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NEUROSCIENCES

Research
in Germany

Researchin Germany

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Published by: German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany
Editor: Vera Pfister
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NEUROSCIENCES

PREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the field of
neurosciences and is especially recommended to early career researchers fromabroad.
Neuroscience research in Germany is primarily conducted at universities but also at
non-university research institutions. Almost all universities and many universities ofapplied sciences host a neuroscience research section. The spectrum ranges fromsmall monothematic working groups to large interdisciplinary departments and covers
a variety of topics from traditional areas to new explorative research fields.
This brochure is intended to give an initial overview. The following map and tables
highlight research consortia and graduate training programmes at universities andnon-university research institutes with a main focus on neurosciences.
On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude ofindividual projects in the area of neurosciences. These individual grants outweigh theresearch consortia both in number and in overall funding volume. Towards the end of
this brochure, you will find a link to the online database GEPRIS that provides an
overview of all DFG-funded research projects. You will also find additional important
links for further information about profiles of German universities, research institutions
and funding.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

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OVERVIEW

Research Training Groups

Helmholtz Graduate Schools

International Research Training Groups

Leibniz Graduate Schools

Integrated Research Training Groups in
Collaborative Research Centres/TransregiosInternational Max Planck
Research Schools

Clinical Research Units

Fraunhofer Institutes

Research Units

Helmholtz Centres

Clusters of Excellence

Leibniz Institutes

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

Max Planck Institutes
Others

DFG-funded Priority Programmes and several Research Units are not shown on the map since they
are not necessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 14, 15 and 19.
The map shows the headquarters of the non-university research institutions.
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CENTRES OF RESEARCH- funded by dfg Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen
the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive
fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career
researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive
between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, startingin 2019. A second seven-year period is possible.
Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established atuniversities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programmecrossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The
traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university
and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key
objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers
may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework ofan Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded
for a period of up to 12 years.

CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

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Title

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Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
2019

www.neurocure.de

Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

NeuroCure –Comprehensive Approaches
to Neurological andPsychiatric Disorders – From
Mechanisms to Interventions(EXC 2049)

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

ImmunoSensation2 – The
Immune Sensory System(EXC 2151)

2019

www.immuno
sensation.de

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Multiscale Bioimaging: From
Molecular Machines to
Networks of Excitable Cells(EXC 2067)

2019

www.mbexc.de

Hannover

Leibniz Universität
HannoverHearing4all: Medicine, Basic
Research and Engineering
Solutions for Personalized
Hearing Care (H4A 2.0)
(EXC 2177)

2019

www.hearing4all.de

Universität Konstanz

Centre for the Advanced
Study of Collective Behaviour(EXC 2117)

2019

www.collective
behaviour.com

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Munich Cluster for Systems
Neurology (SyNergy)(EXC 2145)

2019

www.synergymunich.de

BerlinBonn

Freie Universität
BerlinMedizinische
HochschuleHannoverOldenburg

Konstanz

Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities
collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of thecooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint
research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among theparticipating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use ofresources. There is also the option of international Transregios.

Institution

MunichCarl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Technische
Universität München

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinScaffolding of Membranes:
Molecular Mechanisms andCellular Functions (CRC 958)

2011

www.sfb958.de

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Mechanisms andDisturbances in Memory
Consolidation: From Synapses
to Systems (CRC 1315)

2018www.sfb1315.deBochumRuhr-Universität
BochumExtinction Learning(CRC 1280)

2017

www.sfb1280.ruhruni-bochum.de

BochumRuhr-Universität
BochumIntegration and
Representation of Sensory
Processes (CRC 874)2010

www.ruhr-unibochum.de/sfb874

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

CENTRES OF RESEARCH

Institution

Title

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

Synaptic Micronetworks in
Health and Disease(CRC 1089)

2013

www.sfb1089.deUniversität zu Köln

Key Mechanisms of Motor
Control in Health andDisease (CRC 1451)

