DFG funds two new research training groups in Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin

The research training groups “Investigation of behavioral and stress responses to understand and improve models for infectious diseases in animals” and “One Health approach to soil-transmitted helminths” will be funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for an initial period of five years starting in spring 2026.

The DFG has approved a total of 18 new research training groups, which will receive a total of around 130 million euros in the first funding period. Research training groups offer doctoral students the opportunity to pursue a doctorate in a structured research and qualification program at a high academic level. The DFG currently funds a total of 214 research training groups, four of which are led by Freie Universität Berlin and another four involve the FU.

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