Priority Programmes
A particular feature of the Priority Programme is the nationwide collaboration between its participating researchers. The Priority Programmes aim to give clear impetus to the advancement of science through important new topics.
Please note that proposals to establish a priority program must be submitted to the DFG at the latest by 15th of October of a given year.
You can find more information at the website of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation).
Do you intend to establish a Priority Programme? We provide assistance and support during the application phase.
- Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity (SPP 2389)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Mascher, Faculty of Biology - Hundred plus – Extending the Lifetime of Complex Structures through Intelligent Digitalization (SPP 2388)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marx, Faculty of Civil Engineering - MemrisTec - Memristive Devices Toward Smart Technical Systems (SPP 2262)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ronald Tetzlaff, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2D Physics: Emerging Physics in Two-Dimensional van-der-Waals materials (SPP 2244)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine, Fakulty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry - µBONE: Colonization and Interaction of Tumor Cells Within the Bone Microenvironment (SPP 2084)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. med. Lorenz Hofbauer, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden -
Opus Fluidum Futurum – Rheologie reaktiver, multiskaliger, mehrphasiger Baustoffsysteme (SPP 2005)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine, Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Volunteered Geographic Information: Interpretation, Visualisation and Social Computing (SPP 1894)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Burghardt, Faculty of Environmental Sciences - Polymorphic uncertainty modelling for the numerical design of structures (SPP 1886)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kaliske, Faculty of Civil Engineering - FFlexCOM - Frequency Flexible Bendable Electronics for Wireless Communication Systems (SPP 1796)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Frank Ellinger, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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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Office hours:
Monday to Thursday

Project manager
NameDr. Ekaterina Pankova
Coordinated programmes of DFG
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Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Unit 5.1 - Research Promotion
Visiting address:
Weißbachstraße 7, Ground floor, Room 4
01069 Dresden