2021

www.crc1451.unikoeln.de

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Volition and Cognitive
Control: Mechanisms,
Modulators and Dysfunctions(CRC 940)

2012

www.tu-dresden.de/
sfb940Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Cognition of Interaction(CRC 1528)

2022

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Cellular Mechanisms of
Sensory Processing(CRC 889)

2010

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Quantitative Synaptology(CRC 1286)

Universität Hamburg
Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Bonn

CologneHamburg
Frankfurt/
Main
Heidelberg

Magdeburg

Oldenburg

Saarbrücken

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Funded Since

Contact

Location

Institution

Title

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Robust Vision – Inference
Principles and Neural
Mechanisms (CRC 1233)

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Freiburg

www.sfb889.unigoettingen.de

BerlinCharité Universitätsmedizin
Berlin2017

www.sfb1286.deDresdenTechnische Universität

Multi-Site Communication in
the Brain (CRC 936)

2011

www.sfb936.net

Molecular and Cellular
Mechanisms of Neural
Homeostasis (CRC 1080)

2012

www.crc1080.com

From Nociception to Chronic
Pain: Structure-Function
Properties of Neural
Pathways and their
Reorganisation (CRC 1158)

2015

Otto-von-GuerickeUniversität
Magdeburg

Neural Resources of
Cognition (CRC 1436)

2021

Carl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Magnetoreception andNavigation in Vertebrates:from Biophysics to Brain and
Behaviour (CRC 1372)

2019

Universität desSaarlandes

Ca2+Signaling: Molecular
Mechanisms und Integrative
Functions (CRC 894)

2010

www.sfb1158.de

www.iknd.ovgu.de/en/SFB+1436.html

Contactwww.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/collaborativeresearch-centers/
crc-1233

Charité Universitätsmedizin
BerlinWürzburg

Universität Würzburg
Universität DuisburgEssen

Hamburg

Universität Hamburg

Marburg

Phillips-Universität
Marburg

GießenMarburg

2016

www.sfb-trr167.unifreiburg.de

Losing and Regaining
Control over Drug Intake:
From Trajectories to
Mechanisms to Interventions(TRR 265)2019www.sfb-trr265.
charite.de

Retuning Dynamic Motor
Network Disorders Using
Neuromodulation(TRR 295)

2020

www.sfb-retune.deTreatment Expectation – The
Impact of Expectation on
Health Outcome(TRR 289)

2020

www.treatmentexpectation.de

Cardinal Mechanisms ofPerception: Prediction,
Valuation, Categorisation(TRR 135)2013

www.uni-giessen.de/research/researchorganizations/crc/
SFBTRR135en

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

BerlinDuisburgEssen

Development, Function and
Potential of Myeloid Cells in
the Central Nervous System(NeuroMac) (TRR 167)

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

DresdenHeidelberg

www.sfb1372.de

www.sfb894.unisaarland.de

2016

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS

www.uni-goettingen.
de/de/652672

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Funded Since

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen
Phillips-Universität
Marburg

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Location

Institution

Title

Frankfurt/
Main

Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Initiating/Effector versus
Regulatory Mechanisms in
Multiple Sclerosis – Progress
towards Tackling the Disease(TRR 128)2012

www.sfbtr128.de

Crossmodal Learning:
Adaptivity, Prediction andInteraction (TRR 169)2015

www.crossmodallearning.org

Checkpoints of Central
Nervous System Recovery(TRR 274)

2020

www.sfb274.de

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Münster

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Funded Since

Contact

Technische
Universität München
Hamburg
Beijing(China)MunichGöttingen> 12

Universität Hamburg
Tsinghua University
Technische
Universität München
Georg-AugustUniversität
Göttingen

13 <RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Research Units (FOR) often contribute to establishing new research directions. Research
Units are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project
which is often of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchersand subprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit are often located at several
locations throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years.
In case most of a Research Unit’s subprojects are located at one place, it is represented
in the map.

RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Synaptic Pathology in Autoimmune Encephalitis– SYNABS (FOR 3004)
Subprojects mainly located in: Jena2019

www.uniklinikum-jena.de/synabs/en

ImmunoStroke: From Immune Cells to Stroke Recovery(FOR 2879)
Subprojects mainly located in: Essen

2019

www.immunostroke.de/Role of Translocator Protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) as a
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target in the Nervous
System (FOR 2858)
Subprojects mainly located in: Regensburg

2019

www.uni-regensburg.de/research/for-2858

Synapses under Stress: Early Events Induced by
Metabolic Failure at Glutamatergic Synapses(FOR 2795)

2018

www.for2795.hhu.de

Dissection of a Brain Circuit: Structure, Plasticity and
Behavioral Function of the Drosophila Mushroom
Body (FOR 2705)

2018

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/601524.html

2018www.tec4tic.uni-luebeck.de

Funded Since

Contact

Cognitive Theory for Tourette Syndrome – A Novel
Perspective (FOR 2698)
Subprojects mainly located in: Lübeck

Modulation of Brain Networks for Memory andLearning by Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation:
A Systematic, Lifespan Approach (FOR 5429)
Subprojects mainly located in: Greifswald

2022

tba

Epileptogenesis of Genetic Epilepsies (FOR 2715)

2017

www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/
en-de/medizinische-fakultaet/
forschung/forschergruppen/
for-2715

Modulation of Olfaction: How Recurrent Circuits
Govern State-dependent Behaviour (FOR 5424)

2022

tba

2016

www.protect-move.de

From Imprecision to Robustness in Neural Circuit
Assembly (FOR 5289)

2022

www.gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/453877723

Reduced Penetrance in Hereditary Movement
Disorders: Elucidating Mechanisms of Endogenous
Disease Protection (FOR 2488)
Subprojects mainly located in: Lübeck

Towards Precision Psychotherapy for Non-respondent
Patients: From Signatures to Predictions to ClinicalUtility (FOR 5187)

2022

www.gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/442075332

Plasticity versus Stability – Molecular Mechanisms of
Synaptic Strength (FOR 2419)
Subprojects mainly located in: Hamburg

2017

Membrane Trafficking Processes Underlying
Presynaptic Proteostasis (FOR 5228)

2021

www.syntophagy.de

www.uke.de/english/departmentsinstitutes/centers/center-formolecular-neurobiology-hamburg(zmnh)/research-unit-for-2419.html

2015www.for2289.de

Resolving the Prefrontal Circuits of Cognitive
Flexibility (FOR 5159)

2021

www.for5159.de

Constructing Scenarios of the Past: A New Framework in Episodic Memory (FOR 2812)
Subprojects mainly located in: Bochum

Calcium Homeostasis in Neuroinflammation and-degeneration: New Targets for Therapy of Multiple
Sclerosis? (FOR 2289)
Subprojects mainly located in: Heidelberg

2021

www.for2812.rub.de

2014www.for2240.de

Affective and Cognitive Mechanisms of SpecificInternet-use Disorders (ACSID) (FOR 2974)
Subprojects mainly located in: Duisburg(Lymph)Angiogenesis And Cellular Immunity in
Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye (FOR 2240)
Subprojects mainly located in: Cologne

2020

www.uni-due.de/for2974

Neurobiology of Affective Disorders: A Translational
Perspective on Brain Structure and Function(FOR 2107)

2014

www.for2107.de

Title

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CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Clinical Research Units (KFO) provide outstanding researchers the opportunity to carryout close, medium-term cooperation in a special research project in the field of diseaseor patient-oriented clinical research. Clinical Research Units are usually located at one
institution. As a rule, they receive funding for up to six years.

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CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS
Location

Institution

Title

Würzburg

Universitätsklinikum
Würzburg

Peripheral Mechanisms ofPain and Their Resolution(KFO 5001)

Funded Since
2020

Contactwww.ukw.de/
research/clinicalresearch-groupkfo-5001

17 <PRIORITY PROGRAMMES- funded by dfg Priority Programmes (SPP) have a programmatic focus and the purpose of advancing
knowledge in an emerging field of research through collaborative networked support.
They are characterised by their enhanced quality of research through the use of new
methods and forms of collaboration in emerging fields. As a rule, one programme canconsist of up to 30 individual subprojects located at several institutions across Germany; it
usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes normally receive funding for aperiod of up to six years.

PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Sensing LOOPS: Cortico-subcortical Interactions for
Adaptive Sensing (SPP 2411)

2022

www.brainloops.de

Local and Peripheral Drivers of Microglial Diversity
and Function (SPP 2395)

2022

www.gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/461101128

Evolutionary Optimisation of Neuronal Processing(SPP 2205)

2020

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/618311.html

Gene and Cell Based Therapies to Counteract
Neuroretinal Degeneration (SPP 2127)

2018

www.spp2127.deComputational Connectomics (SPP 2041)

2017

www.spp2041.dePriority Programmes are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the overall themes
and the project website are listed.

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NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSNON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTES

Fraunhofer Society is one of the world’s leading organisations for applied researchwith an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros, 75 institutes and more than
30,000 employees. Fraunhofer’s R&D portfolio covers a wide range of fields,
including health, security, communications, transport, energy and the environment.
www.fraunhofer.de
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges facing society,science and industry with world-level research in six areas: energy, earth and environment, health, key technologies, structure of matter and aeronautics, space and transport. With more than 43,000 employees in 19 research centres and an annual
budget of approximately 5 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s
largest scientific organisation. www.helmholtz.de
The Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 97 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 2 billion euros. Some 11,500 researchers – approximately 25% ofthem from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural andengineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest
independent non-profit research organisations. A combined total of more than 15,300
researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 86 Max Planck
Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences
and humanities. www.mpg.de

AachenFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied
Ecology (IME)www.ime.fraunhofer.deBerlinFraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration(IZM)

www.izm.fraunhofer.deBremenFraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing (MEVIS)

www.mevis.fraunhofer.
deLeipzig

Fraunhofer Institute for Cell-Therapy and Immunology (IZI)

www.izi.fraunhofer.de

St. Augustin

Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific
Computing (SCAI)

www.scai.fraunhofer.
deSt. Ingbert

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Techniques (IBMT)

www.ibmt.fraunhofer.
deBerlin-Buch

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)

www.mdc-berlin.deBerlinGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

www.dzne.de

CologneGerman Aerospace Center DLR Cologne

www.dlr.de/dlr

DresdenHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden/Rossendorf (HZDR)

www.hzdr.de

Heidelberg

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

www.dkfz.de

JülichForschungszentrum Jülich

www.fz-juelich.deKarlsruhe

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

www.kit.edu

MunichHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center
for Environmental Healthwww.helmholtzmuenchen.de/en/
helmholtz-zentrummuenchen/index.html

BerlinLeibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP)

www.leibniz-fmp.de

BorstelResearch Center Borstel – Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)

www.fz-borstel.de

DortmundLeibniz Research Centre of Working Environment andHuman Factors (IfaDo)

www.ifado.de

GöttingenGerman Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute forPrimate Researchwww.dpz.eu

HELMHOLTZ CENTRES

Bonn
DresdenGöttingen
Magdeburg
MunichR ostock/
Greifswald
Tübingen
WittenLEIBNIZ INSTITUTES

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NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSInstitution

Contact

Leibniz Institute for Age-Research – Fritz Lipmann Institut
e.V. (FLI)

www.leibniz-fli.de

Magdeburg

Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)

www.lin-magdeburg.de

BerlinMax Planck Institute for Human Development

www.mpib-berlin.mpg.
deFreiburg

BonnCenter for Advanced European Studies and Research(Associated Institute)www.caesar.deH eidelberg/
Mannheim

CologneMax Planck Institute for Metabolism Researchwww.sf.mpg.de

MunichDresdenMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology andGenetics

www.mpi-cbg.de

Frankfurt/
Main

Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) gGmbH(Associated Institute)www.esi-frankfurt.deT übingenand otherlocationsFrankfurt/
Main

