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23.09.2026
ANR-DFG: New Edition of the French-German Call for Proposals in the Natural, Life and Engineering Sciences
Deadline: 13 October 2026
The French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are continuing their annual joint calls for French-German projects in the Natural, Life and Engineering Sciences. This is based on an agreement signed by both agencies, which was confirmed by the DFG’s Joint Committee (“Hauptausschuss”), establishing joint French-German projects as a standard offering within the DFG’s Research Grants Programme.
For the 2027 edition of this call, the ANR will act as the lead agency, i.e. joint proposals describing the bilateral projects as a whole have to be submitted to the ANR as a first step. The ANR will be responsible for processing them and conducting the review process. The DFG will require a copy of the proposal documents to be submitted via its own web portal for proposal submissions.
The ANR requests pre-registration by the French project coordinator. This only includes formal data (title, acronym, participating scientists, financial estimates, etc.) and is required no later than 13 October 2026 at 5 pm on the ANR’s submission website. Details can be found on the ANR’s website. No equivalent is expected on the German side.
This pre-registration with the ANR is a necessary condition for submitting a full proposal to both agencies (likely in late March 2027). The ANR will notify the French coordinators when the submission site for full proposals opens. The DFG will update its dedicated webpage when this information becomes available.
The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness.
Further information:
https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2026/ifw-26-71
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