DFG Research Units

A Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is made up of a team of outstanding researchers of the university, partly in cooperation with scientists and scholars of other institutions, working together on an intensive, medium-term research project (generally for six years, from October 2018: up to eight years). Research Units often contribute to establishing new research directions.

Heidelberg University as Coordinator

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Research Unit	Funding Period	Spokesperson
FOR 2509 The Concert of Dolichol-based Glycosylation: From Molecules to Disease Models	ends 31.03.2025 ^{2nd funding period}	Prof. Dr. Sabine Strahl Centre for Organismal Studies (COS)
FOR 2599 Tissue type 2 responses: Mechanisms of induction and regulation	ends 2025 ^{2nd funding period}	Prof. Dr. Axel Roers Medical Faculty
FOR 2690 Translational Pruritus Research	ends 31.12.2024 ^{2nd funding period}	Prof.Dr. Martin Schmelz Clinic for Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Medicine UMM
FOR 2936 Climate Change and Health in sub-Saharan Africa	ends 31.07.2026 ^{2nd funding period}	JProf. Dr. Ina Danquah Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 5199 Search for the lepton-flavour violating decay with the Mu3e experiment	ends 31.03.2025 ^{1st funding period}	Professor Dr. André Schöning Institute for Physics

Heidelberg University as Participant

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Research Group	Funding Period	Speaker University	Participating Institute at Heidelberg University

Research Group	Funding Period	Speaker University	Participating Institute at Heidelberg University
KFO 329 Disease pathways in podocyte injury – from molecular mechanisms to individualized treatment options	ends 22.12.2024 ^{1st funding period}	University of Cologne	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 2407 Exploring Articular Cartilage and Subchondral Bone Degeneration and Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (ExCarBon)	since 2016 ^{2nd funding period}	University of Regensburg	PD Dr. rer. nat. Solvig Diederichs Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 2544 Blue Planets around Red Stars - Scientific Exploitation of the CARMENES Survey	since 2017 ^{2nd funding period}	Universtiy of Göttingen	Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW)
FOR 2634 Planet Formation Witnesses and Probes: Transition Discs	since 2017 ^{2nd funding period}	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Centre for Astronomy
FOR 2694 Large-Scale and High-Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture on Field and Catchment Scales - Boosted by Cosmic-Ray Neutrons	since 2018 ^{2nd funding period}	University of Potsdam	Institute for Physics (PI)
FOR 2724 Thermal machines in the quantum world	since 2018 ^{2nd funding period}	Free University Berlin	Kirchhoff-Insitute for Physics (KIP)
FOR 2828 De/Sacralization of texts	since 2021 ^{1st funding period}	University of Tübingen	JProf. Dr. Fred Jendrzejewski Theological Seminary
FOR 2848 Nanoscale Architecture and Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane	ends 31.12.2023 ^{1st funding period}	University of Göttingen	Prof. Dr. Michael Meinecke Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH)
FOR 3031 NORMAL#VERRÜCKT Zeitgeschichte einer erodierenden Differenz	ends 05.07.2025 ^{1st funding period}	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf	Prof. Dr. Maike Rotzoll Prof. Dr. Karen Nolte Institute for Medical History and Ethics
KFO 5011 Integrating emerging methods to advance translational kidney research (InteraKD)	since 2021 ^{1st funding period}	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University	BioQuant
FOR 5068 Sex differences in immunity	since 2021 ^{1st funding period}	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf	Prof. Dr. Sonja Loges Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 5146 Defining the osteohepatic axis in the context of iron homeostasis - FerrOs	ends 21.10.2024 ^{1st funding period}	Dresden University of Technology	Prof. Dr. Martina Muckenthaler Dr. Sandro Altamura Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 5195 Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies	ends 31.07.2025 ^{1st funding period}	University of Würzburg	Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner Centre for Astronomy (ZAH) / Landessternwarte Königsstuhl
FOR 5215 Bioinspired Oxidation Catalysis with Iron Complexes	ends 31.10.2026 ^{1st funding period}	Bielefeld University	Prof. Dr. Peter Comba Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (ACI)
FOR 5234 Multipler Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem: Akteurskonstitution, Handlungskoordination und Folgewirkungen	since 2021 ^{1st funding period}	University of Kassel	Prof. Dr. Kathia Serrano-Velarde Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology
FOR 5249 Quantitative Spatio-Temporal Model-Building for Correlated Electronic Matter	ends 31.03.2026 ^{1st funding period}	Goethe University Frankfurt	Prof. Dr. Maurits Haverkort Institute for Theoretical Physics
FOR 5387 Printed & Stable Organic Photovoltaics from Non-Fullerene Acceptors	since 2023 ^{1st funding period}	Chemnitz University of Technology	Prof. Dr. Roland Herzog Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
FOR 5392 Consumer Preferences, Consumer Mistakes, and Firms’ Response	TBA ^{1st funding period}	University of Düsseldorf	Prof. Dr. Sebastian Ebert Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics
FOR 5499 Molecular Solar Energy Management – Chemistry of MOST Systems	since 2023 ^{1st funding period}	Justus Liebig University Giessen	Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreuw Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
FOR 5705 NeuroFlame – Defence and demise of inflamed neurons	since 2024 ^{1st funding period}	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf	Prof. Dr. Thomas Kuner Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology Prof. Dr. Lukas Schimer Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 5815 Structural and functional lipid droplet heterogeneity	since 2024 ^{1st funding period}	University of Marburg	Prof. Dr. Britta Brügger Biochemistry Center

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