Priority Programs are nationwide research cooperations funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), usually with a funding period of six years. For researchers to participate on a given research topic the DFG is regularly opening a call for proposal.
Funded since: 2017 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rohdewald (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen) Participation: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Fuess Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1926 - Next Generation Optogenetics: Tool Development and Application
PP 1923 - Innate Sensing and Restriction of Retroviruses
Funded since: 2016 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Oliver Fackler, Ph.D. (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg) Participation: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauer Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1879 - Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria
Funded since: 2016 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Silke Leimkühler (Universität Potsdam) Participation: Prof. Dr. Roland Lill Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1803 - EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota
Funded since: 2015 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Todd Alan Ehler (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) Participation: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1857 - Electromagnetic sensors for Life Sciences (ESSENCE)
PP 1840 - Quantum Dynamics in Tailored Intense Fields (QUTIF)
Funded since: 2015 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Manfred Lein (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Universität Hannover) Participation: Prof. Dr. Mackillo Kira (2015-2016), Prof. Dr. Stephan Koch (from 2016) Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1782 - Epithelial intercellular junctions as dynamics hubs to integrate forces, signals and cell behaviour
PP 1710 - Dynamics of Thiol-Based Redox Switches in Cellular Physiology
Funded since: 2014 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Katja Becker (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen) Participation: Prof. Dr. Roland Lill Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1708 - Material Synthesis near Room Temperature
Funded since: 2013 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Oliver Rader (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) Participation: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1656 - Intestinal Microbiota - A Microbial Ecosystem at the Edge between Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation
Funded since: 2013 Applying institution: Technische Universität München Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller Participation: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Steinhoff (from 2016) Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1608 - Ultrafast and Temporally Precise Information Processing: Normal and Dysfunctional Hearing
Funded since: 2012 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jutta Engel (Universität des Saarlandes), Prof. Dr. Eckhard Friauf (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern) Participation: Prof. Dr. Dominik Oliver, Dr. Michael Leitner (from 2015) Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1593 - Design for Future - Managed Software Evolution
Funded since: 2012 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ralf Heinrich Reussner (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) Participation: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Taentzer Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1580 - Intracellular compartments as places of pathogen-host-interactions
Funded since: 2011 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Albert Haas (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) Participation: apl. Prof. Dr. Jude Przyborski Homepage DFG-database GEPRIS
PP 1458 - High Temperature Superconductivity in Iron Pnictides
Funded since: 2010 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner (Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e.V. Participation: Prof. Dr. Florian Gebhard Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1374 - Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research
Funded since: 2008 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer (University of Bern, Switzerland) Participation: Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss Homepage DFG-data base GEPRIS
Completed Priority Programmes
PP 1530 - Flowering time control: from Natural Variation to Crop Improvement
in the space of time - from 2011 to 2019, Applying institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christian Jung, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Alfred Batschauer, Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1596 - Ecology and Species Barriers in Emerging Viral Diseases
Funded since: 2013, Applying institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker (2013-2016), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1617 - Phenotypic heterogeneity and sociobiology of bacterial populations
in the space of time - from 2012 to 2016, Applying institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung, Participation Philipps-Universität Marburg: Dr. Georg Fritz, Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1463 - Epigenetic regulation of normal hematopoiesis and its dysregulation in myeloid neoplasia
in the space of time - from 2010 to 2015, Applying institution: Universität Freiburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Michael Lübbert, Participation Philipps-Universität Marburg: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Neubauer, Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1464 - Principles and evolution of actin-nucleator complexes
Funded since: 2010, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Eugen Kerkhoff (Universität Regensburg), Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Peter L. Graumann (2010-2014), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1409 - Science and the General Public: Understanding Fragile and Conflicting Evidence
in the space of time - from 2009 to 2016, Applying institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bromme, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Mario Gollwitzer (2011-2016), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1415 - Crystalline Non-Equilibrium Phases - Synthesis, Characterisation and In-situ Investigation of the Formation Mechanisms
in the space of time - from 2009 to 2016, Applying institution: Universität Kiel, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bensch, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen (2013-2016), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1392 - Integrative analysis of olfaction
in the space of time - from 2009 to 2016, Applying institution: Universität Konstanz, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Galizia, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Joachim Schachtner, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1319 - Biological Transformations of Hydrocarbons in the Absence of Oxygen
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2017, Applying institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mattias Boll, Participation: Prof. Dr. Johann Heider (2009-2016), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1324 - Extraction of Quantifiable Information from Complex Systems
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2014, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stephan Dahlke, Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1313 - Biological Responses to Nanoscale Particles (Bio-Nano-Responses)
in the space of time - from 2008 to 2011, Applying institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zellner, Participation: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Parak (2008-2015) Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1234 - Phonological and Phonetic Competence: Between Grammar, Signal Processing and Neural Activity
in the space of time - from 2006 to 2012, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Richard Wiese, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1209 - The Hellenistic Polis as a Living Space. Urban Structures and Civic Identity between Tradition and Innovation
Funded since: 2006, Applying institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmern, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Winfried Held (2006-2015), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1191 - Ionic Liquids
Funded since: 2006, Applying institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Jörg Sundermayer (2006-2011), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1179 - Organocatalysis
in the space of time - from 2005 to 2014, Applying institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Mühlheim, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Benjamin List, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner (to 2012), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1166 - Lanthanide Specific Functionalities in Molecules and Materials
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2010, Applying institution: Universität Bayreuth, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Jörg Sundermayer (2006-2011), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1165 - Nanowires and Nanotubes: From Controlled Synthesis to Functions
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2010, Applying institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik Halle/Saale, Spokesperson: PD Dr. Margit Zacharias, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heimbrodt (2004-2011), Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner (2004-2012), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1170 - Directed Evolution to optimize and understand molecular biocatalysts
in the space of time - from 2004 to 2010, Applying institution: Universität Regensburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Sterner, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Roland Hartmann (2004-2011), Homepage, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1131 - Life Inside Cells
in the space of time - from 2002 to 2008, Applying institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Uwe Gallus Maier (2002-2005), Prof. Dr. Klaus Lingelbach (died in 2015), DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1130 - Infections of the Endothelium
in the space of time - from 2002 to 2010, Applying institution: University of Münster, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schnittler, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. em. Hans-Dieter Klenk, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1152 - Evolution of Metabolic Diversity
in the space of time - from 2003 to 2010, Applying institution: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dieter Strack, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Marahiel, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1113 - Photonic Crystals
in the space of time - from 2001 to 2008, Applying institution: Universität Paderborn, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ralf Wehrspohn, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Koch, DFG-data base GEPRIS
PP 1093 - Dynamics of Electron Transfer Processes at Interfaces
in the space of time - from 2000 to 2006, Applying institution: University Münster, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Helmut Zacharias, Participation Philipps-Universität: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Höfer, DFG-data base GEPRIS
