DFG Research Training Groups and Integrated Research Training Groups

The Research Training Groups provide a specific funding instrument for young scientists. The focus is on the qualification of doctoral candidates through a thematically focused research programme and a structured qualification and supervision concept.

D³ - Data-driven Design of Resilient Metamaterials
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Kästner, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites (GRK 2430)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Chokri Cherif, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Conducive design of cyber-physical production systems (GRK 2323)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Leon Urbas, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

RoSI - Role-based Software-Infrastructures for Continuous-Context-Sensitive Systems
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Lehner, Faculty of Computer Science

Hydrogel-based microsystems (GRK 1865)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Gerlach, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

QuantLA - Quantative Logiken und Automaten (GRK 1763)
Locations: Dresden, Leipzig
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz Baader, Faculty of Computer Science

Further structured PhD Programs

Boysen-TUD Research Training Group

The Boysen TU Dresden Research Training Group is a cooperation between Technische Universität Dresden and the non-profit Friedrich and Elisabeth Boysen Foundation. As an interdisciplinary research and doctoral program, it answers various questions concerning sustainable energy systems and mobility through doctoral theses in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Antonio Hurtado

International Helmholtz Research School for Nanoelectronic Networks (IHRS NANONET)
Initiative of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) in cooperation with TU Dresden, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP and the Nanoelectronics Materials Laboratory (NaMLab)
Spokesperson: Dr. Artur Erbe (HZDR), Deputy Spokesman: Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering