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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Research
in Germany

Researchin Germany

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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

PREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the fields of ecology
and evolution and is especially recommended to early career researchers fromabroad.
Ecology and evolution research in Germany is primarily conducted at universities but
also at non-university research institutions. Almost all universities and many universities
of applied sciences host ecology and evolution research sections. The spectrum
ranges from small 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 ecology and evolution.
On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude ofindividual projects in the area of ecology and evolution. These individual grants
outweigh the research 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 findadditional important links for further information about programmes in the fields of
ecology and evolution and profiles of German universities and research institutions.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

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OVERVIEW

Kiel

Plön

Warnemünde

Rostock

Dummerstorf

BorstelHamburg
Geesthacht

Bremerhaven
Oldenburg

BremenHannoverMünster

Bielefeld

Braunschweig
Quedlingburg
GöttingenPotsdam

Marburg

Müncheberg

Halle/Saale
Leipzig

CologneBonn

BerlinGatersleben

Düsseldorf
JülichGreifswald

Dresden

Jena

Frankfurt/Main
Mainz
Kaiserslautern
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

DFG Research Centres

Helmholtz Centres

Clusters of Excellence

Leibniz Institutes

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

Max Planck Institutes

Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
TübingenFreiburg

Radolfzell
Konstanz

MunichSeewiesen

Others
DFG-funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are notnecessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 12 and 14.
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.
DFG Research Centres (FZT) are a strategic funding instrument to concentrate scientificresearch competence in particularly innovative fields and create temporary,internationally visible research priorities at research universities. The thematic focus
must incorporate a high degree of interdisciplinary cooperation. They are open forcooperation with partners from other research institutes, industry, associations andpublic institutions. The centres offer excellent working conditions for early career
researchers and a framework for interdisciplinary cooperation. Unlike the clusters of
excellence, DFG Research Centres are set up in response to thematic calls issued by
the DFG. They have a maximum funding period of 12 years.
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.
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.
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CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
BremenDüsseldorf

Konstanz

Universität Bremen

The Ocean Floor – Earth’s
Uncharted Interface(EXC 2077)

2019

www.marum.de

Heinrich-HeineUniversität
Düsseldorf

CEPLAS Cluster of
Excellence on Plant Sciences– SMART Plants forTomorrow’s Needs(EXC 2048)

2019

www.ceplas.eu

Universität Konstanz

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

2019

www.exc.unikonstanz.de/collective-behaviour

2012

www.idiv.de

DFG RESEARCH CENTRES
Halle/
Saale

Martin-LutherUniversität HalleWittenberg

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Leipzig

Universität Leipzig

German Centre forIntegrative Biodiversity
Research – iDiv (FZT 118)COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
Freie Universität
BerlinPriming and Memory ofOrganismic Responses toStress (CRC 973)

2012

www.sfb973.deUniversität zu Köln

Predictability in Evolution(CRC 1310)

2017

http://crc1310.unikoeln.deGeorg-AugustUniversität
Göttingen

Ecological andSocioeconomic Functions of
Tropical Lowland Rainforest
Transformation Systems(Sumatra, Indonesia)(CRC 990)

2012

www.uni-goettingen.
de/de/310995.html

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Chemical Mediators in
Complex Biosystems(CRC 1127)

2014

www.chembiosys.
de/en

Jena

Friedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

AquaDiva: Understanding
the Links Between Surface
and Subsurface
Biogeosphere (CRC 1076)

2013

www.aquadiva.unijena.de

Kiel

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

Origin and Function of
Metaorganisms (CRC 1182)

2016

www.metaorganismresearch.com

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Microbial Diversity in
Environmental Signal
Response (CRC 987)2012

http://sfb987.de

BerlinCologneGöttingen

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

MunichTechnische
Universität München

Molecular Mechanisms
Regulating Yield and Yield
Stability in Plants (CRC 924)2011

http://sfb924.wzw.
tum.deTübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Molecular Encoding ofSpecificity in Plant Processes(CRC 1101)

2014

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/collaborativeresearch-centers/
sfb-1101.html

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS

KaiserslauternTechnische
Universität
Kaiserslautern

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Bielefeld
Münster

Universität Bielefeld
Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
MünsterBonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

