Research Units

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

Research Units coordinated at RUB

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

FOR 2150: Relativity in Social Cognition: Antecedents and Consequences of Comparative Thinking
University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hofmann
Funding since 2014

FOR 2092: Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes: Spatiotemporal Organization of Photosynthetic Protein Complex Assembly
LMU Munich
Prof. Dr. Danja Schünemann
Funding since 2014

FOR 2093: Memristive Devices for Neuronal Systems
Kiel University
Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Ochs
Funding since 2014

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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