DFG priority programs
DFG priority programs
SPP 1889: Regional Sea Level Change and Society (SeaLevel)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer, CEN Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit
Term: 2016 –
- Project: Meeresspiegeländerungen und Sturmklima des letzten Jahrtausends (südliche Nordsee; SEASTORM)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Betzler, Dr. Sebastian Lindhors, Dr. Yvonne Milker, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Geowissenschaften, Institut für Geologie, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmiedl, CEN Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit
Term: 2016 –2020 - Project: Integration morphologischer und ökologischer Prozesse zum Verständnis und zur Vorhersage der Entwicklung von Salzmarschen bei Meeresspiegelanstieg und verringertem Sedimenteintrag
Project leader: Dr. Stefanie Nolte, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Biologie, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek
Term: 2016 –2020 - Project: Ursachen regionaler Meeresspiegelvariationen auf dekadischen und längeren Zeitskalen (DECVAR)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer, CEN Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit
Term: 2016 –2020 - Project: DICES - Dealing with change in SIDS: societal action and political reaction in sea level change adaptation in Small Island Developing States
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Beate M.W. Ratter, Faculty of Mthmetics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Depatment of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geography
Term: 2016 –2020 - Project: Causes of Decadal to Centennial Regional Sea Level Variations (DECVAR-2)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer, CEN Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit
Term: 2019–2022 - Project: Sea level changes and storm climate of the last millennium (southern North Sea; SEASTORM-2)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Betzler, Dr. Sebastian Lindhors, Dr. Yvonne Milker, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Geowissenschaften, Institut für Geologie, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmiedl, CEN Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit
Term: 2019–2022
SPP 1665: Aufschlüsselung und neuronaler Netzwerke im Gehirn von Säugetieren: Von korrelativen zur kausalen Analyse
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Neuroanatomie
Term: 2013 –
- Project: Koordinationsfonds
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Neuroanatomie
Term: 2016 – - Project: Individualisierte transkranielle Wechselstrom-Stimulation mit geschlossenem Regelkreis
Project leader: Dr. Till Schneider, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Neurophysiologie und Pathophysiologie
Term: 2013 –
Participation in DFG priority programs
SPP 2191: Molecular mechanisms of functional phase separation
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Edward A. Lemke, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Term: since 2019
- Project: Molecular and Cellular Determinants of Tau Protein Condensation into Dense Liquid Phases
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Betzel, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry; Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Term: since 2019
SPP 2143: Entangled Africa: Intra-African connections between Rainforest and Mediterranean (ca. 6000 to 500 BP)
Spokesperson: PD Dr. Jörg Linstädter, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI)
Term: since 2018
- Project: Connecting the lower middle Niger through borrowed words and shared objects: Archaeo-linguistic network analysis and modelling of cultural entanglements between the Malian Sahara and the Nigerian forests (AD 700-1500).
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Henning Schreiber, Faculty of Humanities, Asia-Africa Institute
Term: since 2019
SPP 2137: Skyrmionics: Topological Spin Phenomena in Real-Space for Applications
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer, TU München
Term: since 2018
- Project: Skyrmion–Skyrmion and Skyrmion–Edge Interactions studied with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Project leader: Dr. Kirsten von Bergmann, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Institut für Nanostruktur und Festkörperphysik (INF)
Term: since 2018 - Project: Atomic-scale skyrmions driven by lateral spin-polarized currents
Project leader: Dr. Stefan Krause, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Institut für Nanostruktur und Festkörperphysik (INF)
Term: since 2018 - Project: Nonequilibrium quantum dynamics of current-driven magnetic skyrmions
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Michael Thorwart, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, I. Institut für Theortische Physik
Term: since 2018
SPP 2134: The active self
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Paulus, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Term since 2018
- Project: Active voice: The influence of dynamic extralinguistic and acoustic spatial cues on voice self-ownership.
