From Research Idea to Funded DFG Project: Write it, Refine it, Win it

Course Announcement: Crafting Competitive DFG Research Proposals

The Department of Research and Transfer Services is offering a grant writing course designed to help early-career researchers transform their research ideas into competitive proposals for the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Whether you are new to grant writing or looking to scharpen your skills, this 11-session course will offer tools, strategies and interactive peer and instructor feedback to assist you in drafting your own DFG research grant proposal. By the end of the course, you should have a complete draft ready for submission.

🌍 Language: The course will be conducted in English, but proposals may be written in English or German.

Course Content :

How to navigate the DFG funding landscape and understand proposal structures.
How to interpret DFG guidelines, templates and evaluation criteria.
How to improve your style and strategic approach to grant writing.
How to draft core proposal sections as well as plans, budgets, data management, sustainability and diversity.
How to integrate AI tools strategically into your writing process.
How to evaluate proposals in small peer-feedback groups.

Who can participate:

The course is open to final-year doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines at the University of Göttingen (excluding UMG). You need to have a well-defined research idea and be committed to active participation. This involves regular attendance and an active role in small working groups.

Course Details:

️When: Thursdays,14:15 –15:45. Start: 6 November 2025 – End: 12 February 2026

(Winter break: 5 December 2025 - 7 January 2026)

Where: Seminar room 1.310, 1st Floor, Von-Siebold-Straße 4, Göttingen

Cost: Free of charge

Registration deadline: Monday, 7 July 2025 (Maximum of 20 participants)

Notification of acceptance: Monday, 14 July 2025

Credits: No academic credits, Certificate available upon request

Course Instructors: Lisa Grow and Felix Spöler

⚠️️ Participation in all sessions is mandatory as you will be working in fixed groups.

Course Registration

Name *

Name of your institute at the Göttingen Campus *

Research field(s) and Interestes *

Date of PhD certificate *

You can apply if you are *

Do you have any experience of writing proposal for research funding? if so, please explain briefly *

Work Email Address *

Write a brief description of the research project that you would like to write in the course of this seminar -maxmum 3000 characters. *

What type of DFG application are you planning? (Please click) *

Comments and expectations for the seminar

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