The Cluster of Excellence of Friedrich Schiller University:
Research projects
Projects in coordinated programmes at the University of Jena
Numerous renowned scientific centres, the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", the DFG Research Center iDivExternal link, Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs), Research Training Groups (RTGs) and Research Groups exist at the Friedrich Schiller University. In addition, the University also participates in projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and in the European research programmes.
Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse"
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DFG Research Centre iDiv
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CRC Structural Change of Property
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Units of Excellence
Research Centres
The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-LeipzigExternal link receives funding from the DFG since 2012.
Collaborative Research Centres
DFG Collaborative Research Centres:
CRC 1076 AquaDiva: Understanding the Links Between Surface and Subsurface Biogeosphere (since 2013)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel
CRC/TR 124 FungiNet: Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of interactionExternal link (since 2013)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Axel Brakhage
CRC 1127 ChemBioSys: Chemical Mediators in Complex BiosystemsExternal link (since 2014)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christian HertweckExternal link
CRC 1278 Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies (since 2017)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert
CRC/TR 234 CataLIGHT: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic StudiesExternal link (since 2018)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Sven RauExternal link (Ulm University)
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Benjamin Dietzek de
CRC 1375 NOA: Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic Scales (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulf PeschelExternal link
CRC/TR 294: Structural Change of PropertyExternal link (since 2021)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Hartmut RosaExternal link
Participations in DFG Collaborative Research Centres
CRC/TRR 212 A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche ConstructionExternal link
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Holger Schielzeth
CRC 1288 Practices of comparisons: Ordering and changing the worldExternal link (since 2017)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Johannes Grave de
CRC 1456 Mathematics of Experiment: The challenge of indirect measurements in the natural sciencesExternal link (since 2021)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Michael HabeckExternal link
CRC/TRR 306 Quantum Cooperativity of Light and Matter – QuCoLiMaExternal link (since 2021)
University of Jena collaborateur: Prof. Dr Ralf Röhlsberger de
Research Training Groups
DFG Research Training Groups
RTG 2041 Modell "Romantik". Variation-Reichweite-AktualitätExternal link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Stefan MatuschekExternal link
RTG 2155 ProMoAgeExternal link (since 2016)
Spokesperson MLU Halle: Prof. Dr Andreas SimmExternal link
Deputy Spokesperson University of Jena: Prof. Dr Regine HellerExternal link
IRTG 2324 TreeDì – Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forestsExternal link (since 2017)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Helge BruelheideExternal link
Friedrich Schiller University is one of the applicant universities.
RTG 2522 Strong Dynamics & Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems External link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Holger GiesExternal link
IRTG 2675 META-ACTIVE: Tailored metasurfaces – generating, programming and detecting light (since 2021)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Isabelle Staude
RTG 2732 M-M-M: Materials-Microbe-Microenvironment: Antimicrobial biomaterials with tailored structures and properties (since 2022)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Klaus Jandt de de
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Bettine LöfflerExternal link
RTG 2792 Autonomy of Heteronomous Texts in Antiqity and the Middle Ages (since 2022)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Katharina Bracht de
Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Matthias Perkams de
Further graduate schools / graduate colleges and doctoral schools
Jena School for Microbial CommunicationExternal link
Graduate School "The GDR and the European Dictatorships after 1945"External link
Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change (GSBC)
Jena School Molecular MedicineExternal link
Frege-Kolleg – Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science de
Joint graduate schools / graduate colleges with non-university research institutions
International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical CyclesExternal link
International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular InteractionExternal link
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental ResearchExternal link (HIGRADE)
Leibniz Graduate School on AgeingExternal link
Advanced Photon Science Graduate School of the Helmholtz Institute JenaExternal link (HRS-AP)
International Max Planck Research School for the Science of Human HistoryExternal link
Research Units
DFG Research Units
RU 2179 MAD Soil – Microaggregates: Formation and Turnover of the Structural Building Blocks of Soil (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Kai Uwe TotscheExternal link
RU 2285 Debris Disks in Planetary SystemsExternal link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Alexander V. KrivovExternal link
RU 2518 Functional dynamics of ion channels and transporters (DynIon)External link (since 2015)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Klaus BenndorfExternal link
RU 2783 Probing the Quantum Vacuum at the High-Intensity FrontierExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Holger GiesExternal link
RU 5000 Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity-ecosystems functioning relationshipsExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Nico EisenhauerExternal link (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)
RU 3004 SYNABS – Synaptic pathology in autoimmunie encephalitiesExternal link (since 2019)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Christian GeisExternal link
RU 5151 Quantifying Liver Perfusion-Funtction Relationship in Complex Resection – A Systems Medicine Approach (QuaLiPerF)External link (since 2020)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Dahmen
RU 5301 FuncHeal – The next generation of artificial self-healing materials (seit 2022)
Sprecher: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert
Priority Programmes
DFG Priority Programmes
PP 2248 Polymer-based Batteries
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert de
BMBF Projects
Of the numerous funded projects of the Federal Ministry o Education and Research (BMBF) should be explicitly mentioned:
Innovative Hochschule
- Nucleus Jena External link (in german only)
Research Campus
Twenty20 - Partnerships for Innovation
- 3DsensationExternal link
- InfectControl2020 - Neue AntiinfektionsstrategienExternal link (in german only)
Centres for Innovation Competences
- SEPTOMICSExternal link
- astrOOptics
Käte Hamburger International Centres
Förderung von Gesundheitsregionen
EU-Projects
Ongoing H2020 projects coordinated by the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
POLYSTORAGE - European Training Network in innovative polymers for next-generation electrochemical energy storageExternal link (2019-2023)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert de
VIROINF - Understanding (harmful) virus-host interactions by linking virology and bioinformaticsExternal link (2020-2024)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manja MarzExternal link