Funding to conduct arts and humanities research projects with German partners.
This funding opportunity aims to:
- Support academic research of the highest quality in the humanities undertaken by UK-German teams, whose primary aim is to make fundamental advances in human knowledge.
- Deepen and strengthen cooperation between UK and German researchers in the humanities and to foster the growth of a transnational UK-German research culture.
Each joint research project must consist of two national teams, one based in the UK and one based in Germany. Both teams must have a project lead. The inclusion of additional team members is optional.
For this funding opportunity, the field of humanities is defined by the AHRC’s remit (see funding guide below), not by the DFG’s classification of humanities.
All applications must demonstrate the added value of international collaboration to research objectives.
ELIGIBLITY
Applicants in the UK must meet standard AHRC eligibility requirements. Applicants in Germany must meet the eligibility requirements of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
The German team must be led by a researcher eligible for DFG funding. German researchers from non-university research institutions must comply with their duty to cooperate with a member of a German university (Kooperationspflicht). This duty to cooperate is not met if a researcher from a non-university research institution only cooperates with a UK partner.
See full information on how to apply on the DFG website. Refer to the DFG page and its linked documents for full details (including templates and guidelines) necessary for applying to this funding opportunity (you will also be required to submit your UK costings on the finance form provided as an attachment to the integrated application submitted to DFG).
Submissions to the UK Research and Innovation Funding Service are not required at this stage (only proposals that are successful will be required to submit via the Funding Service once outcomes are issued).
VALUE AND DURATION
The FEC of UK components of projects can be up to £420,000.
DFG does not specify a maximum limit to the amount of funding that can be requested for the German component of applications to this funding opportunity.
Projects should be integrated but they do not have to be symmetrical. The sums and items requested do not have to be identical on the UK and German sides. However, it is expected that work packages will be delivered reasonably equally.
Projects can last for 24 to 36 months.
HOW TO APPLY
DFG is leading the administration of this seventh funding opportunity. Therefore, they should be the first point of contact for general enquiries relating to this funding opportunity.
A single integrated application with separate financial sections for each national agency must be submitted via DFG’s submission system ‘elan’ no later than 19 February 2025 at 11:59pm (German time).
All applications must be submitted in English.
KEY DATES
Deadline: 19 February 2025 (eighth and final round to follow)
UK projects must start between January and mid-February 2026. German projects are expected to follow a similar schedule.
It is expected that 16 awards will be made under this funding opportunity.
Grants previously made under this scheme can be viewed on Pivot-RP (log-in required – get set up here if you have not already done so).