(Published on 01.02.2022; Update on 09.02.2022) The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has called for proposals for funding basic service initiatives to be submitted by 29 April 2022. A publication from 1st February contains relevant information on the funding conditions and deadlines.
A binding registration by 21 March 2022 is required for the application. The deadline for submitting the application is 29 April 2022.
The evaluation and decision-making process on the basic service initiatives will also include a vote by the Scientific Senate of NFDI.
Read all the information about the application and decision-making process here (German): Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Förderung von NFDI-weiten Basisdiensten
Update as of 09.02.2022: The application templates have been online since 8 February 2022.
- nfdi11: Template for Submission of Letters of Intent on Basic Service Initiatives [02/22]
http://www.dfg.de/formulare/nfdi11/nfdi11_en.pdf
http://www.dfg.de/formulare/nfdi11/nfdi11_en_rtf.rtf
- nfdi111: Instructions and Template for Basic Service Proposals National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) [02/22]
http://www.dfg.de/formulare/nfdi111/nfdi111_en.pdf
http://www.dfg.de/formulare/nfdi111/nfdi111_en_rtf.rtf
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