Our Expedition

The Expedition is a main part of the DFG2020 activities. Read more in German

Celebrate Research

The DFG2020 – Because Research Matters campaign is about communicating and underscoring the importance of research-driven knowledge. It opens up a wide range of opportunities to speak up and ask questions. It raises debates and shows what answers researchers have to offer. For those of you who are located outside Germany, it gives you the opportunity to connect with us online and share your experiences, comments and questions.

News

19 March 2020
Expedition station

Cancelled: First Stations of our Expedition

As a precaution against an infection with the Corona virus the April and May stops of our expedition #fürdasWissen have been cancelled. We plan to make up leeway.

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06 March 2020
Expedition station

Where our Expedition stops

Six months, ten stations, thousands of kilometres: The places we will visit with our expedition are representative for the whole country. From north to south and east to west the performers of „Kompanie Kopfstand (KoKo)“ will collect questions about science an research.

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25 February 2020
Event

DFG2020 on the Shrove Monday procession

Red and white almost 80 people gave some colour to the Shrove Monday procession in Bonn and brought the idea of #forknowledge to the crouds. See some pictures of the procession and the packing before.

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More news

Looking for inspiration?

You want to be part of DFG2020? We have collected some ideas on how you can contribute. Ranging from our online campaign #researchmatters to events like science slams or research days.

Download our handbook (in German)

The DFG2020-T-shirt

You think #researchmatters? Show it by wearing the DFG2020-T-shirt and posting a photo on Twitter or Instagram. Or send it to us for being published in our statement gallery!

Order a T-Shirt by e-mail

Stay up to date

There is much going on in 2020. Have a look at dates and events in your region or at your institution and join in in celebrating basic research and its funding. Or contribute yourself!

Dates and Events in 2020 (in German)

Statements #fortheKnowledge

»In our post-factual world it is becoming more and more important to stand up #fortheKnowledge. Science wants to find …«

Dr. Melanie Haffner-Luntzer
@MelanieH_L via Twitter, University Ulm

»The ‘Fridays for Future’ generation decided #researchmatters – for the benefit of our planet. As a biodiversity researcher …«

Prof. Christian Wirth
Speaker of “Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitätsforschung” (iDiv), Professor at University of Leipzig

Foto: Robert Lohse

»#researchmatters means to me: to advance the solution of the global problems of mankind and to do research on the cutting …«


Director of the TU Dresden and CEO of “DRESDEN-concept”

»With our campaign we want to show how important knowledge and science are and why it is necessary to choose them again …«

Prof. Dr. Katja Becker
President of the DFG

»Why we do what we do as infection biologists? Because we are curious & want to understand the underlying mechanisms …«

Dr. Gisa Gerold
@GeroldLab via Twitter

»For a clear conscience with knowledge!«

Prof. Dr. Michael Farle
Co-Speaker of the Transregio 270: Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion, Uni Duisburg/Essen

Our newsletter

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On Twitter

On our Twitter channel @dfg_public we tweet research and funding news and about DFG2020 and public events. If you want to post because #researchmatters – go ahead and we will keep our eyes open!

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On Instagram

We have launched the Instagram channel dfg__public for posting statements, videos, photos and stories on DFG2020. We are looking forward for your contribution and you visiting our channel!

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