Project leader: Dr. David Magezi, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement, Institute of Psychology, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology
Term: since 2018 - Project: Ideomotor Transfer for Active Self-emergence (IDEAS)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter; Dr.-Ing. Manfred Eppe, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Informatics, Knowledge Technology (WTM)
Term: since 2018
SPP 2122: Materials for Additive Manufacturing
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Barcikowski, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Term: since 2018
- Project: Disentangled UHMWPE composites for warp-free SLS parts
Porject leader: Prof. Dr. Gerrit A. Luinstra, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie
Term: since 2018
SPP 2111: Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Scheytt, Universität Paderborn
Term: since 2018
- Project: Ultra-Wideband Photonically Assisted Analog-to-Digital Converters (PACE)
Project leader: Prof. Dr.-Ing Franz Xaver Kärtner, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics
Term: since 2018
SPP 2084: µBONE: Colonization and interaction of tumor cells within the bone microenvironment
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hofbauer, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Term: since 2018
- Project: Role of Tgif1 in breast cancer-induced pathological bone remodeling
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Eric Hesse; Dr. Hanna Taipaleenmäki, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Surgical Sciences
Term: since 2018 - Project: RAI2 as novel suppressor of cancer cell homing and survival in the bone marrow
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Harriet Wikman-Kocher; Prof. Dr. Klaus Pantel, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Experimental Medicine
Term: since 2018 - Project: Dissecting the role of TAM receptors in myeloma-induced osteoclast activation and their immune-modulatory function
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Sonja Loges; Dr. Isabel Ben Batalla, Faculty of Medicine, II. Medical Clinic and Polyclinic
Term: since 2018 - Project: Influence of the skeletal remodeling status on tumor cell dissemination and metastatic outgrowth
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Michael Amling; Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schinke, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Osteology and Biomechanics
Term: since 2018 - Project: Characterization of the impact of bone-seeking tumors on the osteocyte network and the osteocyte-mediated regulation of bone turnover
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Björn Busse, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Osteology and Biomechanics
Term: since 2018 - Project: Regulation of Tumor Cell Dormancy in Human Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Tobias Lange, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Eperimental Medicine
Term: since 2018
SPP 2041: Computational Connectomics
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)
Term: since 2017
- Project: Connectome based modelling to reveal multi-scale mechanisms in stroke
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Gerloff, Faculty of Medicine, Head and Neurocenter
Term: since 2017 - Project: Multi-scale analysis and computational modeling of intrinsic coupling modes in the ferret brain
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Andreas K. Engel, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Experimental Medicine
Term: since 2017 - Project: Human microstructural connectomics: Computational modelling and validation with histology and CLARITY (MICO-MRI)
Project leader: Dr. Siawoosh Mohammadi, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Experimental Medicine
Term: since 2017 - Project: Integrating multi-scale connectivity and brain architecture in a large-scale computational model of the human cerebral cortex
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Claus C. Hilgetag, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Experimental Medicine
Term: since 2017
SPP 2026: Geometry at infinity
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hanke, Universität Augsburg
Term: since 2017
- Project: Stability and instability of Einstein manifolds with prescribed asymptotic geometry
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Klaus Kröncke, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Science, Department of Mathmatics, Analysis and Differential Geometry
Term: since 2017
SPP 2002: Small Proteins in Prokaryotes, an Unexplored World
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ruth Anne Schmitz-Streit, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Term: since 2017
- Project: Systematic identification of novel µ-proteins in bacteria using ribosome profiling data
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Zoya Ignatova, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Term: since 2017
SPP 1999: Robust Argumentation Machines (RATIO)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano, Universität Bielefeld
Term: since 2017
- Project: Argumentation in Comparative Question Answering (ACQuA)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Christian Biemann, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Informatics, Language Technology
Term: since 2018
SPP 1992: Exploring the diversity of extrasolar planets
