Spruce tree in a symbiotic community.

Research

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY: these three profile areas form the core of Friedrich Schiller University's interdisciplinary research profile.​
Spruce tree in a symbiotic community.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Latest Research News

Special poison helps to compete with bacteria on mucous membranes
Candida albicans toxin plays a special role in the colonization of the digestive tract
Candida albicans in the yeast and hyphae form on human epithelial cells.
Image: Leibniz-HKI
An earthquake in the living cell
The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding a project with 750,000 euros in the "CZS Wildcard" programme
Prof Dr Volker Deckert in his laboratory at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Jena. He is leading the ambitious project together with colleagues from the University of Ulm and the ITB in Bingen.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Living alone doesn't have to mean being lonely
University psychologists examine the benefits and risks of living alone in midlife
Walking alone. Around 20 per cent of adult Germans are living alone.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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Service for Researchers

The University of Jena supports its researchers in the application and implementation of research projects as well as in the initiation and implementation of research and cooperation projects with partners from science and industry along the entire innovation process.

Brainstorming over paper
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Third-party funding portal and roadmap
You would like to apply for a third-party funded project? We advice you, from the application to the implementation of your project.
Start up- and Innovation day
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Transfer
We offer you support, from the idea to the successful market launch.
Flyer Research Data Management
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Research Data Management
Please find advice here, from data management plans to quality assurance for your research data.

Research Profile

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a research-oriented university with a broad range of subjects and a dense network of cooperations on a regional, national and international level. Their research success builds on discipline-oriented individual projects and on interdisciplinary, coordinated research networks. 

Local. Regional. International - Our Network

Panorama Jena
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Network
With the Friedrich Schiller University as the driving force, a unique culture of cooperation has developed in Jena. Here, the university, non-university research institutions, university hospital, university of applied sciences, foundations and high-tech industry work closely together to form a vibrant, productive and highly visible science and business region with partners all over the world.

Guidelines and Information for Researchers

Contact

Vice President for Research

Universitätshauptgebäude, Room 1.23
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Service Centre for Research and Transfer

Universitätshauptgebäude, Room 2.06
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Research Data Management Helpdesk

JenTower, Room 08N01
Leutragraben 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link