Research

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY: these three profile areas form the core of Friedrich Schiller University's interdisciplinary research profile.

A researcher prepares an experiment with the amplifier of the POLARIS laser system.

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Latest Research News

22 January 2025 Improve the quality of lesson planning with AI
Teaching project by German didactics experts at the University of Jena receives funding of around 250,000 euros from the "Innovation in University Teaching" foundation

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21 January 2025 Groundwater threatened by droughts and heavy rainfalls
New study on the impact of climate extremes on (future) water security

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21 January 2025 What microbes tell us about Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Robust microbiome signatures enable more precise diagnoses and open up new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of NAFLD

Image: Anna Schroll/Universität Jena

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Research Profile

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a research-oriented university with a broad range of subjects and a dense network of cooperations on a regional, national and international level. Their research success builds on discipline-oriented individual projects and on interdisciplinary, coordinated research networks.

Service for Researchers

The University of Jena supports its researchers in the application and implementation of research projects as well as in the initiation and implementation of research and cooperation projects with partners from science and industry along the entire innovation process.

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Third-party funding portal and roadmap You would like to apply for a third-party funded project? We advice you, from the application to the implementation of your project.
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Research Funding Advice and support in acquiring third-party funding for your research project.
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Transfer We offer you support, from the idea to the successful market launch.
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Research Data Management Please find advice here, from data management plans to quality assurance for your research data.
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Project Gender in Focus The BMBF-funded project networks, promotes and supports gender-sensitive research.

Events Research & Transfer

Born Global Meetup on Tour: Company visit to Navimatix GmbH - Insights into their entrepreneurial journey
27 Feb 2025
17:00 ·
- Exchange
- Networking
- Transfer
The Born Global Meetup Jena offers (international) startup enthusiasts a monthly platform for networking, exchanging and presenting ideas.
- presence
- Subject to registration
Born Global Meetup on Tour: Unternehmensbesuch bei der Navimatix GmbH – Einblicke in die Welt des Unternehmertums

27 Feb 2025

17:00

Das Born Global Meetup Jena bietet (internationalen) Gründungsinteressierten monatlich eine Plattform zum Netzwerken, Austausch und zur Präsentation von Ideen.
- presence
- Subject to registration
Bioeconomy Symposium: Advancing Sustainable Innovation
20 Mar 2025
12:00 ·
- Workshop
Event
- presence
- public
- Subject to registration

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Local. Regional. International - Our Network

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Network With the Friedrich Schiller University as the driving force, a unique culture of cooperation has developed in Jena. Here, the university, non-university research institutions, university hospital, university of applied sciences, foundations and high-tech industry work closely together to form a vibrant, productive and highly visible science and business region with partners all over the world.