Deadline: 7 March 2018
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is seeking proposals for its Joint Sino-German Research Projects with an aim to bring together relevant and competitive researchers from Germany and China to design and carry out jointly organised research projects.
The present initiative is a bilateral funding measure by two funding bodies:
- The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
- The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
The programme succeeds the former Joint Research Projects funded by the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion.
Objectives
The objectives of the initiative are:
- to promote high-quality research projects in the participating countries
- to stimulate mobility of researchers between the participating countries
- to promote training of researchers
- to accelerate the exchange of new scientific knowledge among researchers and between researchers and other interested groups
Eligibility Criteria
- The present initiative is open to joint research projects in all fields of the natural, life, management and engineering sciences.
- This call for proposals is open to researchers based at universities, academic institutions and research centres in Germany and China.
- Funding is available for bilateral collaborative research projects comprising researchers from the two participating countries.
- Within a research project, contributions from Germany and China should be roughly balanced with regard to scientific contents.
Selection Process
The most important criteria applied in this selection process are the following:
- scientific quality and innovativeness of the research project
- feasibility of the research plan
- cost-effectiveness of the budgetary plan
- competence and expertise of the researchers or research teams
- effective communication and cooperation between the researchers in each country and added value of the collaboration
- mobility of researchers between the participating countries
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries: Germany and China
For more information, please visit Joint Sino-German Research Projects.