Here is a list of fields, institutions and issues which are not allowed to receive any support:

• Support for university studies
• Scholarships or grants for doctoral dissertations
• Scholarships or grants for post-doctoral theses
• Projects without reference to the German science system
• Projects with a didactical focus
• Supplemental grants for scholarships or grants which are provided by other sources
• Grants for printing of publications which have not been produced with the support of the foundation
• Translation work which has no connection to a support measure of the foundation
• Provision or supplement of institute budgets
• Financial resources to defray overhead costs
• Participation in congresses in Germany and abroad
• International congresses – conferences of scholarly societies
• Summer schools
• Exhibitions
• Applications from secondary schools and vocational schools
• Applications from adult learning centres and other facilities in the field of adult education
• Applications from non-profit facilities in the field of adult education
• Applications from non-profit associations which do not directly pursue scholarly objectives
• Charitable projects
• It is generally not possible to revise applications that have been rejected by the Foundation.