Federal and State Funding of Major Projects

BMBF Cluster4Future

SaxoCell – Precision Therapy Cluster for "Living Medicines"

Location: Dresden, Leipzig
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Ezio Bonifacio, CRTD
Implementation phase
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SEMECO - Secure Medical Microsystems and Communications

Location: Dresden
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fettweis, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Implementation phase
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Further outstanding research projects

HuKmeN - heating and cooling with one network KOLLEKTORWEBER - technology for geothermal infrastructure

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Herlitzius, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Funding period: 2021 – 2025
Funded by: BMWi

PAL - Perspektive Arbeit Lausitz - Competence Center for the Work of the Future in Saxony and Brandenburg

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmauder, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Funding period: 2021 – 2026
Funded by: BMBF
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Olfactorial Perceptronics - Digitization of the Sense of Smell

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Funding period: 2022 – 2026
Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung
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6G Life - 6G-Research Hubs and Plattforms

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank H. P. Fitzek, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2021 – 2025
Funded by: BMBF
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QD-CamNetwork - Quantum Wireless Campus Network. Local networks for quantum communication.

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank H. P. Fitzek, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2022 – 2025
Funded by: BMBF
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5G-OPERA - 5G Open Radio Access Networks

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank H. P. Fitzek, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2022 – 2024
Funded by: BMWi
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HyLeiT (H2Giga) - Cost-optimised system technology and grid integration of systems for the production of green hydrogen

Project management at TU Dresden: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Bernet, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2021 – 2025
Funded by: BMBF

DAKORE_GreenICT - Data radio network with adaptive hardware and AI optimization to reduce energy consumption

Project management at TU Dresden: Prof. Dr. Frank Ellinger, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2022 – 2025
Funded by: BMBF
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E4C_GreenICT - Extremely energy-efficient Edge Cloude hardware

Project management at TU Dresden: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2022 – 2024
Funded by: BMBF
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Data Management Primitives

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Lehner, Faculty of Computer Science
Funding period: 2021 – 2026
Funded by: DFG (Reinhart-Koselleck-Project)

NHR - National High Performance Computing Center

Project management: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, Centre for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH)
Funding period: 2021 – 2024
Funded by: SMWK
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RUBIN-ISC_IMB - Development of tools for the design and dimensioning of carbon concrete components

Project management: Prof. Dr. Steffen Marx, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Funding period: 2022 - 2024
Funded by: BMBF

iECO - intelligent Empowerment of COnstruction Industry

Project management: Prof. Dr. Karsten Menzel, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Funding period: 2021 - 2024
Funded by: BMWi

ECO2SCAPE-2 - Effective policy instruments and measures for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Project management: Prof. Dr. Anna Cord, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Funding period: 2021 – 2024
Funded by: BMBF

WAIKLIM - Silviculture in Climate Change: Process of Conversion of Existing Stands into Forests Suitable for Climate Change

Project management: Prof. Dr. Sven Wagner, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Funding period: 2022 – 2027
Funded by: BMEL

BENEATH - Carbon storage in the soil of semi-natural beech forests

Project management: Prof. Dr. Karsten Kalbitz, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Funding period: 2021 – 2025
Funded by: BMEL

GaiaTUD - Optimisation of the astrometric products of the Gaia space telescope

Project management: Prof. Dr. Sergei Klioner, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Funding period: 2022 – 2025
Funded by: BMWi

Move-on - Digital cycling data for German municipalities

Project management: SenProf. Dr. Udo Becker, Faculty of Transport and Traffice Sciences
Funding period: 2021 – 2024
Funded by: BMVI

virTUos - Virtual teaching and learning at the TU Dresden in an open source context

Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexander Lasch, Faculty of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
Funding period: 2021 – 2025
Funded by: Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre

ICare4EU - Cross-national digital medical devices for prevention, self-help and treatment of mental health problems

Project management: Dr. Iris Steinebrunner, Faculty of Psychology
Funding period: 2022 – 2024
Funded by: BMWi

Characterization of topology, frustration, and hybridization in quantum matter under extreme conditions using synchrotron radiation

Project management: Dr. Marein Rahn, Faculty of Physics
Funding period: 2023 – 2025
Funded by: DFG (Emmy Noether)

