DFG – Postgraduate programmes and Graduate Schools
DFG – Postgraduate programmes
Postgraduate programmes are institutions of higher education for supporting the next generation of scientists. The focus here is on the qualification of doctoral students within the framework of a thematically focused and largely interdisciplinary research programme, as well as a structured qualification concept. The maximum duration of the German Research Foundation’s postgraduate programmes is nine years (comprising two funding periods of four-and-a-half years each).
International postgraduate programmes represent a special type of programme, which offer joint doctoral training between a group at a German university and a partner group abroad.
Status as of August 2020
DFG postgraduate programmes at the UDE
| Acronyms | Titles | Spokespersons | Faculties | Approved durations |
|---|---|---|
| GRK 2553 | Symmetrien und klassifizierende Räume: analytisch, arithmetisch und deriviert
|
2020 - 2024 |
| GRK 1949 | Immunantwort in Infektionskrankheiten – Regulation zwischen angeborener und erworbener Immunität
|
2014 - 2022 |
| GRK 1919 | Vorsorge, Voraussicht, Vorhersage: Kontingenzbewältigung durch Zukunftshandeln
|
2013 - 2022 |
| GRK 1739 | Molekulare Determinanten der zellulären Strahlenantwort und ihre Bedeutung für die Modulation der Strahlensensitivität
|
2012 - 2021 |
Status as of August 2020
Locally distributed DFG postgraduate programmes
| Acronyms | Titles | Spokespersons | Faculties | Approved durations |
|---|---|---|
| GRK 2484 | Regional Disparities & Economic Policy
|
2019 - 2024 |
Status as of August 2020
UDE involvements in DFG postgraduate programmes
| Acronyms | Titles | Spokespersons | Contacts UDE | Approved durations |
|---|---|---|
| GRK 1974 | Wettbewerbsökonomie
|
since 2014 |
| GRK 1856 | Integrierte Energieversorgungsmodule für straßengebundene Elektromobilität
|
since 2013 |
| GRK 1855 | Diskrete Optimierung technischer Systeme unter Unsicherheit
|
since 2013 |
Phosphorylierungs- und redoxabhängige Signalmechanismen im kranken Herzen
|
since 2013 |
Status as of August 2020
DFG postgraduate programmes being discontinued / receiving completion funding
| Acronyms | Titles | Spokespersons | Faculties | Approved durations |
|---|---|---|
| GRK 2167 | Nutzerzentrierte Soziale Medien
|
since 2015 |
| GRK 2131 | Phänomene hoher Dimensionen in der Stochastik
|
since 2015 |
| GRK 2098 | Biomedizin des saure Sphingomyelinase/saure Ceramidase Systems
|
since 2015 |
| GRK 1613 | Risk and East Asia
|
until 2018 |
| GRK 1431 | Transkriptionskontrolle, Chromatinstruktur und DNA Reparatur in Entwicklung und Differenzierung
|
until 2015 |
| GRK 1045 |
Modulation von Wirtszellenfunktionen zur Behandlung viraler und bakterieller Infektionen
|
until 2013 |
| GRK 902 |
Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
|
until 2012 |
Status as of August 2020
Structured education and training: Graduate Schools
| Logos | Graduate Schools |
|---|---|
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Graduate School of Biomedical Science (BIOME) |
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IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies (funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research) |
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NRW FUTURE WATER |


