The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, or DFG) is comparable to the National Science Foundation in the US, but supports research in all branches of science, engineering, and the humanities by funding research projects at German universities and other research institutions. A principle goal of the DFG is to foster the internationalization of German research. Our offices abroad help to carry out this mandate. The DFG maintains offices in Beijing, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and in Washington DC/New York City/San Francisco. More than half of all DFG-funded research fellows choose North America (the US and Canada) for their postdoctoral training. DFG North America has three locations: • In Washington D.C., the DFG maintains close ties with North American funding organizations, facilitates transatlantic research projects, and monitors science policy dialogue. • In New York, the focus is on marketing Germany as an internationally competitive research location, an effort conducted jointly with German partner organizations such as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), and in collaboration with the liaison offices of German universities in North America. • Home to some of North America's most prestigious universities as well as renowned IT and high-tech industrial companies with strong research capabilities, the focus in San Francisco is on building new networks, organizing events, and monitoring transfer processes in the region. DFG North America facilitates contact between scientists and researchers in Germany and North America. It supports early-career researchers here on a DFG fellowship, with networking events like GAIN, and organizes outreach activities to showcase German research regionally.