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Heike Rauer, TU Berlin
Term: since 2017
- Project: Starspots meet planets: A new tool to investigate the physics of transiting exoplanetary systems around active stars
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Jürgen H.M.M. Schmitt, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Science, Department of Physics, Hamburg Observatory
Term: since 2018 - Project: Transmission Spectroscopy of Extrasolar Planets
Project leader: Dr. Stefan Czesla, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Science, Department of Physics, Hamburg Observatory
Term: since 2018 - Project: Energetic radiation from exoplanet hosts: The most detailed study of our nearest host star Proxima Centauri
Project leader: Dr. Christian Schneider, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Science, Department of Physics, Hamburg Observatory
Term: since 2018
SPP 1991: Taxon-Omics: New approaches for discovering and naming biodiversity
Spokesperson: Pof. Dr. Susanne Renner, LMU München
Term: since 2017
- Project: Exploring genomic methods for delimiting species in radiations of terrestrial snails
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hausdorf, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Center for Natural History (CeNak)
Term: since 2017
SPP 1981: Transottomanica: Osteuropäisch-osmanisch-persische Mobilitätsdynamiken
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rohdewald, Justus-Leibig-Universität Gießen
Term: since 2017
- Project: Persian in the Ottoman Empire, as reflected in selected farhangs (dictionaries) of the 16th century: a cultural ‚transottoman configuration‘
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paul, Faculty of Humanities, Asia-Africa Studies
Term: since 2017
SPP 1937: Innate Lymphoid Cells
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andreas Diefenbach, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Term: since 2016
- Project: Die Rolle von Gruppe 2 innate lymphoid cells in immunvermittelten Lebererkrankungen und Leberregeneration
Project leader: Dr. Katrin Neumann und Prof. Dr. Gisa Tiegs, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Experimentelle Immunologie und Hepatologie
Term: since 2016
SPP 1935: Deciphering the mRNP code: RNA-bound determinants of post-transcriptional gene regulation
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Term: since 2016
- Project: Functional analysis of kinesin-associated RNA transport granules in neurons
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kindler und Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Geburtshilfe, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Institut für Humangenetik
Term: since 2016 - Project: Deciphering the translational landscape of Arabidopsis and maize meiocytes
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Arp Schnittger, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Biologie, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek
Term: since 2016
SPP 1929: Giant Interactions in Rydberg Systems (GiRyd)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Tilman Pfau, Universität Stuttgart
Term: since 2016
- Project: Polyatomic ultra-long range Rydberg molecules
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Peter Schmelcher, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Center for Optical Quantum Technologies
Term: since 2016
SPP 1926: Next Generation Optogenetics: Tool Development and Application
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Alexander Gottschalk, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Term: since 2016
- Project: Optogenetic silencing tools for precise, all-optical analysis of synaptic circuits
Project leader: Dr. Peter Soba und Dr. Jörn S. Wiegert, Faculty of Medicine / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie
Term: since 2016
SPP 1859: Experience and Expectation: Historical Foundations of Economic Behaviour
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützenadel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Prof. Dr. Jochen Streb, Universität Mannheim
Term: since 2015
- Project:Exploring the experience-expectation nexus in macroeconomic forecasting using computational text analysis and machine learning (renewal application to "macroeconomic forecasting in great crisis")
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fritsche, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Department Sozialökonomie
Term: since 2015
SPP 1857: Elektromagnetische Sensoren für Life Sciences (ESSENCE)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Jakoby, TU Darmstadt
Term: since 2015
- Project: Ultra-Fast Bio-Molecule Detection based on Radio-Frequency Nano-Pore and Nano-Channel Circuits
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Robert H. Blick, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Institute for Solid-state Physics and Nanoscience
Term since 2018
SPP 1840: Quantum Dynamics in Tailored Intense Fields (QUTIF)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manfred Lein, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Term: since 2015
- Project: SOLSTICE - Festkörper in starken terahertz und infrarotenTräger-Einhüllende phasenstabilen Wellenformen
Project leader: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz X. Kärtner, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Physik, Institut für Experimentalphysik
