DFG-Funding

• The German Research Foundation (DFG) stipulates in its utilisation guidelines (Section 13.1) that publications based on DFG-funded research must be accompanied by a funding acknowledgement. The guidelines also regulate how the funding acknowledgement should be structured.

• The acknowledgement contains the following text in German or English:

German: Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – [Projektnummer]

English: Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation – [Projektnummer]

• The project number must also be given, separated from the reference text by a dash.
• If a publication is the result of several DFG projects, the project numbers of all projects involved must be stated and separated from each other by semicolons.
• The project number can either be taken from the letter of approval in which the DFG has notified the applicant that the proposed project has been accepted for funding or can be researched in the DFG project database GEPRIS.
• The funding acknowledgement can be preceded by the ‘DFG logo (funding)’ in a German or international version. Both logos can be found on the DFG website.

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EU-Förderung 

• Requirements regarding the funding acknowledgement also apply to projects funded by the European Union (EU). The EU requirements apply to all dissemination and communication measures of the funded project as well as infrastructures set up, equipment acquired and results published as part of the project.
• The use of a reference text that expresses the scope of the EU funding is mandatory:

In the case of full EU funding: Funded by the European Union

In the case of partial EU funding: Co-funded by the European Union

• An EU emblem must also be placed to the left of the text - suitable templates can be found on the EU website.