German Research Foundation

The DFG supports research in science, engineering, and the humanities through a variety of grant programmes, prizes and by funding infrastructure. The self-governed organization is based in Bonn and financed by the German states and the federal government. As of 2017, the organization consists of approx. 100 research universities and other research institutions.

The DFG endows various research prizes, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.