The seal of quality and advertisement of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz's scientific capability are, in particular, the Collaborative Research Centers, Research Units, and Research Centers promoted by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), as well as the research centers financed jointly by the state and federal authorities. The existing main centers of research in materials science, geosciences, in the humanities and social sciences, as well as in immunological medicine, including tumour medicine, neurosciences, preventive medicine and minimal invasive surgery, are making their mark through these institutions.
Collaborative Research Centers ...
Research Units ...
Research Training Groups ...
Priority Programms ...
Reinhart Koselleck-Projects ...
A list of the DFG-funded Emmy Noether Groups working at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as well as young researchers groups funded by institutions can be found here.
DFG Collaborative Research Centers
Collaborative Research Centers (CRC = German: Sonderforschungsbereiche/SFB) allow working on extensive Research Projects by bundling all ressources of a University. They can last up to twelve years. If multiple universities participate in a Collaborative Research Center it is called a Transregio (SFB -TR).
Coordinated at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- CRC/SFB TR 128: Initiating/effector versus regulatory mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis – Progress towards tackling the disease
Coordinator: University of Münster - CRC/SFB TR 146: Mulitscale Simulation Methods for Soft Matter Systems
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB TR 156: Die Haut als Sensor von lokalen und systemischen Immunreaktionen
Coordinator: Heidelberg University - CRC/SFB TR 165: Waves to Weather
Coordinator: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - CRC/SFB TR 173: Spin+x: Spin in its collective enviroment
Coordinator: University of Kaiserslautern - CRC/SFB 1044: Die Niederenergie-Grenze des Standardmodells - Von Quarks und Gluonen zu Hadronen und Kernen
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB 1066: Nanodimensional polymer therapeutics for tumor therapy
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB 1193: Neurobiology of resilience to stress- related mental dysfunction: from understanding mechnisms to promoting prevention
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB 1292: Gezielte Beeinflussung von konvergierenden Mechanismen ineffizienter Immunität bei Tumorerkrankungen und chronischen Infektionen
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB 1361: Regulation of DNA-Repair and Genome Stability
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - CRC/SFB 288: Elastic Tuning and Response of Electronic Quantum Phases of Matter
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz participates
- CRC/SFB TR 58: Fear, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders
Coordinator: University of Münster - CRC/SFB 877: Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology
Coordinator: University of Kiel - CRC/SFB 889: Cellular Mechanism of Sensory Processing
Coordinator: University of Göttingen - CRC/SFB 1060: The Mathematics of Emergent Effects
Coordinator: University of Bonn - CRC/SFB 1080: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neural Homeostasis
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt - CRC/SFB 1101: Molecular Encoding of Specificity in Plant Processes
Coordinator: University of Tübingen - CRC/SFB 1129: Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread
Coordinator: Heidelberg University - CRC/SFB 1134: Funktionelle "ensembles": Integration von Zellen, Genese von Aktivitätsmustern und Plastizität von Gruppen ko-aktiver Neuronen in lokalen Netzwerken
Coordinator: Heidelberg University - CRC/SFB 1177: Molekulare und funktionale Charakterisierung der selektiven Autophagie
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt - CRC/SFB 1245: Nuclei: From fundemental interactions to structureand stars
Coordinator: Ruhr University Bochum
A research unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is a medium-term amalgamation of several scientists. They work together on a special research assignment going beyond the funding possibilities available within the scope of individual funding in the normal or main research procedure in its thematic, temporal and financial extent. Research units often contribute towards establishing new directions of working. At present, there are the following DFG Research Units at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz:
Coordinated at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- RU/FOR 1939: Un/doing Differences. Practices of Human Differentiation.
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - RU/FOR 2811: Adaptive Polymergele mit kontrollierter Netzwerkstruktur
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz participates
- RU/FOR 1664: Personalentscheidungen bei gesellschaftlichen Schlüsselpositionen
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt - RU/FOR 1898: Gravity waves in the atmosphere
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt - RU/FOR 2149: Elucidation of Adhesion-GPCR signaling
Coordinator: Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg - RU/FOR 2150: Die Relativität sozialer Kognition: Antezedenzien und Konsequenzen vergleichenden Denkens
Coordinator: University of Köln - RU/FOR 2202: Neutrino Mass Determination by Electron Capture in Holmium -163 - ECHo
Coordinator: Heidelberg University - RU/FOR 2281: Sociality and the reversal of the fecundity-longevity trade-off
Coordinator: Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg - RU/FOR 2319: Bestimmung der Neutrino-Massenhierarchie mit dem JUNO-Experiment
Coordinator: RWTH Aachen University - RU/FOR 2419: Plasticity versus Stability - Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Strength
Sprecherstandort: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - RU/FOR 2448: Evidenzpraktiken in Wissenschaft, Medizin, Technik und Gesellschaft
Sprecherstandort: Technical University of Munich - RU/FOR 2682: Seasonal temperature acclimation in Drosophila
Coordinator: Technische Universität Dresden - RU/FOR 2685: Die Grenzen des Fossilberichtes: Analytische und experimentelle Ansätze zum Verständnis der Fossilisation
Coordinator: University of Bonn - RU/FOR 2690: Translationale Pruritusforschung
Coordinator: Heidelberg University - RU/FOR 2724: Quantum Thermodynamics
Coordinator: Freie Universität Berlin - RU/FOR 2982: UNODE - Unusual Anode Reactions
Coordinator: Technische Universität Darmstadt - RU/FOR 2800: Chromosome Instability: Cross-talk of DNA replication stress and mitotic dysfunction
Coordinator: Georg-August-University Göttingen - RU/FOR 2973: Being Catholic in the German Federal Republic. Semantics, Practices, and Emotions in Western Germany’s Society 1965–1989/90
Coordinator: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Research Training Groups are university training programs which are established for a specific period of time, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. They aim at supporting young researchers in their pursuit of a doctorate. These Research Training Groups give doctoral candidates with the opportunity to work within a co-ordinated research program supervised by a number of university teachers. The study program wants to complement and extend the postgraduate's individual specializations as well as provide a structure for co-operation. At present, there are the following Research Training Groups funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz:
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is (Co-)Applicant
- RTG/GRK 1876: Early concepts of Men and Nature: Universal, Local, Borrowed
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - RTG/GRK 2015: Life Sciences, Life Writing
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - RTG/GRK 2128: Accelerator Science and Technology for Energy-Recovery Linacs (Accelence)
Coordinator: Technische Universität Darmstadt - RTG/GRK 2304: Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Martial Cultures. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - RTG/GRK 2526: Gene Regulation in Evolution: From Molecular to Extended Phenotypes (GenEvo)
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - RTG/GRK 2516: Structure Formation of Soft Matter at Interfaces
Coordinator: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz participates
- RTG/GRK 1728: Theologie als Wissenschaft
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt - RTG/GRK 2279: Konfiguration des Films
Coordinator: Goethe University Frankfurt
A particular feature of the Priority Programme is the nationwide cooperation between its participating researchers. The DFG Senate may establish Priority Programmes when the coordinated support given to the area in question promises to produce particular scientific gain. As a rule, Priority Programmes receive funding for a period of six years. Once the Senate has established the programme, the DFG announces a call for proposals.
Coordinated at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- PP 1784: Chemische Biologie natürlicher Nukleinsäuremodifikationen
- PP 1929: Giant Interactions in Rydberg Systems (GiRyd)
- PP 2102: LCRMC - Light controlled reactivity of metal complexes
- PP 2191: Molekulare Mechanismen funktioneller Phasenseparation
This programme enables outstanding researchers with a proven scientific track record to pursue exceptionally innovative, higher-risk projects.