding period lasting 4.5 years Particular featuresComplementary funding through the foreign partner organisation www.dfg.de/gk

  37. What coordinated programmes does the DFG offer?International Research Training Groups

  38. How does the DFG promote international cooperation?International Research Training Groups • These provide a joint framework for • international promotion of young researchers at centres of scientific excellence • coordinated research and qualification programmes • Mentoring • The proposal is submitted jointly to the DFG or a foreign partner • organisation by a group of researchers at a German university • and a partner group at a foreign university.

  39. BeispielfolieInhaltsverzeichnis (mit Bild) The DFG • Profile and Tasks • Structure, Budget and Programmes • The Excellence Initiative • International Cooperation • Contacts

  40. DFG Head Office in Bonn DFG Office in Berlin DFG Head Office Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. Kennedyallee 40 53175 Bonn Tel.: +49 (228) 885-1 Fax: +49 (228) 885-2777 postmaster@dfg.de www.dfg.de DFG Office Berlin WissenschaftsForum (Gendarmenmarkt)Markgrafenstr. 37 10117 Berlin Dr. Christian Schaich Director International Affairs Tel: +49 (30) 206121-4329E-Mail: Christian.Schaich@dfg.de

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

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