- AIM - AI-Multiscale integraion for waste-to-value digital twins
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Silvana Botti, Faculty for Physics and Astronomy - AI-POD – Trustworthy AI Tools for the Prediction of Obesity Related Vascular Diseases
Funding since 2023
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Fenske, Faculty of Medicine
AutoPiX – IMAGING FOR PATIENT BENEFIT IN ARTHRITIS
Funding since 2024
Prof. Dr. Xenofon Baraliakos, Faculty of Medicine - CARMINE – Climate-Resilient Development Pathways in Metropolitan Regions of Europe
Funding since 2024
Prof. Benjamin Bechtel, Faculty of Geosciences - CLAIMS – Clinical impact through AI-assisted MS care
Funding since 2023
Prof. Dr. Carsten Lukas, Faculty of Medicine - COREu – CO2 Routes Across Europe
Funding since 2024
Prof. Dr. Roland Span, Faculty of Civil Engineering - DEFENDER – Identification of novel viral entry factors and development of antiviral approaches
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Eike Steinmann, Faculty of Medicine - EASI-SMR – Ensuring Assessment of Safety Innovations for SMR
Funding since 2024
Prof. Dr. Marco K. Koch, Faculty of Civil Engineering - HADRON-2030 - Access to physics with hadrons at the frontier of knowledge: fundamental research and applications
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Mikhail Mikhasenko & Prof. Dr. Farah Afzal, Faculty for Physics and Astronomy - MaxH2DR – Maximise H2 Enrichment in Direct Reduction Shaft Furnaces
Funding since 2022
Prof. Dr. Viktor Scherer, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - METES - Metals as energy storage
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Martin Schiemann, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - PHARES – Powerplant Hybrid Application for REegional Segment
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Francesca di Mare, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - PQC SCAN - Post-quantum cryptography - Security and Cryptanalysis
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Alexander May, Faculty of Computer Science - PUSH-IT – Piloting Underground Storage of Heat In geoThermal reservoirs
Funding since 2023
David Bruhn, Fraunhofer IEG - RealiseD – Comprehensive methodological and operational approach to clinical trials in rare and ultra-rare diseases
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Holger Dette, Faculty of Mathematics - RECONNECTED – A complex systems approach towards REsilient and CONNECTED vulnerable European communities in times of change
Funding since 2023
Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider, Faculty of Psychology - SASPAM-SA – Safety Analysis of SMR with PAssive Mitigation strategies - Severe Accident
Funding since 2022
Prof. Dr. Marco K. Koch, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - SOCRATES – Assessment of Liquid Source Term for Accidental Post Management Phase
Funding since 2024
Prof. Dr. Marco K. Koch, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - SOLARUP – Advanced Strategies for Development of Sustainable Semiconductors for Scalable Solar Cell Applications
Funding since 2022
Prof. Dr. Silvana Botti, Research Center Future Energy Materials - SpinDataCom – SPIN-V(E)CSELS FOR ULTRAFAST AND HIGHLY-EFFICIENT SPACE AND EARTH DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Nils Gerhardt, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - STAGE – Stay Healthy Through Ageing. An Integrated Life-Course Approach for Person-Centred Solutions and Care for Ageing with Multi-morbidity in the European Regions
Funding since 2024
Prof. Dr. Stefan Berger, Institut für Soziale Bewegungen - STAY2ME – Silicon Through holes by Accumulative interplaY of 2 Micron short pulsEs
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Clara Saraceno, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - STORCITO – Sustainable Transformation Of Rural Communities via Technical, social and Organizational innovations
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Faculty of Economics - superProDR - Advancing DR efficiency and stability through coating and digital innovation
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Martin Schiemann, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - SWORDFISH - Secure Wallets for Operational Reliability in Data-space Federation, Interoperability, Security & Zero-Knowledge PETs
Funding since 2026
Prof. Dr. Ghassan Karame, Faculty of Computer Science - TAICo – Teacher-AI Complementarity
Funding since 2025
Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel, Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research
Overview
EU Projects
Numerous collaborative projects and individual research projects at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum are funded by the European Commission.
Collaborative Projects Coordinated at RUB
Current participation in EU joint projects
Completed collaborative projects under Horizon Europe
- CO2NSTRUCT – Modelling the role of circular economy construction value chains for a carbon-neutral Europe
Funding 2022-2026
Prof. Dr. Martina Flörke, Faculty of Civil Engineering - CONVOLVE– Seamless design of smart edge processors
Funding 2022-2026
Prof. Dr. Tim Güneysu, Faculty of Computer Science - DiCE – Digital health in Circular Economy
Funding 2022-2026
Prof. Dr. Christian Meske, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft - DWARC – Dealing with a Resurgent China
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Dr. Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Faculty of East Asian Studies - EDIH Suedwestfalen – European Digital Innovation Hub for employee-centered digital transformation in South Westphalia
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Bernd Kuhlenkötter, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - enCRYPTON – Twinning towards excellence for Privacy Enhancing Technologies leveraging Homomorphic Encryption
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Dr. Amir Moradi, Faculty of Computer Science - FrontSeat – Fostering Opportunities Towards Slovak Excellence in Advanced Control for Smart Industries
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Dr. Martin Mönnigmann, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - INDIGO – Integration and Digital Demonstration of Low-emission Aircraft Technologies and Airport Operations
Funding 2023-2026
Prof. Dr. Francesca Di Mare, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - MeBattery – MEDIATED BIPHASIC BATTERY
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry - REWIRE – REWiring the ComposItional Security VeRification and AssurancE of Systems of Systems Lifecycle
Funding 2022-2025
Prof. Ghassan Karame, Faculty of Computer Science - TRANSFORMER – Designing long-term systemic transformation frameworks for regions – Accellerating the shift to climate neutrality
Funding 2022-2024
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese, Faculty of Geosciences
ERC Projects
MSCA Doctoral Networks
Good to Know
The EU projects at Ruhr University Bochum form part of the Horizon 2020 programme. The European Union thus supports outstanding research since 2014. The projects are intended to yield innovations for the future. In this way, the EU is also strengthening it’s research landscape and bringing science, industry, and society together for productive developments from Europe.
Research Projects