Facts and Figures

The scope and structure of funding

Applicative projects

Funds and FTE for applicative projects


Funds for applicative projects by discipline in 2022


Funds by gender of the applicative project leader in 2022


Applicative project leaders by age and gender in 2022
(their age at the end of 2022)

The youngest male applicative project leader is 34 years old and the youngest female leader is 35. The oldest male applicative project leader is 70 years old and the oldest female leader is 75.


The share of funds for applicative projects by gender of the young project leader or other project leader in 2022

A special category is represented by applicative projects run by young doctors (a maximum ten active years have passed since the project leader received the doctorate degree). These researchers receive special attention in public calls for project co-funding.

Among young leaders, 33,1% are women and 66,9% are men. Among other leaders, 24,1% are women and 75,9% are men.