Max Planck Institute for Brain Researchwww.brain.mpg.deFrankfurt/
Main

Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organizationwww.ds.mpg.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Scienceswww.mpibpc.mpg.de

Jena

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

www.ice.mpg.de

Leipzig

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain
Scienceswww.cbs.mpg.de

Martinsried(Munich)Seewiesen

Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligencewww.bi.mpg.de

MunichMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry

www.psych.mpg.deStuttgart

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

www.is.mpg.de

TübingenMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

www.kyb.tuebingen.
mpg.deTübingenMax Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

www.eb.tuebingen.
mpg.deJena

MA X- PL ANCK- INSTITUTES

www.aesthetics.mpg.
deLocation

Institution

Contact
OTHERS

Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience –Bringing together Experimental Approaches in
Neurobiology with Theoretical Models and Computer
Simulations, Developing New Approaches for Scientific
Insight, Technical Applications, and Machine Learning

www.bernstein-network.
deFrankfurt/
Main

Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)

www.fias.instituteGöttingen

European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G)

www.eni.gwdg.deMannheim

Central Institute of Mental Healthwww.zi-mannheim.de

Tübingen

Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Researchwww.hih-tuebingen.deBerlinFrankfurt/
Main
Göttingen

Tübingen

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GRADUATE TRAINING- funded by dfg Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme atuniversities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom toform an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also
have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years.
International Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral
training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The researchand study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the
programme spend six months at the partner institution.
Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/
Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim ofthese structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with
opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The
programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an
academic network. Working in Clusters of Excellence or Collaborative Research Centres
projects, doctoral researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research assistants inthese projects, they contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They are closely involved
with the projects and have access to the entire project infrastructure.

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GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
RheinischWestfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

MultiSenses-MultiScales:
Novel Approaches to
Decipher Neural Processingin Multisensory Integration(RTG 2416)

2018

www.rtg2416.rwthaachen.de

Ruhr-Universität
BochumSituated Cognition – New
Concepts in InvestigatingCore Mental Phenomena(RTG 2185)

2016

www.situatedcognition.com

Universität zu Köln

Neural Circuit Analysis on
the Cellular and Subcellular
Level (RTG 1960)2014

www.rtg-nca.unikoeln.deFriedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg

Neurodevelopment andVulnerability of the Central
Nervous System (RTG 2162)

2015

www.grk2162.med.
fau.deRuprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Impact of Adverse
Childhood Experience on
Psychiatric and Somatic
Disorders across the Lifespan(RTG 2350)

2018

www.grk2350.deUniversität Kassel

Biological Clocks on Multiple
Time Scales (RTG 2749)

2022

www.uni-kassel.de/
forschung/multiscaleclocks

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

Materials for Brain (M4B):
Thin Film Functional
Materials for Minimally
Invasive Therapy of Brain
Diseases (RTG 2154)

2016

www.grk2154.unikiel.de

Magdeburg

Otto-von-GuerickeUniversität
Magdeburg

The Ageing Synapse –Molecular, Cellular andBehavioral Underpinnings of
Cognitive Decline (RTG 2413)

2018

www.synage.de

Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Molecular Basis of Sensory
Biology (RTG 1885)

2012

www.uol.de/sensorybio

Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Neuromodulation of Motorand Cognitive Function in
Brain Health and Disease(RTG 2783)

2022

TBA

Regensburg

Universität
Regensburg

Neurobiology of Emotion
Dysfunctions (RTG 2174)

2016

www.ur.de/research/grk-emotion

AachenBochum
Osnabrück

CologneErlangenNuremberg
Heidelberg

KasselKiel

Universität
Osnabrück

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Location

Institution

Title

Würzburg

Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

Neural Mechanisms of(Mal)adaptive Approachand Avoidance Behaviour(RTG 2660)

