Guidelines of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

In June 2021, the German Research Foundation (DFG) published a guideline that helps to systematically describe quality-promoting aspects in funding proposals so that they can be better taken into account in review and evaluation. The quality of the biosamples and data sets used and the use of suitable research infrastructures - such as certified biobanks - are named as particularly central points in the guideline.

The key quality-promoting measures for medical and biomedical research listed in the guidelines were compiled by the "Quality in Clinical Research" working group on the basis of an exchange with representatives of life science review boards - including Prof Dr Michael Hummel, former head of the GBN, and Prof Dr Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, member of the GBN steering committee from 2017 to 2021