The DFG Funding Atlas 2024 confirms the University of Freiburg’s consistently high performance
Freiburg, 25.11.2024
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have acquired a total of 287.8 million euros in DFG funding for 2020-2022. The University of Freiburg performs particularly strongly in the life sciences. With DFG funding of 122.3 million euros, the Medical Center – University of Freiburg ranks third in Germany.
The tenth edition of the Funding Atlas of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has been published. It illustrates the consistently high level of research performance at the University of Freiburg. During the reporting period 2020-2022, researchers at the University of Freiburg acquired a total of 287.8 million euros in DFG funding. This puts the University of Freiburg in 8th place out of 229 universities.
“It is not only the absolute number that is impressive. In terms of the number of professors in the 14 subjects, the University of Freiburg is ranked first among the 40 most successful universities in terms of funding approval, and over 60 percent above the statistical expected value,” says Prof. Dr. Stefan Rensing, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, in his assessment of the results.
Excellent results in the life sciences and other scientific fields
The University of Freiburg performed particularly well in the life sciences. It came in second in both absolute terms, with a total of €173.2 million in funding, and in relative terms, based on the number of professors. In addition, the DFG Funding Atlas shows that the University of Freiburg is ranked in the top 10 in many other areas, both at the university level and at the level of scientific disciplines.
“The positive results once again demonstrate the high performance of our University’s scientists and provide a tailwind for the current reviews of the Clusters of Excellence CIBSS and livMatS, as well as the two Cluster of Excellence initiatives ConTrans and Future Forests.”
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Krieglstein
Rector of the University of Freiburg
Remarkable results from the University’s medical centre
With DFG funding approval amounting to €122.3 million, the Medical Center – University of Freiburg ranks third in Germany. When the number of professors is considered, it is the leading medical centre in Germany, as in the previous Funding Atlas. With an approval amount of over €1 million per professor, it ranks first by a wide margin