Research projects
Numerous renowned scientific centres, the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", the DFG Research Center iDivExternal link, Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs), Research Training Groups (RTGs) and Research Groups exist at the Friedrich Schiller University. In addition, the University also participates in projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and in the European research programmes.
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Units of Excellence
The Cluster of Excellence of Friedrich Schiller University:
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Research Centres
The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-LeipzigExternal link receives funding from the DFG since 2012.
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Collaborative Research Centres
DFG Collaborative Research Centres:
CRC 1076 AquaDiva: Understanding the Links Between Surface and Subsurface Biogeosphere (since 2013)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Kirsten KüselCRC/TR 124 FungiNet: Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of interactionExternal link (since 2013)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Axel BrakhageCRC 1127 ChemBioSys: Chemical Mediators in Complex BiosystemsExternal link (since 2014)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christian HertweckExternal linkCRC 1278 Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies (since 2017)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertCRC/TR 234 CataLIGHT: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic StudiesExternal link (since 2018)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Sven RauExternal link (Ulm University)
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Benjamin Dietzek deCRC 1375 NOA: Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic Scales (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Stefanie GräfeCRC/TR 294: Structural Change of PropertyExternal link (since 2021)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Hartmut RosaExternal linkParticipations in DFG Collaborative Research Centres
CRC/TRR 212 A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche ConstructionExternal link
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Holger SchielzethCRC 1288 Practices of comparisons: Ordering and changing the worldExternal link (since 2017)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Johannes Grave deCRC 1456 Mathematics of Experiment: The challenge of indirect measurements in the natural sciencesExternal link (since 2021)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Michael HabeckExternal linkCRC/TRR 306 Quantum Cooperativity of Light and Matter – QuCoLiMaExternal link (since 2021)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Ralf Röhlsberger deCRC 1507 Protein Assemblies and Machineries in Cell MembranesExternal link (since 2022)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr. Ute HellmichExternal linkCRC 1412 Situational and functional aspects of linguistic knowledge External link(since 2020)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr. Melanie Weirich de -
Research Training Groups
DFG Research Training Groups
RTG 2041 Modell "Romantik". Variation-Reichweite-AktualitätExternal link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Stefan MatuschekExternal linkRTG 2155 ProMoAgeExternal link (since 2016)
Spokesperson MLU Halle: Prof. Dr Andreas SimmExternal link
Deputy Spokesperson University of Jena: Prof. Dr Regine HellerExternal linkIRTG 2324 TreeDì – Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forestsExternal link (since 2017)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Helge BruelheideExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University is one of the applicant universities.RTG 2522 Strong Dynamics & Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems External link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Holger GiesExternal linkIRTG 2675 META-ACTIVE: Tailored metasurfaces – generating, programming and detecting light (since 2021)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Isabelle StaudeRTG 2732 M-M-M: Materials-Microbe-Microenvironment: Antimicrobial biomaterials with tailored structures and properties (since 2022)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Klaus Jandt de de
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Bettina LöfflerExternal linkRTG 2792 Autonomy of Heteronomous Texts in Antiqity and the Middle AgesExternal link (since 2022)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Katharina Bracht de
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Matthias Perkams deFurther graduate schools / graduate colleges and doctoral schools
Jena School for Microbial CommunicationExternal link
Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change (GSBC)
Jena School Molecular MedicineExternal link
Kolleg Globale BildungExternal link
Frege-Kolleg – Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science de
Joint graduate schools / graduate colleges with non-university research institutions
International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical CyclesExternal link
International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular InteractionExternal link
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental ResearchExternal link (HIGRADE)
Leibniz Graduate School on AgeingExternal link
Advanced Photon Science Graduate School of the Helmholtz Institute JenaExternal link (HRS-AP)
International Max Planck Research School for the Science of Human HistoryExternal link
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Research Units
DFG Research Units
