Funding Acknowledgements and Affiliation Statements

Funding Acknowledgement

For funding agencies it is essential that their financial support of research is made visible. For this reason, for example, the DFG has published guidelines on funding acknowledgements and their use (see https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/proposal-funding-process/acknowledgements).

It is also important for RPTU Kaiserslautern‑Landau that you clearly indicate third‑party funding in your publications, because this reflects the university’s reputation that its researchers are supported by external funding agencies.

Furthermore, RPTU has a vested interest in the correct use of funding acknowledgements, as it has successfully secured DFG funds for the programme “Open‑Access Publication Costs” for the years 2025‑2027. Part of the work programme is to take measures “to ensure the inclusion of funding acknowledgements in publications, …” (DFG 2023, Information sheet and supplementary guide, Open Access Publication Costs, https://www.dfg.de/de/formulare-12-21-246452, p. 10).

In order to comply with the requirements of the funding programme, we ask you to insert the appropriate funding statement, including project numbers, in every publication that results from third‑party funded projects, as you have done previously.

• Recommendation for DFG funding acknowledgements
  Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – Project No(s) XXXXX
• Optional: add collaborative group abbreviation and number, e.g. SFB 123
• Insert in the manuscript at an appropriate location (mandatory)

Please also consult our coffee lecture on “Publications within third‑party funded projects”: https://vcm.uni-kl.de/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b0dac6d6-da4b-4813-8cfe-b39200c72dd0&start=0

Affiliation Statement

When indicating your affiliation in publications, please use the official university name “Rheinland‑Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern‑Landau” or, for English‑language papers, “RPTU University Kaiserslautern‑Landau”.

Take note of the RPTU publication guidelines and their English reading aid: https://rptu.de/fileadmin/ha-1/Rechtsvorschr/Publikationsrichtlinie_12112025.pdf and https://ub.rptu.de/fileadmin/ub/pdf/Open_Access/English_reading_aid_for_the_Publication_Guidelines.pdf

These documents contain recommendations for stating institutional affiliations, including how to specify your research group or department.