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hoelzer / dfg

A LaTeX template for a basic DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) grant proposal.
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Remove sections "Signature" and "List of attachments"? #38

Closed yuzie007 closed 1 year ago

yuzie007 commented 2 years ago

First of all, thank you very much for creating and sharing the so wonderful DFG LaTeX template! It helped me really a lot prepare my proposal. I'll definitely keep to use your template for my other future proposals:)

I got wondering that if sections 6 "Signature" and 7 "List of attachments" really exist in the present official DFG templates. Maybe ~4 years ago they were in the official template, but now as far as I see 53_01_en_elan.rtf of 11/20, 03/22, and 09/22 (yeah, this month they again updated it), there are no corresponding sections anymore. I also did a random survey for 53_05_en_elan.rtf, 53_09_en_elan.rtf, 53_15_en_elan.rtf, 53_24_en_elan.rtf, and 53_120_en_elan.rtf, none of which seems to have the corresponding sections.

I actually noticed this because, after submitting my proposal, the DFG office requested to remove these sections to comply the present template.

So, if you think reasonable, how about now removing these chapters? Or, if these sections are requested in some DFG proposal categories, how about indicating this in the template?

yuzie007 commented 2 years ago

BTW the DFG office even requested to remove the title page, although I thought this is a very fancy feature...

hoelzer commented 2 years ago

Hey @yuzie007 I'm glad it's useful and I also have to share your thanks w/ the other contributors to this repository. When I first set this up, I did not imagine how useful it actually will be also for others ;)

Good point regarding these sections, and thanks for checking the DFG templates (and good to know there is again a new version, 53_01_en_elan.rtf 09/22 -.-).

I think I would make these parts:

simply optional and per default deactivated. Reason: people might also want to use the template for non-DFG applications with adjustments and then it might be possible/needed to have these sections.

yuzie007 commented 2 years ago

Thank you so much for your quick reply! I fully agree with you that these parts can be made optional; people who plan to submit a DFG proposal can notice that they are not necessary, while others who want to use the template for other applications can still utilize these sections:)

hoelzer commented 1 year ago

I decided to comment the parts

bc/ they are not necessary/wanted according to the official DFG template. If people want to use these parts, they can uncomment them. I also updated the README accordingly!