GRADUATE TRAINING
Funded Since
2021

Contact

Location

Institution

Title

www.uni-wuerzburg.
de/grk2660

www.sfb1089.de

www.transcampus.
eu/project/mentalhealth/irtg2773

MGK – Integrated ResearchTraining Group „Synaptic
Microcircuits“ within:
Synaptic Micronetworks in
Health and Disease(CRC 1089)

2013

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Volition andCognitive Control:
Mechanisms, Modulatorsand Dysfunctions (CRC 940)

2012

www.tu-dresden.de/bereichsuebergrei
fendes/sfb940/
research/zzentralprojekte/mgk

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Graduate School within:
Molecular and Cellular
Mechanisms of Neural
Homoeostasis (CRC 1080)

2012

www.crc1080.com/
young-scientists/
graduate-school

Universität Hamburg

Graduate Programme within:
Multi-Site Communication in
the Brain (CRC 936)

2011

www.sfb936.net/
curriculum-graduatetraining

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
DresdenLondon(GreatBritain))Technische
Universität DresdenKing’s College
LondonAachenRheinisch-Westfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

Philadelphia(USA)

University ofPennsylvania

Gießen/Marburg

Universitätsklinikum
Gießen und
Marburg

Risks and Pathomechanismsof Affective Disorders(IRTG 2773)

2022

The Neuroscience ofModulating Aggression and
Impulsivity in Psychopathology(IRTG 2150)

2015

The Brain in Action(IRTG 1901)

2012www.irtg2150.rwthaachen.de

www.irtg-brainact.de

Frankfurt/
Main

Hamburg

Funded Since

Contact

Kingston(Canada)Queens University

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/
TRANSREGIOS

London(Canada)Western University

BerlinToronto(Canada)York University

TübingenUppsala(Schweden)

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen
Uppsala University

Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin
Women’s Mental Healthacross the Reproductive Years(IRTG 2804)

2022

tba

Freiburg

Hamburg

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinResearch Training Group
within: Scaffolding of
Membranes – Molecular
Mechanisms and Cellular
Functions (CRC 958)

2011

www.sfb958.de/graduiertenkolleg

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Research Training Group
within: Mechanisms andDisturbances in Memory
Consolidation: From Synapses
to Systems (CRC 1315)

2018www.sfb1315.deBochumRuhr-Universität
BochumIntegrated Research Training
Group within: Integration
and Representation of
Sensory Processes(CRC 874)2010

www.sfb874.
ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
graduate-programme> 26Freie Universität
BerlinBeijing(China)Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg
Universität Hamburg
Tsinghua University

Graduate Program“NeuroMac School” within:
Development, Function and
Potential of Myeloid Cells in
the Central Nervous System(NeuroMac) (TRR 167)2016www.sfb-trr167.
uni-freiburg.de/irtgneuromac-school

International ResearchTraining Group within:
Crossmodal Learning:
Adaptivity, Prediction andInteraction (TRR 169)2015

www.crossmodallearning.org

27 <GRADUATE TRAINING- at non - university research institutions Helmholtz Graduate Schools provide a roof under which a varied number of curricula
in different fields, or across disciplines, can find a home. Helmholtz Graduate
Schools constitute a valuable addition to the wide range of training programmes
available within the Helmholtz Association. They offer optimal conditions for PhD
students to work and enable them to create a network of contacts with fellow
university researchers while also fostering the integration of participants into theresearch environment.
Leibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion ofjunior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates
in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end,
Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution
focuses on clearly defined, socially-relevant themes, doctoral candidates have a
wealth of networking opportunities in a large, dedicated scientific community. The
particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which
includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoralcandidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application.
International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German andinternational junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent
research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max
Planck Institutes. These IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other– sometimes international – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary
framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage ininterdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.
Max Planck Schools are a joint initiative of the Max Planck Society, German
universities and the German research organizations. As national networks of graduate
education, the Max Planck Schools complement the highly successful regional
cooperation formats such as the International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS).
The three pilot Schools will receive a total of nine million euros in funding from theFederal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) each year over an initial periodof five years. Max Planck Schools are not shown on the map.
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Location

