DFG Research Units

A Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is made up of a team of outstanding researchers of the university, partly in cooperation with scientists and scholars of other institutions, working together on an intensive, medium-term research project (generally for six years, from October 2018: up to eight years). Research Units often contribute to establishing new research directions.

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FOR 5199 Search for the lepton-flavour violating decay with the Mu3e experiment	since 2021	Prof. Dr. André Schöning Institute for Physics
FOR 5807 Dynamic Integration of GPCR Signaling to Control Organ Function and Animal Behavior	since 2025	Prof. Dr. Simon Wiegert Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR Functional Genomics and Microbiomics in Precision Medicine of Colorectal Cancer	since 2025	Prof. Dr. Matthias Ebert Medical Faculty Mannheim

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FOR 2407 Exploring Articular Cartilage and Subchondral Bone Degeneration and Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (ExCarBon)	since 2016	University of Regensburg	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 2634 Planet Formation Witnesses and Probes: Transition Discs	since 2017	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Centre for Astronomy
FOR 2724 Thermal machines in the quantum world	since 2018	Free University Berlin	Kirchhoff-Insitute for Physics (KIP)
FOR 2799 Receiving and Translating Signals via the gamma-delta T Cell Receptor	since 2018	University of Hamburg	Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 2828 De/Sacralization of texts	since 2021	University of Tübingen	Theological Seminary
FOR 2848 Nanoscale Architecture and Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane	since 2019	University of Göttingen	Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH)
FOR 2936 Climate Change and Health in sub-Saharan Africa	since 2019	University of Bonn	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 3031 NORMAL#VERRÜCKT Zeitgeschichte einer erodierenden Differenz	since 2021	University of Düsseldorf	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
KFO 5011 Integrating emerging methods to advance translational kidney research (InteraKD)	since 2021	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University	BioQuant
FOR 5068 Sex differences in immunity	since 2021	University of Hamburg	Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 5146 Defining the osteohepatic axis in the context of iron homeostasis - FerrOs	since 2020	TU Dresden	Medical Faculty Heidelberg
FOR 5195 Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies	since 2021	University of Würzburg	Centre for Astronomy (ZAH) / Landessternwarte Königsstuhl
FOR 5215 Bioinspired Oxidation Catalysis with Iron Complexes	since 2022	Bielefeld University	Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (ACI)
FOR 5234 Multipler Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem: Akteurskonstitution, Handlungskoordination und Folgewirkungen	since 2021	University of Kassel	Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology
FOR 5249 Quantitative Spatio-Temporal Model-Building for Correlated Electronic Matter	since 2021	Goethe University Frankfurt	Institute for Theoretical Physics
FOR 5387 Printed & Stable Organic Photovoltaics from Non-Fullerene Acceptors	since 2023	Chemnitz University of Technology	Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
FOR 5392 Consumer Preferences, Consumer Mistakes, and Firms’ Response	since 2023	University of Düsseldorf	Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics
FOR 5406 Antigypsyism and Ambivalence in Europe (1850-1950)	since 2024	Europa-Universität Flensburg	Research Centre on Antigypsyism
FOR 5499 Molecular Solar Energy Management – Chemistry of MOST Systems	since 2023	Justus Liebig University Giessen	Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
FOR 5644 The role of immune cells in the function of the normal and diseased testis and epididymis (‘INFINITE’)	since 2024	Justus Liebig University Giessen	Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 5705 NeuroFlame – Defence and demise of inflamed neurons	since 2024	University of Hamburg	– Medical Faculty Heidelberg – Medical Faculty Mannheim
FOR 5815 Structural and functional lipid droplet heterogeneity	since 2024	University of Marburg	Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH)

last updated on 2025/08/01

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