RU 2179 MAD Soil – Microaggregates: Formation and Turnover of the Structural Building Blocks of Soil (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Kai Uwe TotscheExternal linkRU 2285 Debris Disks in Planetary SystemsExternal link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Alexander V. KrivovExternal linkRU 2518 Functional dynamics of ion channels and transporters (DynIon)External link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Klaus BenndorfExternal linkRU 2783 Probing the Quantum Vacuum at the High-Intensity FrontierExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Holger GiesExternal linkRU 5000 Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity-ecosystems functioning relationshipsExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Nico EisenhauerExternal link (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)RU 3004 SYNABS – Synaptic pathology in autoimmunie encephalitiesExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christian GeisExternal linkRU 5151 Quantifying Liver Perfusion-Funtction Relationship in Complex Resection – A Systems Medicine Approach (QuaLiPerF)External link (since 2020)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Uta DahmenExternal linkRU 5301 FuncHeal – The next generation of artificial self-healing materials (since 2022)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. SchubertRU 5547 Deciphering the role of primary ciliary dynamics in tissue organization and function (since 2023)
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Priority Programmes
DFG Priority Programmes
PP 2248 Polymer-based Batteries
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert dePP 2491 Interactive Switching of Spin States
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Birgit Weber de
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BMBF Projects
Of the numerous funded projects of the Federal Ministry o Education and Research (BMBF) should be explicitly mentioned:
Innovative Hochschule
- Nucleus Jena External link (in german only)
Research Campus
Twenty20 - Partnerships for Innovation
- 3DsensationExternal link
- InfectControl2020 - Neue AntiinfektionsstrategienExternal link (in german only)
Centres for Innovation Competences
- SEPTOMICSExternal link
- astrOOptics
Käte Hamburger International Centres
Förderung von Gesundheitsregionen
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ERC-Grantees
ERC Starting Grants
CILCat - Nanocarbon-Ionic Liquid-Interfaces for Catalytic Activation of NitrogenExternal link (2022-2027)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Martin Oschatz de, Institut für Technische Chemie und UmweltchemieDAFNE - Discretization and adaptive approximation of fully nonlinear equationsExternal link (2021-2026)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Dietmar GallistlExternal link, Institut für MathematikGlobalLIT - Global Literary TheroryExternal link
(2018 - 2024)
Projektbeteiligung: Prof. Dr. Diana Forker, Insitut für Slawistik und KaukasusstudienPyraSig - Pyrazine Signalling in Commensal and Pathogenic BacteriaExternal link (2018-2023)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Kai PapenfortExternal link, Institut für MikrobiologieBinGraSp - Modeling the Gravitational Spectrum of Neutron Star BinariesExternal link (2017-2022)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Sebastiano BernuzziExternal link, Theoretisch-Physikalisches InstitutPECS - Powerful and Efficient EUV Coherent Light SourcesExternal link (2009-2013)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert, Institut für Angewandte PhysikERC Consolidator Grants
ArtRNA - Artificial RNA regulators to probe, control, and design gene regulatory networks in bacteria (2023-2028)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Kai PapenfortExternal link, Institut für MikrobiologieAPATHES - Assessing Philosophical Authors and Texts from Herculaneum and elsewhere on Early Stoicism: Insights into ancient logic, physics, and ethics towards a new von ArnimExternal link (2023-2028)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Christian Vassallo, ERC Grantee hat die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena mit seinem Grant bzw. Teilprojekt verlassenInspiReMExternal link - Modeling binary neutron star from inspirals to remnants and their multimessenger emissions (2023-2028)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Sebastiano BernuzziExternal link, Institut für Theoretische PhysikDiversiPHI - Predicting the evolution of complex phage-host interactionsExternal link (2021-2025)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Bas Dutilh,External link Institut für BiodiversitätSEED - Solvated Ions in Solid Electrodes: Alternative routes toward rechargeable batteries based on abundant elementsExternal link (2020-2025)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Philipp Adelhelm, ERC Grantee hat die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena mit seinem Grant bzw. Teilprojekt verlassenQUEM-CHEM - Time- and space- resolved ultrafast dynamics in molecular-plasmonic hybrid systemsExternal link (2018-2023)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gräfe de, Institut für Physikalische ChemieUTOPES - Unifying concepts in the topological design of non-crystalline materialsExternal link (2016-2022)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Lothar WondraczekExternal link, Otto-Schott-Institut für MaterialforschungACOPS - Advanced Coherent Ultrafast Laser Pulse StackingExternal link (2014-2019)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert, Institut für Angewandte PhysikERC Advanced Grants
FutureBAT - Future storage systems for the energy transition: Polymer-based redox-flow batteriesExternal link (2023-2028)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert de, Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare ChemieSALT - High-Flux Synchrotron Alternatives Driven by Powerful Long-Wavelength Fiber LasersExternal link (2019-2024)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert, Institut für Angewandte PhysikMIMAS - Multi-dimensional interferometric amplification of ultrashort laser pulsesExternal link (2015-2020)
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann, Institut für Angewandte PhysikERC Synergy Grant
USMILE - Understanding and Modelling the Earth System with Machine LearningExternal link (2020-2026)
Projektbeteiligung: Prof. Dr. Joachim DenzlerExternal link, Institut für InformatikERC Proof-of-Concept Grant
enjulii - Entropic rejuvenation of thin glass products by liquid metal immersionExternal link (2021-2022)
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EU-Projects
Ongoing H2020 projects coordinated by the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
POLYSTORAGE - European Training Network in innovative polymers for next-generation electrochemical energy storageExternal link (2019-2023)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert deVIROINF - Understanding (harmful) virus-host interactions by linking virology and bioinformaticsExternal link (2020-2024)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manja MarzExternal link