Research Training Groups
Research Training Groups are established by universities to promote young researchers. Their key emphasis is on the qualification of doctoral researchers within the framework of a focused research programme and a structured training and supervision strategy.
More information can be found at: http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/coordinated_programmes/research_training_groups/index.html
Do you intend to establish a Research Training Group? We provide assistance and support during the application phase.
- Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites (RTG 2430)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Chokri Cherif, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - Conducive Design of Cyber-physical Production SystemS (RTG 2323)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Leon Urbas, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Immunological and Cellular Strategies in Metabolic Disease (IRTG 2251)
Locations: Dresden, London
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Bornstein, Faculty of Medicine - New construction and strengthening of concrete structures under impact loadings (RTG 2250)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Faculty of Civil Engineering -
Role-based Software Infrastructures for Continuous-Context-Sensitive Systems (RTG 1907)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Lehner, Faculty of Computer Science -
Hydrogel-based Microsystems (RTG 1865)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Gerlach, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering -
MIMENIMA: micro-, meso- and macroporous nonmetallic materials: Fundamentals and Applications (RTG 1860 of TU Bremen)
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Stefan Odenbach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering -
QuantLA -Quantitative Logics and Automata (RTG 1763)
Locations: Dresden, Leipzig
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz Baader, Faculty of Computer Science
- Correlated Magnetism (CRC 1143)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Clemens Laubschat and Prof. Dr. Carsten Timm, Faculty of Physics - Volition: Integrated Research Training Unit (VIRTU) (CRC 940)
Spokesmen: Prof. Dr. Alexander Strobel and Prof. Dr. Clemens Kirschbaum, Faculty of Psychology -
"Matrixengineering" (CRC/Transregio 67)
Locations: Leipzig, Dresden
Spokeswoman: Prof. Dr. Annette Beck-Sickinger, Universität Leipzig
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V.
- Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden as part of the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden
a project of TU Dresden and The Schaufler Foundation
Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Lutz M. Hagen (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science) und Kirsten Vincenz (Historical and Art Collections) - Boysen - TU-Dresden - Graduate School
Graduate School of TU Dresden and Friedrich und Elisabeth Boysen-Stiftung
Spokesmen: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Antonio Hurtado (Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering) - International Helmholtz Research School for Nanoelectronic Networks (IHRS NANONET)
Initiative of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) in joint collaboration with TU Dresden, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing (IZFP), and the Nanoelectronics Materials Laboratory (NaMLab)
Spokesman: Dr. Artur Erbe (HZDR), Deputy: Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - International Max Planck Research School for Dynamical Processes in Atoms, Molecules and Solids
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Jan M. Rost, Faculty of Physics - International Max Planck Research School for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials (IMPRS-CPQM)
Spokesman: Prof. Andrew Mackenzie, MPI-CPfS - Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Wieland B. Huttner, MPI-CBG - Dresden Leibniz Graduate School
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Marc Wolfram, Faculty of Environmental Sciences - Else Kröner Research Training Group Dresden
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Andreas Deußen, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus - Graduate Programme for the Interreligious Comparison of Monastic Cultures (ICMC)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Gert Melville, Research Centre for the Comparative History of Religious Orders - Future Refrigeration and Compressor Technologies
International Graduate Programme of TU Dresden, Purdue University (USA) and The Schaufler Foundation
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Ullrich Hesse, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - International Excellence Graduate School on Emerging Materials and Processes (iEGSEMP Korea)
Korean-German Research Training Group of TU Dresden, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Yonsei University
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - Resilient Complex Water Networks
International Research Training Group of TU Dresden, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ with their Center of Advanced Water Research (CAWR), Purdue University (USA) and University of Florida (USA)

Team Leader Basic Research
NameDr. Katrin Pflugbeil
Coordinated programmes of DFG
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Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visitor Address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
- work Tel.
- +49 351 463-32606
- fax Fax
- +49 351 463-37802

Project manager
NameDr. Mandy Wenzel
in parental leave
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Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visitor Address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden
- work Tel.
- +49 351 463-39879
- fax Fax
- +49 351 463-37802

Project manager
NameLinda Bigga
Coordinated programmes of DFG; Joint appointments; Endowed chairs
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visitor Address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
- work Tel.
- +49 351 463-35534
- fax Fax
- +49 351 463-37802