Co-funding of bi-lateral projects by the DFG (Germany) and the FNR

Contact at the FNR: Dr. Carlo Duprel

The DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) and the FNR have signed a cooperation agreement in September 2009. The objective of the agreement is to enhance the cooperation between German and Luxembourg scientists in all possible fields of research and to facilitate the establishment of common research projects.

1. Funding for standard 3 year research projects within the Lead-Agency procedure
FNR and DFG provide funding of bi-lateral research projects with the following specificities:
  • Funding is limited to 3-year projects.
  • The joint proposal needs to be submitted to the funding organisation (the so-called Lead-Agency) of the country where the main research effort is accomplished (for more information on forms and contact persons see below).
  • The proposal is evaluated by the Lead Agency only, according to national rules. The partner funding organisation accepts the evaluation results as a basis for its decision process.
  • Project proposals may be submitted to FNR within the CORE programme.
  • Project proposals may be submitted to the DFG at any time to “Normalverfahren”.
  • The project is funded by both the DFG and the FNR respectively, according to national rules („Normalverfahren“ of the DFG and the standard programme rules of the FNR).
  • All proposals submitted within the DFG/FNR cooperation need to explicitely demonstrate the added value of the cooperation between German and Luxembourg scientists.

German-Luxembourgish proposals may be submitted to FNR within the CORE programme. For more information, please see the CORE programme webpage

The deadline for the pre-proposal submission at FNR is usually at the beginning of March of every year.

German-Luxembourgish proposals may be submitted to DFG according to the rules set out in the following document:

Full proposals may be submitted to DFG at any time of the year.

2. Cooperation within the DFG-Lead funding instruments:

Furthermore, the FNR and the DFG have agreed to provide co-funding for the following DFG-Lead funding instruments:

  • Research Units incl. Clinical Research Units (Forschergruppen, inkl. klinische Forschergruppen)
  • Priority Programmes (Schwerpunktprogramme)
  • Collaborative Research Centres (Sonderforschungsbereiche)
  • International Research Training Groups (Internationale Graduiertenkollegs)

Proposals within these instruments need to be submitted to the DFG according to the standard rules. The FNR accepts the DFG evaluation as basis for its funding decision and funds the research activities carried out in Luxembourg.

All proposals submitted within the DFG/FNR cooperation need to explicitely demonstrate the added value of the cooperation between German and Luxembourg scientists.

Further information on these funding instruments can be found on the DFG webpage www.dfg.de.

Contacts at the DFG :

General questions about the cooperation:

  • Dr. Priya Bondre-Beil (Department International Affairs: Europe multilateral, ESF, EuroHORCs, D-A-CH, France, BeNeLux, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Great Britian) / email: priya.bondre-beil@dfg.de; phone: 0049 228 885 2372.

Specific questions for proposal submission:

  • Stephanie Laß (Department International Affairs) / email: stephanie.lass@dfg.de; phone: 0049 228 885 2182.
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