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.
You can find more information at the website of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation).
Do you intend to establish a Research Training Group? We provide assistance and support during the application phase.
- Starting in April 2023: PCL - Planar Carbon Lattices (RTG 2861)
Locations: Dresden, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry - Risks and Pathomechanisms of Affective Disorders (IRTG 2773)
Locations: Dresden, London
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Michael Bauer, Faculty of Medicine - Supracolloidal Structures: From Materials to Optical and Electronic Components (RTG 2767)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry and Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden -
Hydrogen Isotopes 1,2,3H (RTG 2721 of Universität Leipzig)
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry - Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites (RTG 2430)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Chokri Cherif, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - TreeDì - Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests (RTG 2324 of MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
Spokesman in Dresden: Prof. Dr. Goddert von Oheimb, Faculty of Environmental Sciences - 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
- 2D Materials (CRC 1415)
Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Inez Weidinger and Dr. Thomas Brumme, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry - 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 - Integrated Research Training Group (CRC/Transregio 339)
Spokespersons: Dr.-Ing. Ines Wollny (TU Dresden) and Dr.-Ing. Adrian Fazekas (RWTH Aachen)
For the following RTG, please feel free to contact the Project Scouts team in Subject Area 5.1:
- Boysen - TU-Dresden - Graduate School - Pathways to environmentally friendly, secure and competitive energy systems: Technical feasibility and societal impact
Graduate School of TU Dresden and Friedrich und Elisabeth Boysen-Stiftung
Spokesmen: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Antonio Hurtado (Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering)
For the following RTG please contact the Graduate Academy of the TU Dresden:
- School of Embedded Composite Artificial Intelligence (SECAI)
a DAAD-funded project with Leipzig University
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Markus Krötzsch, Faculty of Computer Science - 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) - 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 - 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 - Olfactorial Perceptronics
Interdisciplinary Qualification Concept for PhD Students at TU Dresden and FSU Jena working in materials research, medicine, psychology and chemistry
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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Project manager
NameDr. Mandy Wenzel
CMCB, Coordinated programmes of DFG
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Project manager
NameLinda Bigga
Coordinated programmes of DFG; Joint appointments; Endowed chairs
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Visitor Address:
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01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
Monday to Thursday
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Project manager
NameDr. Ekaterina Pankova
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 4
01069 Dresden