Here is the DFG's current call for proposals for the next funding period as a PDF file, together with the preparation instructions for submitting applications to SPP 1158 "Antarctic Research with Comparative Investigations in Arctic Ice Areas".

Here you will find the current accompanying form as a word document.

List of forms and guidelines provided by the DFG

Employer declaration own position 41.027 - standardised DFG form

Information sheet 50.01 Material Allowance Programme as PDF

Information sheet 50.05 Priority Programme as PDF

Project Description 53.01 - Project Proposal as rtf

Curriculum Vitae 53.200 - standardised DFG CV form

Information sheet 54.01 Guide for Submitting the Application – Project Proposals as PDF

Information sheet 55.01 Cooperation Obligation as PDF

Guidelines for Publication Lists as PDF

Further general information on submitting an application as PDF (only in German)

Please be aware that the structure of the proposal instructions in DFG form 54.01 was strongly revised in 2022. These instructions have to be used when preparing the proposal, otherwise DFG will NOT accept your proposal. For more information, please refer to the Information for Research.

Please distinguish between the terms "applicant" and "other persons involved in the proposal".

Applicants are researchers who apply for/are allocated funding and thus receive their own DFG reference number.

Other persons involved in the proposal:

In the Elan portal, you have the option of selecting the roles of co-responsible persons and cooperation partners.

Important! Before entering co-responsible persons and cooperation partners in the Elan portal, please bear in mind that the names of the researchers will be made publicly accessible in the GEPRIS project database (www.dfg.de/gepris) if approval is granted. Please consider - also taking into account the following aspects - whether the contribution made by the researchers is significant and whether this is desired.

Co-leaders are researchers (usually from Germany) who assume significant project responsibility in addition to the applicants (joint project management). It is assumed that these persons are eligible to submit proposals to the DFG, that they have completed their doctorate and that they are not themselves applying for funding as part of the submitted project and are not to be funded by it.

Cooperation partners: Academics at universities and research institutions abroad who are significantly involved in the project.

New: → Please note points 6.4 and 6.5 of the new guidelines for submitting applications, in particular the reference to any agreements on cooperation / cooperation commitments to be attached, as well as the note to select the supplementary feature that is most likely to apply in most cases - General international research cooperation - in the Elan portal (if necessary).