Funding Programs for Junior Research Groups
Funding programs for junior research groups are typically targeted at outstanding postdocs with research experience whose doctorate has been completed a few years ago. As a rule, funding is provided for an entire group of junior researchers, including for project resources, for a period of five to six years. In this way, the program allows young scholars to conduct independent research early on in their careers.
In the following, you'll find an overview of selected externally funded junior research groups at RWTH Aachen University and Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. Some of the junior research group leaders hold a junior professorship at RWTH. There are currently more than 30 junior professors at RWTH in total.
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Using Spatially Resolved Functional Genomics to Analyze Mechanisms of Chronic Kidney Disease and Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets. | Dr. Christoph Kuppe | since 2021 |
| Methods and Tools for the Analysis and Interpretation of Experiments to Prove the Existence of Dark Matter | Prof. Dr. Felix Kahlhoefer | since 2017 |
| Transfer Influence with Air Jet Vortex Generator Arrays in Transsonic and Supersonic Currents | Dr.-Ing. Anne Marie Schreyer | since 2017 |
| Searching for a New Particle Physics Theory by Studying Rare Cases of Beta Decay | Dr. Christoph Langenbruch | since 2016 |
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Simulation of energy storage and energy conversion materials using semiempirical electronic structure theory methods | Prof. Dr. Christoph Bannwarth | since 2021 |
| Learning From Networks With Unobserved Edges | Prof. Michael Schaub, Ph. D. | since 2020 |
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Maturity | Dr. André Calero Valdez | since 2018 |
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinspired Material-Driven Textiles for Cardiovascular Implants (TeXlastins). | Dr. Alicia Fernández Colino | since 2022 |
| Design of Additively Manufactured High-Performance Materials for the Automotive Industry (MatAM) | Dr.-Ing. Christian Haase | since 2020 |
| Title | Group Leader | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Age and Aging-Appropriate Human-Technology Interaction with the Help of Tele-medical Systems and Services (TECH4AGE) | Dr.-Ing. Dr. Alexander Mertens | since 2014 |
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| A German Nuclear Archaeology Laboratory: Reconstructing the Nuclear Past to Enable a Nuclear-weapon-free Future | Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche | since 2017 |
| Stable and Robust Management of Health Care Services |
Prof. Dr. Christina Büsing | since 2016 |
Further Junior Research Groups
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
|
Optimization of Immunotherapy Strategies in Gastrointestinal Tumors Through Predictive and Mechanistic Computer Models. |
Prof. Dr. Jakob Nikolas Kather | since 2020 |
| Title | Applicant | Funding Period |
|---|---|---|
| Theranostic Targeting of Myeloid and Fibrogenic Cells | Dr. Alexandros Marios Sofias | since 2022 |
| Design and Verification of Control and Protection in DC Systems | Dr. Ilka Jahn | since 2022 |
| Translating Functional Near-Infrared-Spectroscopy Neurofeedback Training for Depressive Disorder - a Research and Development Roadmap with Broad Clinical Potential | David Mehler, PhD | since 2021 |
| Between Patronage, Social Mobility, and Technical Innovation: Laboring Poor and Their Networks in the Middle Ages | Dr. Julia Exarchos | since 2020 |
| Multilevel Quantum Chemical Strategies to Simulate Organic Optical Materials | Prof. Dr. Christoph Bannwarth | since 2021 |
| Shining Light on Quantum Dots in 2D Material | Dr. Annika Kurzmann | since 2021 |
| Multifunctional Compositionally Complex Materials | Dr. Clio Azina | since 2021 |
| Architectural Design Categorization Based on Expert and Non- Expert Judgements of Buildings | Dr. Josep Llorca-Bofí | since 2021 |
| Unravelling the Production Mechanisms and Fate of Assimilable Organic Carbon in Membrane Aerated Bioreactors (MABR) for Wastewater Reuse | Dr. Peter Desmond | since 2021 |