Title

Contact
HELMHOLTZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Berlin-Buch

Helmholtz Graduate School "Molecular Cell Biology"

www.mdc-berlin.de/
phdHeidelberg

Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Researchwww.dkfz.de/en/
phd-program

MunichHelmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health – HELENA

www.helmholtzhelena.de

LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Göttingen

Leibniz Graduate School for Emerging Infectious Diseases(EIDIS)

www.dpz.eu/en/
career/graduatetraining/emerginginfectious-diseases.
html

Jena

Leibniz Graduate School on Ageing and Age-Related Diseases(LGSA)

www.lgsa.leibniz-fli.
de

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)BonnIMPRS for Brain and Behavior

www.imprs-brainbehavior.mpg.de

DresdenIMPRS for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology

www.imprscelldevosys.deFrankfurt/
Main

IMPRS for Neural Circuits

www.brain.mpg.de/
graduate-studies

Göttingen

IMPRS for Molecular Biology

www.gpmolbio.unigoettingen.de

Göttingen

IMPRS for Neurosciences

www.gpneuro.unigoettingen.de

Göttingen

IMPRS for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/58718

Jena

IMPRS Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular
and Chemical Techniques

www.imprs.ice.mpg.
deKonstanz

IMPRS for Organismal Biology

www.orn.mpg.
de/2453/Short_
portraitLeipzig

IMPRS NeuroCom

www.imprs-neurocom.
mpg.deMartinsried(Munich)IMPRS for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences

www.imprs-ls.
opencampus.net

MunichIMPRS for Translational Psychiatry

www.imprs-tp.mpg.de

Tübingen

IMPRS for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience

www.neuroschooltuebingen.de

Tübingen

IMPRS From Molecules to Organisms

www.imprs.tuebingen.
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Location

Title

Contact

variouslocations

Max Planck School of Cognition

MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS
www.cognition.
maxplanckschools.org

SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONSIN GERMANY
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience: www.bernstein-network.de
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biologische Psychiatrie (DGBP): www.dgbp.de (DE)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC): www.dgnc.de (DE)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie e.V. (DGN): www.dgn.org (DE)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie e.V.(DGNR): www.dgnr.org (DE)German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN):
www.dgppn.de
German Neuroscience Society (GNS): www.nwg-info.de
German Psychological Society (DGPs): www.dgps.deGerman Society of Developmental Biology (GfE): www.vbio.de/gfeentwicklungsbiologie
German Society of Neurogenetics (DGNG): www.dgng.de
German Society for Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy (DGNN):
www.dgnn.de (DE)Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM):
www.gbm-online.de/the-gbm

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OPEN POSITIONSFURTHER INFORMATIONRESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, PROJECTS, FUNDING, CONTACTS

Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/jobs
Fraunhofer Society: www.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs-and-career.html
Helmholtz Association: www.helmholtz.de/en/career/job-vacancies
Leibniz Society: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/jobs.html
Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard

The “Research in Germany” Portal: Information on research
and funding opportunities, academic and research-related
job portals, as well as advice on preparing a research
stay or initiating a collaboration with German researchorganisations. www.research-in-germany.org
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
database providing information about all current DFGfunded research projects and contact information for the
Principal Investigators. www.gepris.dfg.deGerman Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on morethan 25,000 institutes at German universities and nonuniversity research institutions, searchable by geographic
location, subject and other structural criteria. www.gerit.org
Website of the DFG: Further background information about
DFG funding programmes, funding guidelines, and lists ofcurrently DFG-funded activities. www.dfg.de
The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) Research Map:
The interactive HRK Research Map database provides
information on the research priorities that are of strategic
institutional importance for each university.
www.hrk.de/home (go to Research Map)
The Higher Education Compass: Information on Germany’s
higher education institutions, the range of courses andprogrammes that they offer, their worldwide cooperation,
and who to contact locally.
www.hochschulkompass.de/en/study-in-germany

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Contact
German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG Head Office Germany
www.dfg.deresearchmarketing@dfg.de