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KoWi
Koordinierungsstelle EG der Wissenschaftsorganisationen

Mission
As a Central Research Facility financed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), KoWi is enabling the successful participation of scientists located in Germany within the EU Framework Programme for Research and Development. For that purpose, KoWi provides German universities with strategic consulting services which allow an effective combination of national and European funding sources.

Clients
Thousands of individual scientists at 220 universities and 180 publicly funded research institutes 450 EU liaison officers (ELOs) at 220 universities and 180 research institutes German research organisations (members of the legal entity of KoWi)

Services
Information about EU research funding
Advice on application procedures and the implementation of projects within the Framework Programme
Training courses on contract and project management Regarding its services, KoWi is focusing on the funding of young scientists and the European Research Council (ERC).

Furthermore, KoWi is assisting the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Rectors' Conference (HRK), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in their representation of the German universities' interests to the European institutions.
With premises both in Bonn and Brussels, KoWi is in close contact with national authorities on federal and 'Länder' level as well as with the relevant EU institutions concerned with research and development. At the European level, KoWi is acting in close cooperation with liaison offices of other European research organisations within IGLO (Informal Group of R&D Liaison Offices).


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