The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
DFG) offers templates for research project descriptions for download
in rich-text format (.RTF). I suspect that this file type was
chosen for its assumed interchangeability as opposed to the proprietary
Microsoft® Word .DOC format.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.xltoolbox.net/blog/2015/01/project-template-for-dfg-proposals.html?sa=X&ved=0CB0Q9QEoADAJahUKEwiZmdSzwvnGAhXJxxQKHbwgASE