Information on Submitting Proposals to DFG

1. Please note that the rules for funding eligibility apply to all proposers from Germany, including the duty to cooperate for non-university researchers. Any duty to cooperate for DFG applicants at non-university research institutions can only be fulfilled through cooperation with a partner at a German university/higher education institution
2. The DFG allows a maximum funding period of 36 months. Both US and German investigators should consider this requirement when structuring their proposals and considering the alignment of projects.
3. The review, evaluation and decision processes on the funds applied for from the DFG will follow the rules and regulations of the individual grants programme (see link below) and funding notices will depend on the adherence to the same reporting and appropriation regulations
   
   If DFG is the Lead Agency
4. Please prepare the proposal according to the guidelines for the Research Grants Programme
5. Proposals must be submitted via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system. Please select “NSF-DFG MolCellBio” under “Proposal Data” (DO NOT select WEAVE). Enter a project acronym for your proposal. For each module, please only enter the funds requested from the DFG. Note that only Germany-based applicants should be entered as “applicants”. International partners should be entered as “cooperation partners”. A biographical sketch for each of the applying individuals should be provided, formatted according to the DFG guidelines for publication lists
6. The proposal must include a description of the full proposed research programme and research team, and the total resources for the joint project (meaning the funds requested for the US and German side).
7. Letter(s) of Collaboration from participating US project partner(s) should be included. A separate document, the Justification of Resources, should include a clear summary and justification of the funds to be requested from NSF.
8. NSF will only request copies of proposals that are to be awarded, after the funding decision is made. NSF will ask that the US PI prepare and submit the proposal that was reviewed by DFG, in accordance with the guidance contained in NSF 22-1 Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
   
   If NSF is Lead Agency
9. While being a separate activity, the NSF-DFG MolCellBio Lead Agency activity is administered at the DFG similar to the WEAVE Programme, therefore please refer to DFG form 54.019en and follow the instructions therein (under “Submitting proposals to international funding organisations as Lead Agency”), including the submission of the project data form.
10. A copy of the proposal, which was submitted to the NSF, must be submitted to the DFG within one week (or the proposal may otherwise be rejected for formal reasons).

For information on submitting proposals to the NSF, please refer to the Dear Colleague Letter NSF 22-015 (see link below).
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22015/nsf22015.jsp

Applicants will be informed in writing of the decision and, where applicable, of the subsequent administrative steps according to the respective national regulations.

Please note the DFG’s data protection notice on research funding (see link below). If necessary, please also forward this information to those individuals whose data will be processed by the DFG due to their involvement in your project.