Editing German Research Foundation (section)

==Function==
[[File:Geschäftsstelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Bonn-Bad Godesberg.jpg|thumb|right|Site of DFG in [[Bonn, Germany]]]]
[[File:Continuous and Focused Developer Feedback on Software Quality (CoFoDeF) - DFG proposal in RIO.pdf|thumb|A [[research proposal]] for a project the DFG decided to fund]]
The DFG supports research in [[science]], [[engineering]], and the [[humanities]] through a variety of grant programmes, research [[prize]]s, and by funding infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission statement of the DFG|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/mission|publisher=DFG|access-date=2017-08-18|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818175506/http://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/mission/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The self-governed organization is based in [[Bonn]] and financed by the German states and the [[federal government of Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/facts_figures/statistics/|publisher=DFG|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> {{asof|2017|post=}} the organization consists of approximately 100 [[research universities]] and other [[research institution]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/statutory_bodies/general_assembly/general_assembly_list/index.jsp|title=General Assembly – Member|website=dfg.de|language=en|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>

The DFG endows various research prizes, including the [[Leibniz Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/funded_projects/prizewinners|publisher=DFG|access-date=2017-08-18|title=DFG-Website "Prizewinners"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/prizes|publisher=DFG|access-date=2017-08-18|title=Funding information on prizes of the DFG}}</ref> The Polish-German science award [[Copernicus Award|Copernicus]] is offered jointly with the [[Foundation for Polish Science]].

According to a 2017 article in ''[[The Guardian]]'', the DFG has announced it will publish its research in online [[open-access journals]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science|title=Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2017-06-27|last1=Buranyi|first1=Stephen}}</ref>