Projects and Programs

Faculty members are/were involved in the following cooperative research projects: 

Clusters4Future-Initiative

nanodiag BW – nanopore technology for the molecular diagnostics of the future

nanodiag BW is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of the Future Cluster Initiative (Clusters4Future).

Collaborative Research Centers

Collaborative Research Centers (Sonderforschungsbereiche, SFB) are university research institutions with a duration of up to twelve years. Scientists work together across the boundaries of their respective subjects, institutes, departments and faculties within the framework of an overarching and scientifically excellent research program. They are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

• Medical Epigenetics (SFB 992)
• Small Data (SFB 1597)
• Cardio (SFB 1425)
• NeuroMac (SFB TF 167)
• ECOSENSE (SFB 1537)

Completed projects:

• Planar Optronic Systems (SFB/TR 123, 2012–2017)

• Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems (AVACS) (SFB/TR 14, 2003–2015)

• Spatial Cognition – Reasoning, Action, Interaction  (SFB/TR 8, 2003–2014)

• Design, Production and Quality Assurance of Molded Microparts Constructed of Metals and Ceramics (SFB 499)

• Comples Macromolecular Network Systems (SFB 428)

Graduate colleges and schools

Graduate colleges are university institutions for the promotion of young scientists, which are funded by the German Research Foundation for a maximum of nine years. The focus is on the qualification of doctoral candidates within the framework of a thematically focused research program and a structured qualification concept. An interdisciplinary orientation of the Graduate colleges is desired. The aim is to prepare doctoral students intensively for the complex job market of "science" and at the same time to support their early scientific independence.

• MeInBio - BioInMe (en) (GRK 2344, 2017-2022)

• Concepts for the Design of Functional Materials (GRK 1642, 2010–2019)
• Graduiertenschule Robotics

Completed projects:

• Micro Energy Harvesting (GRK 1322, 2006–2016)

• Embedded Microsystems (GRK 1103, 2004–2014)
• Mathematical Logic and Applications (GRK 806/2)
• Decentralized sustainable energy systems (DENE)"
• Mechanisms of Microstructure Generation - GenMIK"

Focus programs

Completed projects:

• Active Micro-Optics (SPP1337, 2008–2015)