The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) intends to further advance gender equality in research through additional measures and a refocusing of its efforts. On 5 July 2017, the statutory bodies of the DFG – the largest research funding organisation and central self-governing organisation of the research community in Germany – adopted a multipart resolution on this issue during the annual meeting in Halle (Saale). The resolution envisages firstly the continued implementation of equality measures within the scope of the Research-Oriented Standards on Gender Equality. Secondly, gender equality – which, as an aim enshrined in the DFG’s statutes, is already of prime importance in the organisation’s work – is to play an even more prominent role in DFG funding activities.
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