Research Excellence
  1. ERC Grants
  2. Collaborative Research Centers (funded by DFG)
  3. Research-Units (funded by DFG)
  4. Graduate schools
  5. Clusters of Excellence (funded by DFG; completed)

ERC Grants

  • ERC Consolidator Grant "AGILE: Bis(carbene) Analogues of Aluminium and Gallium as Building Blocks for Highly Selective Reagents and Next Generation Catalysts" | Prof. Dr. Robert Kretschmer, Professur Anorganische Chemie
  • ERC Starting Grant "Residential mobility and the realignment of electoral politics in established democracies (RESPOL) | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Arndt Leininger, Juniorprofessur Politikwissenschaftliche Forschungsmethoden
  • ERC Consolidator Grant "ACTIONS: Engineering Magneto-Ionic Materials for Energy-Efficient Actuation and Sensing" | Prof. Dr. Karin Leistner, Professur Elektrochemische Sensorik und Energiespeicherung
  • ERC Starting Grant "Smart Dust Batteries Integrated with Near-Zero-Power Surveillance (SMADBINS)" | Dr. Minshen Zhu, MAIN-Forschung Professur Materialsysteme der Nanoelektronik
  • ERC Advanced Grant "Medical Microbots to support new assisted reproduction techniques (MicroRepro)" | Prof. Dr. Oliver G. Schmidt, MAIN-Forschung Professur Materialsysteme der Nanoelektronik

Collaborative Research Centers

  • CRC/Transregio 386 "HYP*MOL – Hyperpolarization in molecular systems" (Spokesperson: Prof. Matysik, Leipzig University | Co-Spokesperson: Prof. Salvan, Chemnitz University of Technology)
  • CRC/Transregio 277 "Additive Manufacturing in Construction"
  • (Spokeperson: Prof. Kloft, Technische Universität Braunschweig | Participation: Prof. Hensel, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology; Technische Universität München; Fraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI); Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover)
  • CRC/Transregio 135 "Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization"
    (Spokesperson: Prof. Gegenfurtner, Justus Liebig University Giessen | Participation: Prof. Einhäuser-Treyer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology; Philipps-Universität Marburg)
  • CRC 1410 "Hybrid Societies – Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies"
    (Spokesperson: Prof. Meyer, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology)
    (completed)
  • CRC/Transregio 96 "Thermo-energetic design of machine tools"
    (Spokesperson: Prof. Brecher, RWTH Aachen University | Host university and applicant:TU Dresden | Participation: Prof. Putz, Prof. Drossel and Dr. Regel, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Benner, Prof. Herzog, Prof Stoll and Dr. Saak, Faculty of Mathematics, Chemnitz University of Technology; Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology, Chemnitz als well as brach Dresden; Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Aachen)
    (completed)
  • CRC/Transregio 39 "Production Technologies for light metal and fiber reinforced composite based components with integrated Piezoceramic Sensors and Actuators"
    (completed)
  • CRC 692 "High-strength aluminium-based lightweight materials for safety components"
    (completed)

Research-Units

  • FOR 5387 "Printed & Stable Organic Photovoltaics from Non-fullerene Acceptors (Pā˜¼PULAR)" (Spokesperson: Prof. Deibel)
  • FOR 5380 "Functional surfaces through adiabatic high-speed processes: Microstructure, mechanisms and model development - FUNDAM³ENT" (Spokesperson: Prof. Lampke)
  • FOR 5242 "Proximity-induced correlation effects in low dimensional systems" (Spokesperson: Prof. Tegenkamp)
  • FOR 5303 "Digital media in chronic disease self-management (DISELMA)" (Spokesperson: Prof. Rossmann, LMU Munich; Participation: Prof. Karnowski, Faculty of Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology)
  • FOR1809 "Light-Induced Dynamics in Molecular Aggregates" (Spokesperson: Prof. Brixner, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Participation: Prof. Deibel, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology) (completed)
  • FOR 1713 "Sensorische Mikro- und Nanosysteme" (completed)
  • KFO 247 "Deep brain stimulation. Mechanisms of action, Cortex-Basal Ganglia-Physiology and Therapy Optimization." (participation, completed)
  • FOR 1497 "Organic-anorganic nanocomposites via twin polymerization" (completed)

Graduate schools

  • GRK 2868 „D³ - Data-Driven Design of Resilient Metamaterials“ (Participation | start: october 2023)
  • PhD study group "Security and Development in the 21st Century" (Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
  • GRK 1780 "CrossWorlds: Connecting virtual and real social worlds" (funded by DFG; completed)

Clusters of Excellence