Term: since 2015 - Project: Laserinduzierten Elektronenbeugung von stark ausgerichteten und orientierten Molekülen durch massgeschneiderte elektrische und Laser-Felder
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Jochen Küpper, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Physik, Institut für Laser-Physik
Term: since 2015
SPP 1786: Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Geometry
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Marc Levine, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Term: since 2015
- Project: Ramified extensions of commutative ring spectra
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Birgit Richter, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Mathmatics, Algebra and Number Theory
Term: since 2018
SPP 1738: Emerging Roles of Non-Coding RNAs in Nervous System Development, Plasticity and Disease
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. André Fischer, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Term: since 2014
- Project: Control of mitochondrial function in neurons by microRNAs during inflammation-induced neurodegeneration
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese, Faculty of Medicin, Center for Molecular Neurobiology
Term: since 2017
SPP 1708: Material Synthesis near Room Temperature
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck, TU Dresden
Term: since 2014
- Project: Molecular design and X-ray spectroscopy of & on iron nanocluster catalysts
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Axel Jacobi von Wangelin, Faculty of Mathmatics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Institut für Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie
Term: since 2017
SPP 1681: Field Controlled Particle Matrix Interaction: Synthesis, Multi-Scale Modelling and Application of Magnetic Hybrid-Materials
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Odenbach, Technische Universität Dresden
Term: since 2013
- Project: Synthesis and characterization of multifunctional hybrid materials: Tuning the mechanical and magnetic properties of hydrogels
Project leader: Dr. Birgit Fischer, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie
Term: since 2015
SPP 1593: Design for Future - Managed Software Evolution
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ralf Heinrich Reussner, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Term: scince 2012
- Project: Linked Forever Young Production Automation with Active Components (LinkedFYPA²C)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Winfried Lamersdorf, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department Informatik
Term: scince 2012
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Dr.-Ing. Mirko Scheinert, Technische Universität Dresden, Prof. Dr. Manfred Wendisch, Universität Leipzig
Term: scince 2007
- Project: NARVAL-II Rahmenantrag
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Felix Ament, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Meteorological Institute
Term: scince 2016 - Project: Verständnis von Wolken und Niederschlag auf Skalen unterhalb eines Kilometers durch HAMP
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Felix Ament und Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences Department, Department of Earth Sciences
Meteorological Institutet
Term: scince 2016 - Project: Feuchte Schichten in der freien Troposphäre - Untersuchung eines blinden Flecks im globalen Beobachtungssystem mit HALO während EUREC4A
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences Department, Department of Earth Sciences
Meteorological Institute
Förderung seit 2019 - Project: EUREC4A Rahmenantrag - Untersuchung der Bedeutung der Koppelung zwischen Wolken und Zirkulation im Klimasystem
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Felix Ament, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences Department, Department of Earth Sciences
Meteorological Institute
Förderung seit 2019 - Project: Untersuchung von Wolken und Niederschlag auf der Subkilometer-Skala mit HAMP - der Übergang zu leichtem Regen
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Felix Ament, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences Department, Department of Earth Sciences
Meteorological Institute
Förderung seit 2019
SPP 1158: Bereich Infrastruktur - Antarktisforschung mit vergleichenden Untersuchungen in arktischen Eisgebieten
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten, Universität Rostock
Term: scince 2003
- Project: Recovery status and ecology of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) at the West Antarctic Peninsula
Project leader: Dr. Helena Herr, Center of Natural History (CeNak)
Term: scince 2018 - Project: Polar fish in a changing world: metabolic responses to multiple environmental stressors (PISCES)
Project leader: Dr. Anneli Strobel, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science
Term: scince 2017 - Project: Modelling and parameterization of lead generated turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer over Antarctic sea ice
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Lars Kaleschke, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Institut für Meereskunde
Term: scince 2017 - Project: Snow Covers impacts on Antarctic Sea Ice (SCASI)
Antragsteller: Prof. Dr. Lars Kaleschke, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Institut für Meereskunde
Term: scince 2016