The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (abbreviated DFG, German Research Foundation in English) is an important German research funding organization. The DFG supports research in science and the humanities through a large variety of grant programmes, prizes and by funding infrastructure. The self-governed organization is based in Bonn and financed by the German state.
Founded jointly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the centre is to promote scientific collaboration between the two countries in the field of basic research and create optimum framework conditions for academic exchange, especially among young researchers.
This is where DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft and the National Science Foundation of China come in, with each of the two organisations operating according to its own guidelines.
DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft and the NSFC are to provide the funds annually required to finance the joint activities.