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.
- Starting in 2025: MEDIS - Metabolic and Endocrine Drivers of Infection Susceptibility (International RTG 3019)
Locations: Dresden, Zurich
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Bornstein, Faculty of Medicine - Technical-operational integration of highly automated aviation in urban areas (RTG 2947)
Spokesman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Fricke, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences - D³ - Data-Driven Design of Resilient Metamaterials (RTG 2868)
Locations: Dresden, Freiberg, Chemnitz
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Markus Kästner, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering - 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 (International 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
You can find information on Research Training Groups on 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.
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Team Leader Basic Research
NameDr. Katrin Pflugbeil
Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
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Project Manager
NameDr. Ekaterina Pankova
Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden
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Project Manager
NameDr. Mandy Wenzel
CMCB, Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden
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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
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
Monday to Thursday
- 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. Carsten Timm (Faculty of Physics), Dr. Sabine Wurmehl (IFW) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaiser (Faculty of Physics) - Volition: Integrated Research Training Unit (VIRTU) (CRC 940)
Spokesmen: Prof. Dr. Alexander Strobel and Dr. Anne Gärtner, Faculty of Psychology - Integrated Research Training Group (CRC/Transregio 339)
Spokespersons: Dr.-Ing. Ines Wollny (TU Dresden) and Dr.-Ing. Adrian Fazekas (RWTH Aachen)
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Team Leader Basic Research
NameDr. Katrin Pflugbeil
Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
![Ekaterina Pankova](https://tu-dresden.de/forschung-transfer/services-fuer-forschende/forschungsfoerderung/ressourcen/bilder/kontakt/T85_4917_lo_res_web_EP.jpg/@@images/adab5489-81ee-4448-b8c6-3b75be0e67e4.jpeg)
Project Manager
NameDr. Ekaterina Pankova
Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden
![Dr. M. Wenzel](https://tu-dresden.de/forschung-transfer/services-fuer-forschende/forschungsfoerderung/ressourcen/bilder/kontakt/TUD_1744lo_res_web_MW.jpg/@@images/7921eff2-901f-4edf-b796-94a9054380f3.jpeg)
Project Manager
NameDr. Mandy Wenzel
CMCB, Coordinated programmes of DFG
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden
![L. Bigga](https://tu-dresden.de/forschung-transfer/services-fuer-forschende/forschungsfoerderung/ressourcen/bilder/kontakt/TUD_1683lo_res_web_LB.jpg/@@images/934600c9-2ec3-4282-9aa8-e6723af1e38f.jpeg)
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
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 2
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
Monday to Thursday
- Boysen - TU-Dresden - Graduate School - Pathways to environmentally friendly, secure and competitive energy systems: Technical feasibility and societal impact
- School of Embedded Composite Artificial Intelligence (SECAI)
- Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden
- IHRS NANONET - International Helmholtz Research School for Nanoelectronic Networks
- International Max Planck Research School for Dynamical Processes in Atoms, Molecules and Solids
- IMPRS-CPQM - International Max Planck Research School for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials
- Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology
- Dresden Leibniz Graduate School
- Carus Promotionskolleg Dresden
- Future Refrigeration and Compressor Technologies
- Olfactorial Perceptronics
- Resilient Complex Water Networks
- DIGS-BB
- UNU-Flores Joint Doctoral Programm