opics range from the automation of road vehicles to transformations in the labour market / A total of approximately €39 million for the first funding period
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing seven new Research Units and one new Centre for Advanced Studies. This was decided by the DFG Joint Committee on the recommendation of the Senate. The new Research Units will receive total funding of approximately €39 million, including a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect project costs. In addition to establishing these eight new groups, the decision was made to extend the funding of three Research Units for a second period. One of the newly established Research Units is being funded as part of D-A-CH cooperation with the Swiss National Fund (SNF).
Research Units enable researchers to pursue current and pressing issues in their areas of research and take innovative directions in their work. They are funded for up to eight years. In total, the DFG is currently funding 197 Research Units, 12 Clinical Research Units and 17 Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Clinical Research Units are also characterised by the close connection between research and clinical work, while Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences are specifically tailored to forms of work in the humanities and social sciences
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