30.10.2025

DFG: Deutsch-Israelische Projektkooperationen (DIP) – German-Israeli Project Cooperation

Deadline: 15 March 2026

On the basis of an agreement with the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has taken over and continues the Programme of German-Israeli Project Cooperation. The BMFTR continues providing the funds, while the DFG has all scientific and administrative responsibility.

Participating institutions in Israel are invited to submit proposals which may come from all fields of science and research. Proposals shall be so designed as to be carried out in close cooperation between the Israeli and the German project partners. They must contain a description of the joint work plan for both, the Israeli and the German side. The quality of the research work and the strength of the scientific cooperation including the exchange of scientists, in particular early career researchers (PhDs/Postdocs), are the main criteria for the review and selection. Principal investigators on both sides need to have adequate working conditions over the full period of the project.

Eligible for the submission of proposals are: 

• Bar-Ilan University
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• The University of Haifa
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Reichman University
• Tel Aviv University
• Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology
• Weizmann Institute of Science 

Each of these institutions is entitled to submit two proposals which makes altogether 16.

Please note: No direct submission by researchers from either Israel or Germany can be accepted.

The deadline for the submission of these full proposals is 15 March 2026.

DFG organises a review of the 16 full proposals and submits the result to a committee of experts which formulates a recommendation to the main financial committee for decision.

Key dates:

• Submission of full proposals to DFG: 15 March 2026
• Review of proposals: by October 2026
• Decision by DFG and notification: December 2026
• Beginning of granted projects: 1 January 2027

In all submissions the research shall be planned for a period of five years.

The financial plan must state the institutional resources available to the project on both sides and identify the additional needs. The total budget requested for the Israeli and the German partners may amount to a total of €1,655,000 for a maximum duration of five years.

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/2025/ifw-25-87