CologneUniversität zu Köln

Braunschweig

Technische
Universität
Braunschweig

Oldenburg> 10Carl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

The Green Hub – Central
Coordinator of Acclimationin Plants (TRR 175)2016

www.tr175.bio.lmu.de

A Novel Synthesis of
Individualisation acrossBehaviour, Ecology and
Evolution:
Niche Choice, Niche
Conformance, Niche
Construction (NC3)(TRR 212)2017

www.uni-bielefeld.
de/biologie/crc212

Future Rural Africa:
Future-Making andSocial-EcologicalTransformation (TRR 228)2017

www.crc228.deEcology, Physiology andMolecular Biology of the
Roseobacter Clade: Towards
a Systems Biology
Understanding of a Globally
Important Clade of Marine
Bacteria (TRR 51)

2010

www.tubraunschweig.de/en/brics/forschung/roseobacter

11 <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.
Research Units are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the thematic focus and the
project websites are listed.

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RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Plant-microbe Communication Through exRNA:
Systems-level Approaches to Explore Molecular
Mechanisms and Agronomic Applications (FOR 5116)

2020

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/433194101

The Role of Nature for Human Well-being in the
Kilimanjaro Social-Ecological System (Kili-SES)(FOR 5064)

2020

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/428658210

Integrating Insect Immunity, Microbiota and Pathogens(FOR 5026)

2020

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/425876005

Ecology and Evolution of Intraspecific Chemodiversity
in Plants (FOR 3000)

2020

www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/verbuende/chemodiversity/

Biotic Interactions, Community Assembly, andEco-Evolutionary Dynamics as Drivers of Long-Term
Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Relationships(FOR 5000)2019

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/422440326

Spatial Community Ecology in Highly Dynamic
Landscapes: From Island Biogeography to
Metaecosystems [DynaCom] (FOR 2716)

2018https://uol.de/en/icbm/
collaborative-projects/dynacom/

Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation(FOR 2569)

2016

www.forland.hu-berlin.de/en/
institut-en/departments/daoe/
forlandProteogenomics of Marine Polysaccharide Utilization(POMPU) (FOR 2406)

2016

www.pompu-project.de

Mountain Exile Hypothesis: How Humans Benefited
from and Re-Shaped African High Altitude Ecosystems
during Quarternary Climatic Changes (FOR 2358)

2016

www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/
bodenbiogeochemie/forschung/projekte/for_2358 (DE)Severity Assessment in Animal Based Research(FOR 2591)

2016

https://severity-assessment.de/Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban
Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics ofTransition (FOR 2432)

2015

www.uni-kassel.de/fb11agrar/
en/sections/home/for2432.html

Denitrification in Agricultural Soils: Integrated Control
and Modelling at Various Scales (DASIM) (FOR 2337)

2015

www.thuenen.de/en/ak/
projects/dasim/

Sociality and the Reversal of the Fecundity-Longevity
Trade-Off (FOR 2281)

2015

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/261675780

MAD Soil – Microaggregates: Formation and Turnoverof the Structural Building Blocks of Soils (FOR 2179)

2015

www.madsoil.uni-jena.de

Sociality and Health in Primates (FOR 2136)

2014

www.sohapi.de

Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes: Spatiotemporal
Organization of Photosynthetic Protein Complex
Assembly (FOR 2092)

2014

www.uni-kl.de/for2092/

The Forgotten Part of Carbon Cycling: Organic Matter
Storage and Turnover in Subsoils (SUBSOM)(FOR 1806)2013

www.subsom.de

13 <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 are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the overall themes
and the project website are listed.

