NEUROSCIENCES 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 Graphic Design: KLINKEBIEL GmbH Kommunikationsdesign, www.klinkebiel.com Printed by: DCM Druckcenter Meckenheim GmbH, www.druckcenter.de Photo Credits: Fotolia.com ® adimas © DFG, September 2020 This publication was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. NEUROSCIENCES PREFACE This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the field of neurosciences and is especially recommended to early career researchers from abroad. Neuroscience 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 a neuroscience research section. 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 neurosciences. 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 neurosciences. 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 profiles of German universities, research institutions and funding. We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer and welcome your feedback. > 4 5 < OVERVIEW Kiel Rostock Greifswald Borstel Lübeck Hamburg Oldenburg Bremen Berlin Osnabrück Hannover Magdeburg Münster Dortmund Bochum Göttingen Essen Witten Leipzig Jülich Dresden Cologne Jena St. Augustin Marburg Aachen Bonn Gießen Frankfurt/Main Mainz Würzburg Research Training Groups Helmholtz Graduate Schools St. Ingbert Mannheim Erlangen Heidelberg Nuremberg International Research Training Groups Leibniz Graduate Schools Saarbrücken Integrated Research Training Groups in International Max Planck Karlsruhe Regensburg Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Research Schools Stuttgart Clinical Research Units Fraunhofer Institutes Tübingen Research Units Helmholtz Centres Clusters of Excellence Leibniz Institutes Munich Freiburg Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Max Planck Institutes Seewiesen Others Konstanz DFG-funded Priority Programmes and several Research Units are not shown on the map since they are not necessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 14, 15 and 17. 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 Freie Universität NeuroCure – 2019 https://neurocure.de Berlin Berlin Comprehensive Approaches Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen Humboldt-Universität to Neurological and the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive zu Berlin Psychiatric Disorders – From fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career Mechanisms to Interventions (EXC 2049) researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive Rheinische Friedrich- ImmunoSensation2 – The 2019 www. between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, starting Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Immune Sensory System immunosensation.de in 2019. A second seven-year period is possible. Bonn (EXC 2151) Georg-August- Multiscale Bioimaging: From 2019 https://mbexc.de/ Göttingen Universität Göttingen Molecular Machines to Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established at Networks of Excitable Cells universities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programme (EXC 2067) crossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The Leibniz Universität Hearing4all: Medicine, Basic 2019 http://hearing4all. Hannover Hannover Research and Engineering eu/EN traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university Medizinische Solutions for Personalized and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key Hochschule Hearing Care (H4A 2.0) objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers Hannover (EXC 2177) may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework of Oldenburg Carl von Ossietzky Universität an Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded Oldenburg for a period of up to 12 years. Universität Konstanz Centre for the Advanced 2019 http:// Konstanz Study of Collective Behaviour collectivebehaviour. (EXC 2117) com Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities Ludwig-Maximilians- Munich Cluster for Systems 2019 www.synergy- collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of the Munich Universität München Neurology (SyNergy) munich.de cooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint Technische (EXC 2145) research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among the Universität München participating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use of COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES resources. There is also the option of international Transregios. Freie Universität Scaffolding of Membranes: 2011 www.sfb958.de Berlin Berlin Molecular Mechanisms and Cellular Functions (CRC 958) Humboldt-Universität Mechanisms and 2018 www.biologie. Berlin zu Berlin Disturbances in Memory hu-berlin.de/en/ Consolidation: From Synapses gruppenseiten-en/ to Systems (CRC 1315) sfb1315 Ruhr-Universität Extinction Learning 2017 https://sfb1280. Bochum Bochum (CRC 1280) ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ en/home Ruhr-Universität Integration and 2010 www.ruhr-uni- Bochum Bochum Representation of Sensory bochum.de/sfb874 Processes (CRC 874) > 8 9 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Rheinische Friedrich- Synaptic Micronetworks in 2013 http://sfb1089.de Eberhard Karls Robust Vision – Inference 2016 https://uni-tuebingen. Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Health and Disease Tübingen Universität Tübingen Principles and Neural de/en/research/ Bonn (CRC 1089) Mechanisms (CRC 1233) core-research/ Technische Volition and Cognitive 2012 https://tu- collaborative- Dresden Universität Dresden Control: Mechanisms, dresden.de/ research-centers/ Modulators and Dysfunctions bereichsuebergreifen crc-1233 (CRC 940) des/sfb940/research COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS Georg-August- Cellular Mechanisms of 2010 www.sfb889.uni- Freie Universität Development, Function and 2016 www.sfb-trr167.uni- Göttingen Universität Göttingen Sensory Processing goettingen.de Berlin Berlin Potential of Myeloid Cells in freiburg.de (CRC 889) Humboldt-Universität the Central Nervous System (NeuroMac) (TRR 167) Georg-August- Quantitative Synaptology 2017 www.sfb1286.de zu Berlin Göttingen Universität Göttingen (CRC 1286) Freiburg Albert-Ludwigs- Universität Hamburg Multi-Site Communication in 2 011 www.sfb936.net Universität Freiburg Hamburg the Brain (CRC 936) Charité - Losing and Regaining 2019 https://sfb-trr265. Goethe-Universität Molecular and Cellular 2012 www.crc1080.com/ Berlin Universitätsmedizin Control over Drug Intake: charite.de/en/ Frankfurt/ Frankfurt am Main Mechanisms of Neural Berlin From Trajectories to Mechanisms to Interventions Main Homeostasis (CRC 1080) Dresden Technische Universität (TRR 265) Ruprecht-Karls- From Nociception to Chronic 2015 www.sfb1158.de Dresden Heidelberg Universität Pain: Structure-Function Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls- Heidelberg Properties of Neural Universität Pathways and their Heidelberg Reorganisation (CRC 1158) Charité - Retuning Dynamic Motor 2020 http://gepris. Ruprecht-Karls- Functional Ensembles: 2014 http://sfb1134.uni- Berlin Universitätsmedizin Network Disorders Using dfg.de/gepris/ Heidelberg Universität Cellular Components, heidelberg.de Berlin Neuromodulation projekt/424778381 Heidelberg Patterned Activity and (TRR 295) Plasticity of Co-Active Würzburg Universität Würzburg Neurons in Local Networks Universität Duisburg- Treatment Expectation - The 2020 https://gepris. (CRC 1134) Duisburg- Essen Impact of Expectation on dfg.de/gepris/ Johannes Gutenberg- Neurobiology of Resilience 2016 http://crc1193.de Essen Health Outcome projekt/422744262 Mainz Universität Mainz to Stress-Related Mental Hamburg Universität Hamburg (TRR 289) Dysfunction: From Understanding Mechanisms Marburg Phillips-Universität to Promoting Prevention Marburg (CRC 1193) Justus-Liebig- Cardinal Mechanisms of 2013 www.allpsych.uni- Ludwig-Maximilians- Assembly and Function of 2009 www.sfb870.mcn. Gießen Universität Gießen Perception: Prediction,