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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION ECOLOGY Research in Germany www.research-in-germany.org Research in Germany Imprint Published by: German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany Editor: Vera Pfister Assistant Editor: Valeria Casagrande, Sonja Schaffartzik Contact: [email protected] Sources: DFG, Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association, Leibniz Association, Max Planck Society, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Graphic Design: KLINKEBIEL GmbH Kommunikationsdesign, www.klinkebiel.com Printed by: DCM Druckcenter Meckenheim GmbH, www.druckcenter.de Cover: fotolia.de/monsitj © DFG, September 2020 This publication was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION > 2 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 from abroad. 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 and non-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 of individual 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 find additional 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 and welcome your feedback. > 4 5 < OVERVIEW Kiel Warnemünde Plön Greifswald Rostock Dummerstorf Borstel Bremerhaven Hamburg Geesthacht Oldenburg Bremen Berlin Müncheberg Hannover Potsdam Braunschweig Bielefeld Münster Quedlingburg Gatersleben Göttingen Halle/Saale Düsseldorf Leipzig Dresden Jülich Cologne Jena Bonn Marburg Frankfurt/Main Mainz Kaiserslautern Research Training Groups Helmholtz Graduate Schools Karlsruhe International Research Training Groups Leibniz Graduate Schools Stuttgart Integrated Research Training Groups in International Max Planck Tübingen Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Research Schools DFG Research Centres Helmholtz Centres Munich Freiburg Seewiesen Clusters of Excellence Leibniz Institutes Radolfzell Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Max Planck Institutes Konstanz Others DFG-funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are not necessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 12 and 14. The map shows the headquarters of the non-university research institutions. > 6 7 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact - FUNDED BY DFG- CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE Universität Bremen The Ocean Floor – Earth’s 2019 www.marum.de Bremen Uncharted Interface Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen (EXC 2077) the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive Heinrich-Heine- CEPLAS Cluster of 2019 www.ceplas.eu fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career Düsseldorf Universität Excellence on Plant Sciences researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive Düsseldorf – SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, starting (EXC 2048) in 2019. A second seven-year period is possible. Universität Konstanz Centre for the Advanced 2019 www.exc.uni- Konstanz Study of Collective konstanz.de/ Behaviour (EXC 2117) collective-behaviour DFG Research Centres (FZT) are a strategic funding instrument to concentrate scientific DFG RESEARCH CENTRES research competence in particularly innovative fields and create temporary, Martin-Luther- German Centre for 2012 www.idiv.de internationally visible research priorities at research universities. The thematic focus Halle/ Universität Halle- Integrative Biodiversity must incorporate a high degree of interdisciplinary cooperation. They are open for Saale Wittenberg Research – iDiv (FZ T 118) cooperation with partners from other research institutes, industry, associations and Jena Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena public institutions. The centres offer excellent working conditions for early career Leipzig Universität Leipzig researchers and a framework for interdisciplinary cooperation. Unlike the clusters of COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES excellence, DFG Research Centres are set up in response to thematic calls issued by Freie Universität Priming and Memory of 2012 www.sfb973.de the DFG. They have a maximum funding period of 12 years. Berlin Berlin Organismic Responses to Stress (CRC 973) Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established at Universität zu Köln Predictability in Evolution 2017 http://crc1310.uni- Cologne (CRC 1310) koeln.de universities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programme Georg-August- Ecological and 2012 www.uni-goettingen. crossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The Göttingen Universität Socioeconomic Functions of de/de/310995.html traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university Göttingen Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key (Sumatra, Indonesia) objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers (CRC 990) may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework of Friedrich-Schiller- Chemical Mediators in 2014 www.chembiosys. Jena Universität Jena Complex Biosystems de/en an Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded (CRC 1127) for a period of up to 12 years. Friedrich-Schiller- AquaDiva: Understanding 2013 www.aquadiva.uni- Jena Universität Jena the Links Between Surface jena.de Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities and Subsurface Biogeosphere (CRC 1076) collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of the Christian-Albrechts- Origin and Function of 2016 www.metaorganism- cooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint Kiel Universität zu Kiel Metaorganisms (CRC 1182) research.com research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among the Philipps-Universität Microbial Diversity in 2012 h t t p : //s f b 9 8 7. d e participating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use of Marburg Marburg Environmental Signal Response (CRC 987) resources. There is also the option of international Transregios. > 8 9 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Technische Molecular Mechanisms 2 011 http://sfb924.wzw. Munich Universität München Regulating Yield and Yield tum.de Stability in Plants (CRC 924) Eberhard Karls Molecular Encoding of 2014 www.uni-tuebingen. Tübingen Universität Tübingen Specificity in Plant Processes de/en/research/ (CRC 1101) core-research/ collaborative- research-centers/ sfb-1101.html COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS Humboldt-Universität The Green Hub – Central 2016 www.tr175.bio.lmu.de Berlin zu Berlin Coordinator of Acclimation Kaisers- Technische in Plants (TRR 175) lautern Universität Kaiserslautern Munich Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München Universität Bielefeld A Novel Synthesis of 2017 www.uni-bielefeld. Bielefeld Individualisation across de/biologie/crc212 Münster Westfälische Behaviour, Ecology and Wilhelms-Universität Evolution: Münster Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC3) (TRR 212) Rheinische Friedrich- Future Rural Africa: 2017 www.crc228.de Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Future-Making and Bonn Social-Ecological Cologne Universität zu Köln Transformation (TRR 228) Technische Ecology, Physiology and 2010 www.tu- Braun- Universität Molecular Biology of the braunschweig.de/ schweig Braunschweig Roseobacter Clade: Towards en/brics/forschung/ Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky a Systems Biology roseobacter Universität Understanding of a Globally Oldenburg Important Clade of Marine Bacteria (TRR 51) > 10 11 < RESEARCH UNITS RESEARCH UNITS Title Funded Since Contact - FUNDED BY DFG- Plant-microbe Communication Through exRNA: 2020 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/ Systems-level Approaches to Explore Molecular projekt/433194101 Mechanisms and Agronomic Applications (FOR 5116) Research Units (FOR) often contribute to establishing new research directions. Research The Role of Nature for Human Well-being in the 2020 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/ Units are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project Kilimanjaro Social-Ecological System (Kili-SES) projekt/428658210 (FOR 5064) which is often of an interdisciplinary
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