Relearning body models in the human brain

Project management: Dr. Jakub Limanowski, Faculty of Psychology
Funding period: 2021 – 2027
Funded by: VW-Stiftung (Freigeist Fellowship)

Crystalline Thin-Film Organic Devices

Project management: Prof. Karl Leo, Faculty of Physics
Funding period: 2021 – 2026
Funded by: DFG (Reinhart-Koselleck-Project)

GreenDots - Environmentally friendly nanocrystal materials for optoelectronic applications

Project management: Dr. Fabian Paulus, cfaed
Funding period: 2022 – 2027
Funded by: BMBF

WALMEObase - Autonome wasserstoffbasierte Nahverkehrsfahrzeuge im ländlichen Raum

Project management: Prof. Dr. Bernard Bäker, Dr. Ronny Werner, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Funding period: 2022 – 2025
Funded by: BAFA

EVENTS - Energiesparende verteilte Sensorsysteme für maschinelles Sehen: Hardwareplattform für zeitkritische Videoanalyse und Reaktion, Energieeffizienz, Edge-Sensor-Nodes

Project management: Prof. Dr. Christian Mayr
Funding period: 2022 - 2025
Funded by: BMBF

AutARK – Automated Adaptation of Overstimulating Contexts

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weber
Funding period: 2023 - 2025
Funded by: BMAS
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RIMANUS - Innovative Radiation-based Imaging Techniques for Nuclear Safety Research

Project management: Dr. Michael Wagner, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Funding period: 2023 - 2025
Funded by: BMUB
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LemaS Transfer to Schools

Project management Dresden: Prof. Thomas Köhler, Fakultät Erziehungswissenschaften
Funding period: 2023 - 2027
Funded by: BMBF
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FENABIUM II - Studies on the interactions of f-elements with biologically relevant structural motifs: Derivation of basic structure-activity principles for mobilization in the environment

Project management: Prof. Jan J. Weigand, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Funding period: 2023 - 2026
Funded by: BMBF
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NAUTILUS - Development of Experimental Methods for Investigating Innovative Approaches to Nuclear Waste Management and to Nuclear Safety

Project management: Dr.-Ing. Marco Viebach, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Funding period: 2023 - 2028
Funded by: BMBF
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WALEMObase - Hydrogen-based, automated lightweight mobility

Project management: Dr.-Ing. Steffen Kutter, Fakultät Verkehrswissenschaften
Funding period: 2023 - 2025
Funded by: BMWK and Free State of Saxony
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IDEA - Innovative Depot Automation

Project management: Prof. Oliver Michler, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Funding period: 2023 - 2024
Funded by: BMDV
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MEiTNER - Multifunctional dielectric elastomer electronics for next generation soft robotics

Project management: Dr.-Ing. E.-F. Markus Henke, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2019 - 2025
Funded by: DFG
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KlimaKonform II

Project management: Prof. Matthias Mauder, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Funding period: 2023 - 2026
Funded by: BMBF
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Kraft-Copilot

Project management: Dr. Sandra Schulz, CODIP
Funding period: 2023 - 2026
Funded by: BMBF
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ForLab-NataliE

Project management: Prof. Thomas Mikolajick, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2023 - 2026
Funded by: BMBF
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Blueprint for a modern sustainable phosphorus chemistry

Project management: Prof. Jan J. Weigand, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Funding period: 2023 – 2028
Funded by: DFG (Reinhart-Koselleck-Project)

InnoDCon - Innovative Drone Connectivity - Connectivity Solutions for Mission Guided UAS Flight Operations (BVLOS) and 3D Mobility

Project management: Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding period: 2023 – 2024
Funded by: BMDV

Exploring long-term epigenetic silencing modules to advance the potential of therapeutic gene editing

Project management: Prof. Frank Buchholz, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
Funding period: 2024 – 2029
Funded by: DFG (Reinhart-Koselleck-Project)

Strongly Driven Nonlinear Network Dynamics

Project management: Prof. Marc Timme, Faculty of Physics
Funding period: 2024 – 2029
Funded by: DFG (Reinhart-Koselleck-Project)

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