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The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 13 new Priority Programmes (SPP) for 2022. This was decided by the DFG Senate at a meeting that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 13 new consortia were selected from 47 submitted initiatives and will receive a total of approximately €82 million for an initial three years. In addition, there will be a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect project-related costs.
The programmes now approved cover the entire breadth of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, engineering sciences, life sciences and natural sciences. The diverse range of topics include an analysis of the interaction between societies and pre-industrial floodplains in Central Europe on the way to the fluvial anthroposphere , a study of how European society has treated Jewish cultural heritage and the development of machine learning for molecular applications. The programmes each ref