DFG - German Science Foundation: Grants to Support the Initiation of International Collaboration

Funds collaborative activities, such as three-month research stays a t partner institutions, guest visits, or joint workshops, between international partners.

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/international_cooperation/initiation_international_collaboration/in_brief/index.html

Criteria for successful submissions: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/Mikrobiogen/DFG-Presentation.pdf