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
Title

Funded FromContact

MAdLand — Molecular Adaptation to Land: Plant
Evolution to Change (SPP 2237)

2020

http://madland.science

Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Plant
Microbiota (DECRyPT) (SPP 2125)

2018

www.ag-zuccaro.botanik.
uni-koeln.de/decrypt.html

Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation – A Key to
Rhizosphere Functions (SPP 2089)

2018

www.ufz.de/spp-rhizosphere

Taxon-Omics: New Approaches for Discovering andNaming Biodiversity (SPP 1991)

2017www.taxon-omics.com/

Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation: Potential andConstraints (SPP 1819)2015https://dfg-spp1819.unihohenheim.de

Flexibility Matters: Interplay between Trait Diversity
and Ecological Dynamics Using Aquatic Communities
as Model Systems (DynaTrait) (SPP 1704)2014

www.dynatrait.de

Ecosystem Nutrition: Forest Strategies for Limited
Phosphorus Resources (SPP 1685)2013

www.ecosystem-nutrition.
uni-freiburg.de

Ecology and Species Barriers in Emerging Viral
Diseases (SPP 1596)

2013

www.uni-bonn.de/forschung/
Drittmittel%20und%20Projekte/schwerpunktprogramme/n.n

Probabilistic Structures in Evolution (SPP 1590)

2012www.dfg-spp1590.de

Biodiversity Exploratories – Functional Biodiversity
Research (SPP 1374)

2007

www.biodiversity-exploratories.de

Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in
Arctic Sea Ice Areas (SPP 1158)

2003

www.spp-antarktisforschung.
uni-rostock.de/en/

15 <NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSNON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
HELMHOLTZ CENTRESThe 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 40,000 employees in 19 research centres and an annual
budget of approximately 4.8 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s
largest scientific organisation. www.helmholtz.de
The Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 95 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 1.9 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

Braunschweig

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)

www.helmholtz-hzi.
de/enBremerhaven

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar andMarine Research (AWI)

www.awi.deGeesthacht

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Centre for Materials andCoastal Research (HZG)

www.hzg.de

JülichForschungszentrum Jülich (FZ Jülich)www.fz-juelich.de

Kiel

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

www.geomar.de/en

Leipzig

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

www.ufz.de

MunichHelmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center
for Environmental Healthwww.helmholtzmuenchen.de

Oldenburg

Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the
University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)

http://hifmb.de/en

PotsdamHelmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German ResearchCentre for Geosciences

www.gfz-potsdam.deBerlinLeibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries(IGB)

www.igb-berlin.de/en

BerlinLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)

www.izw-berlin.de

BerlinMuseum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution andBiodiversity Science (MfN)

www.naturkunde
museum-berlin.de/enBonnZoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz
Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK)

www.zfmk.de/en/zfmk

BorstelResearch Center Borstel – Leibniz Center for Medicine andBiosciences (FZB)

https://fz-borstel.de/index.php/en/

Braunschweig

Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of
Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)

www.dsmz.deBremenLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)

www.zmt-bremen.deDummerstorf

Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)

www.fbn-dummerstorf.
deFrankfurt/
Main

Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN)

www.senckenberg.de

Gatersleben

Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research(IPK)

www.ipk-gatersleben.
de/enGöttingenGerman Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate
Research (DPZ)

www.dpz.eu/en

Halle/Saale

Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)

www.ipb-halle.de/en

Hamburg

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)

www.bnitm.de/en

LEIBNIZ INSTITUTESThe 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

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NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSInstitution

Contact

Hamburg

Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental
Virology (HPI)

www.hpi-hamburg.
de/en

Jena

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection
Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

www.hki-jena.de

Müncheberg

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

www.zalf.de

Potsdam

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

www.pik-potsdam.de

Warnemünde

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)

www.io-warnemuende.
deLocation
Stuttgart

Institution

Contact

Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History

https://
naturkundemuseum-bw.
de/en/MA X- PL ANCK- INSTITUTES
BremenMax Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

www.mpi-bremen.de

CologneMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageingwww.age.mpg.de

CologneMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Researchwww.mpipz.mpg.de/
en

Jena

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

www.ice.mpg.de

Jena

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistrywww.mps.mpg.de/en

Leipzig

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

www.eva.mpg.deMarburg

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

www.mpi-marburg.
mpg.dePlön

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

www.evolbio.mpg.de otsdam P
Golm

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology

www.mpimp-golm.
mpg.deRadolfzell

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte
Radolfzell

www.orn.mpg.de/en

Seewiesen

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

www.orn.mpg.de/en

TübingenMax Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

www.eb.tuebingen.
mpg.deBerlinBerlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity
Research (BBIB)

www.bbib.org

Braunschweig

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute – Federal ResearchInstitute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries

www.thuenen.de/en

Greifswald- Insel Riems

Friedrich-Löffler-Institut – Federal Research Institute forAnimal Health (FLI)

www.fli.de/en/home

KarlsruheState Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe

www.smnk.de/en/
museum/MunichBavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM)

www.zsm.mwn.de/e/Quedlingburg

Julius Kühn Institute – Federal Research Centre forCultivated Plants (JKI)

www.julius-kuehn.de/en

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19 <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.

GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Conservation of Forest
Biodiversity in Multiple-Use
Landscapes of Central Europe(ConFoBi) (RTG 2123)

2016

http://confobi.unifreiburg.de

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Scaling in Statistics(RTG 1644)

2010

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/156579.html

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Understanding Social
Relationships (RTG 2070)

2015

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/509586.html

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Enrichment of European
Beech Forests with Conifers:
Impacts of Functional Traits
on Ecosystem Functioning(RTG 2300)

2017

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/574316.html

Ernst-Moritz-ArndtUniversität
Greifswald

Biological Responses to
Novel and Changing
Environments (RTG 2010)2015

https://biologie.
uni-greifswald.de/forschung/dfggraduiertenkollegs/
research-traininggroup-2010/

Universität Hamburg

Biota-mediated Effects on
Carbon Cycling in Estuaries(BiCEst) (RTG 2530)

2020

www.biologie.
uni-hamburg.de/en/
forschung/grk2530bicest.html

Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz Universität
HannoverSignaling at the Plant-Soil
Interface (RTG 1798)2013

www.psi.unihannover.de

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

Translational Evolutionary
Research (RTG 2501)

2020

https://transevo.de/

Universität Konstanz

R3 – Responses to Biotic andAbiotic Changes, Resilienceand Reversibility of Lake
Ecosystems (RTG 2272)

2017

www.rtg-resilience.
uni-konstanz.de

Johannes Gutenberg
Universität Mainz

GenEvo – Gene Regulation
in Evolution: From Molecular
to Extended Phenotypes(RTG 2526)

2019

www.imb.de/aboutimb/joint-researchinitiatives/genevo

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Evolutionary Processes in
Adaptation and Disease(EvoPAD) (RTG 2220)

2017

www.uni-muenster.
de/EvoPAD

Greifswald

Hamburg

HannoverKiel
Konstanz

Mainz

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Institution

21 <GRADUATE TRAINING
Location
PotsdamRostock

Tübingen

GRADUATE TRAINING

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

Universität Potsdam

Integrating Biodiversity
Research with Movement
Ecology in Dynamic
Agricultural Landscapes(BioMove) (RTG 2118)

2015

Universität Rostock

The German Baltic Sea
Coast as Terrestrial-Marine
Interface of Water andMatter Fluxes (Baltic
TRANSCOAST) (RTG 2000)2015www.baltictranscoast.uni-rostock.
deEberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Molecular Principles of
Bacterial Survival Strategies(RTG 1708)

2012

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/
research-traininggroups/grk-1708.
html

www.biomove.org

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
Düsseldorf
East Lansing(UnitedStates)Heinrich-HeineUniversität Düsseldorf
Michigan State
University

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Vancouver(Canada)University of British
Columbia

Halle/
Saale

Martin-LutherUniversität HalleWittenberg

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Leipzig

Universität Leipzig

Beijing(China)Graduate Universityof Chinese Academyof Science

Stuttgart

Universität
Hohenheim

Beijing(China)China Agricultural
University Beijing> 22

Network, Exchange, andTraining Program to
Understand Plant Resource
Allocation (NEXTplant)(IRTG 2466)

2019

PRoTECT – Plant Responses
To Eliminate Critical Threats(IRTG 2172)

2016

Tree Diversity Interactions: The
Role of Tree-Tree Interactionsin Local Neighbourhoods in
Chinese Subtropical Forests(IRTG 2324)

