Topics range from material synthesis and the development of climate-friendly concrete to drones as flying measurement platforms / Approximately €44 million for an initial period of three years

Topics range from material synthesis and the development of climate-friendly concrete to drones as flying measurement platforms / Approximately €44 million for an initial period of three years

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing six new Priority Programmes (SPP) which are due to start in 2024. This was recently decided by the DFG Senate in Bonn. The six new networks were selected from 33 submitted initiatives and will receive a total of approximately €44 million for an initial period of three years. In addition, there will be a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect project-related costs.

The programmes that have now been approved cover a wide range of subjects from engineering to life sciences and natural sciences. Their topics range from material synthesis where living cells are incorporated in artificially produced materials to create non-living matter with bioprogrammable capabilities, to the development of climate-friendly concrete using alternative binding agents and renewable aggregates, and the use of drones as flying measurement platforms. The programmes each reflect the generic theme of the respective Priority Programme. In the coming months, the DFG will announce the networks individually before going on to review the incoming funding proposals in terms of scientific quality and their contribution to the overriding theme in each case.

The aim of Priority Programmes is to investigate the scientific foundations of particularly topical or emerging research areas. All programmes have a clear interdisciplinary orientation and use particularly innovative methods. Priority programmes are funded for six years.

The new Priority Programmes in detail
(in alphabetical order of the coordinators’ HEIs):

• Priority Programme Combinatorial Synergies (Coordinator: Professor Dr. Christian Stump, University of Bochum)
• Priority Programme Integration of mitochondria into the cellular proteostasis network (Coordinator: Professor Dr. Thomas Becker, University of Bonn)
• Priority Programme Metrology on flying platforms (Coordinator: Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Fischer, University of Bremen)
• Priority Programme Net-Zero Concrete (Coordinator: Professor Dr.-Ing. Eduardus Koenders, TU Darmstadt)
• Priority Programme Engineered Living Materials with Adaptive Functions (Coordinator: Professor Dr. Aránzazu del Campo Bécares, Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), Saarbrücken)
• Priority Programme Hybrid decision support in product creation (Coordinator: Professor Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler, Paderborn University)

Further information

Media contact:

• DFG Press and Public Relations
  Tel. +49 228 885-2109
  presse@dfg.de

Information is also available from the coordinators of the new Priority Programmes.

For further details of DFG Priority Programmes, see:

• www.dfg.de/spp/en