Research Units

The German Research Foundation supports numerous outstanding researchers at Ruhr University. Research groups often pave the way for new research directions.

Research Units coordinated at Ruhr University

FOR 5620: Simulation-based design of the production optimized fabrication of load-optimized freeform structures using laser metal deposition (DED-LB/M)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Ostendorf
Funding starts in 2025

FOR 2881: Diffusion chronometry of magmatic systems
Prof. Dr. Sumit Chakraborty
Funding since 2020

FOR 2982: Unusual Anode Reactions (UNODE)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann
Funding since 2020

FOR 2812: Constructing Scenarios of the Past: A New Framework in Episodic Memory
Prof. Dr. Sen Cheng
Funding since 2019

FOR 2416: Space-Time Dynamics of Extreme Floods (SPATE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas H. Schumann
Funding since 2017

FOR 2363: Evaluation of Building Design Variants in Early Phases on the Basis of Adaptive Detailing Strategies
Prof. Dr. Markus König
Funding since 2016

FOR 2288: Journal Literature: Format Conditions, Visual Design, Reception Cultures
Prof. Dr. Nicola Kaminski
Funding since 2016

Participation in Research Units

FOR 5254: Enhancing Lasting Learning by Generative Drawing Through Integration of Retrieval Practice
Universität Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Julian Roelle
Funding since 2022

FOR 5393: The Future Smart Town
Universität Münster
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel
Funding since 2022

FOR 2898 Military Cultures of Violence – Illegitimate Military Violence from the Early Modern Period to the Second World War
Universität Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Markus Koller
Funding since 2021

FOR 5381: Mathematical Statistics in the Information Age - Statistical Efficiency and Computational Tractability
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Holger Dette
Funding since 2021

FOR 3031: NORMAL#VERRÜCKT Zeitgeschichte einer erodierenden Differenz
Düsseldorf University
Prof. Dr. Armin Schäfer
Funding since 2021
FOR 2974: Affective and Cognitive Mechanisms of Specific Internet-Use Disorders (ACSID)
University Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Martin Diers, Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf
Funding since 2020

FOR 2973: Being Catholic in the German Federal Republic. Semantics, Practices, and Emotions in Western Germany's Society 1965-1989/90 (German website)
University Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Damberg, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Florian Michael Bock
Funding since 2020

FOR 2848: Nanoscale Architecture and Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane
University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Konstanze Winklhofer
Funding since 2019

FOR 2795: Synapses Under Stress: Early Events Induced by Metabolic Failure at Glutamatergic Synapses
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Reiner
Funding since 2019

FOR 2825: Concrete Damage Assessment by Coda Waves (CoDA)
Technical University of Munich
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mark, Prof. Dr. Günther Meschke, Dr.-Ing. Jithender J. Timothy
Funding since 2019

FOR 2305: The Discursivation of the New. Tradition and Renewal in Medieval and Pre-modern Texts
FU Berlin
Prof. Dr. David Nelting
Funding since 2016

FOR 2372: G Protein Signalling Cascades: With New Molecular Probes and Modulators Towards Novel Pharmacological Concepts
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Prof. Dr. Daniela Wenzel
Funding since 2016

FOR 2397: Multiskalen-Analyse komplexer Dreiphasensysteme
TU Clausthal
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann
Funding since 2016

FOR 2433: Switchable Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF-Switches)
TU Dresden
Prof. Dr. Rochus Schmid
Funding since 2016

FOR 2457: Acoustic Sensor Networks
Paderborn University
Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Enzner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Martin
Funding since 2016

More Information

All of the projects funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG) can be found in GEPRIS, the project database of the German Research Foundation.

Research Projects

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