2017

Adaptation of Maize-based
Food-Feed-Energy Systems to
Limited Phosphate Resources(IRTG 2366)2018

www.igrad-plant.hhu.
de/research.html

Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinIntegrated Research Training
Group „Biocommunication:
Mechanisms andConsequences of Information
Storage and Retrieval in
Plants and Microbes“ within:
Priming and Memory ofOrganismic Responses toStress (CRC 973)

2012

www.sfb973.de/irtg

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Integrated Research Training
Group „AquaDiva“ within:
AquaDiva: Understanding
the Links Between Surface
and Subsurface
Biogeosphere (CRC 1076)

2013

www.aquadiva.
uni-jena.de/
Graduate+school.
html

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Graduate School within:
Microbial Diversity in
Environmental Signal
Response (CRC 987)

2012

www.uni-marburg.
de/en/sfb987/
gradschool

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/
TRANSREGIOS
www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/529150.html

www.idiv.de/en/
treedi.html

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

CologneUniversität zu Köln

Braunschweig

Technische
Universität
Braunschweig

Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Integrated Research Training
Group withing: Future Rural
Africa: Future-Making andSocial-EcologicalTransformation (TRR 228)2017

www.crc228.de/projects/project_z04/

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Ecology,
Physiology and Molecular
Biology of the Roseobacter
Clade: Towards a Systems
Biology Understanding of a
Globally Important Clade ofMarine Bacteria (TRR 51)

2010

https://www.tubraunschweig.de/en/brics/forschung/roseobacter/traininggroupwww.uni-hohenheim.
de/en/organization/
institution/international-researchtraining-groupadaptation-of-maizebased-food-feedenergy-systems-tolimited-phosphateresources

23 <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.

GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Contact
HELMHOLTZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Braunschweig

HZI International Graduate School for Infection Research(GS-FIRE)

www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/graduate_
school/application/

Bremerhaven

Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research(POLMAR)http://polmar.awi.de

Leipzig

Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for
Environmental Research (HIGRADE)

www.ufz.de/higrade

BerlinSenckenberg Graduate School – International
Multidisciplinary Parasitology and Vector Biology(IMPact-Vector)

www.impact-vector.de

AQUALINK International Leibniz Graduate Schoolwww.igb-berlin.de/en/
projekt/aqualink

Bonn

Leibniz Graduate School on Genomic Biodiversity
Research (GBR)

www.zfmk.de/en/
research/researchcentres-and-groups/
graduate-school-gbrBorstel

Leibniz Graduate School "Infections"www.lc-infection.de/lcigraduate-school.html

BremenLeibniz Graduate School Sustainable Use of TropicalAquatic Systems (SUTAS)

www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/research/researchprojects/sutas-graduateschool.html

Göttingen

Leibniz Graduate School for Emerging Infectious Diseases(EIDIS)

www.dpz.eu/en/
career/graduatetraining/emerginginfectious-diseases/
leibniz-graduate-schoolfor-emerging-infectiousdiseases-eidis.html

Halle/Saale

IAMO Graduate Schoolwww.iamo.de/en/
young-talents/iamograduate-school/

Jena

International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and
Biomolecular Interactions (ILRS Jena)www.ilrs.de

LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Frankfurt
Hamburg
BerlinMüncheberg

Hamburg

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)
BremenIMPRS of Marine Microbiology

www.marmic.mpg.de/marmicCologneIMPRS on Understanding Complex Plant Traits using
Computational and Evolutionary Approaches

www.mpipz.mpg.de/
imprs

Düsseldorf

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Location

Title

Contact

Leipzig

IMPRS “The Leipzig School of Human Origins“

www.leipzig-school.
eva.mpg.deMarburg

IMPRS for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular
Microbiology

www.imprs-marburg.de

Plön

IMPRS for Evolutionary Biology

www.evolbio.mpg.de/
imprs

Potsdam Golm

IMPRS “Primary Metabolism and Plant Growth“

www.mpimp-golm.mpg.
de/IMPRS-PhD

Seewiesen

IMPRS for Organismal Biology

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

Tübingen

IMPRS "From Molecules to Organisms"

http://imprs.tuebingen.
mpg.de> 26

27 <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/jobs_talent
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/en.html
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
database providing information about all current DFGfunded research projects and contact information for the
Principal Investigators. http://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.html

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