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05-09-2022 - New DFG Application Templates to Strengthen Equal Opportunity Practices
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG - German Research Foundation) is making changes to some key elements of its funding application process in a bid to shift the focus of its review process to the substance of the applicant’s research rather than quantitative measures. With the modifications, the DFG is responding to a set of challenges and fields of action that were highlighted in the DFG position paper on academic publishing earlier this year. The report demanded a cultural shift towards research assessment with a focus on equal opportunity practices. In particular, it recommended that funding organisations broaden the spectrum of accepted publication formats and attach greater value to content-based evidence of achievement. The DFG is now implementing these demands by focussing on two key areas: CVs and publication lists.
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