ERS funded projects are initiated through two approaches. In the open calls, researchers can submit proposals for funding for projects from all RWTH research areas. These projects should aim at identifying and developing new interdisciplinary fields of research.

The topic-specific calls are for funding projects in fields of research which serve to further develop strategically important research focuses at RWTH. As a result, profiile areas of the university that have already been established are further defined and expanded. The Planning and Allocation Committee, PAC for short, is involved in the selection of topic-specific calls.

Calls are published at least eight weeks before the submission deadline in an email to all RWTH professors and on the ERS website.

Seed Fund

Seed funding helps researchers pursue new ideas in an interdisciplinary team. The objective is to enable initial publications on the topic and the acquisition of external funding. Projects run for an average of six to twelve months. For ERS projects carried out in collaboration with strategic partners, for example within JARA, partners are expected to provide matching funds.

Calls are generally published every year. Proposals are submitted via the ERS portal. All proposals that fulfill the formal requirements go through a defined selection process. At the end of the process the ERS selection committee composes a list of nominees to be confirmed by the Rector's Office.

237 projects have been funded thus far with a total volume of 9.1 million euros.

Prep Fund

ERS Prep funds aim to enable researchers to overcome existing hurdles or limitations such as scientific challenges or technical difficulties for achieving mid- to long-term strategic research goals. Prep Funds can vary in size and duration according to the needs of the specific project. Prep Funds are awarded competitively following periodic calls. The criteria are (i) identification of a gap in an area of high strategic importance, (ii) definition of project goals to close this gap, (iii) description of tangible deliverables.

FAQ Project Funding

ERS Prep Fund Call 2020

ERS Prep Fund Call: Coal Phase-Out

PFKA007 – Prozessmodellierung der industriellen nachhaltigen Polymerisation von Lactid zum bioabbaubaren Polymer PLA unter Verwendung nicht-toxischer Katalysatoren

Applicants

Prof. Sonja Herres-Pawlis
IAC – Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Prof. Andreas Jupke
AVT Fluid Process Engineering

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FAQ Project Funding

ERS Prep Fund Call 2020

ERS Prep Fund Call: Coal Phase-Out

PFKA007 – Prozessmodellierung der industriellen nachhaltigen Polymerisation von Lactid zum bioabbaubaren Polymer PLA unter Verwendung nicht-toxischer Katalysatoren

PFKA008 – Cluster 4 Plastics Recycling

PFKA006 – Quantifizierung der regionalwirtschaftlichen Effekte durch den Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung im Rheinischen Revier

PFKA010 – Prep for Innovation: Reallabor Nivelstein

PFKA009 – Attract-hc: Attracting human capital for the Rhenisch mining area through comfortable, healthy, and productivity-enhancing indoor environmental spaces

PFKA003 – REVIERa – RWTH Transformation Platform

ERS Prep Fund Call 2019

ERS Prep Fund Call: Simulation and data Science

PFSDS004 – Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz zur Knorpelforschung

PFSDS005 – Identifying Interpretable Subgroups with Exceptional Structural Relations in Big Datasets

PFSDS006 – Intelligent Finite Elements for Structural Dynamics

PFSDS015 – iStrainML: Improving Strain Engineering by Machine Learning

PFSDS022 – Adjoint-Based Adaptive Sampling for Optimized Data Synthesis in Flow Control Applications

PFSDS023 – MINERALS: Machine learning training set for virtual microscopy

PFSDS025 – From Big Data to Process Insight - Remote Sensing Based Model Selection for Natural Hazards Modeling

PFSDS026 – Data science based wear prediction

ERS Prep Fund Call: Life Science

PFLS003 – Etablierung einer CLARITY-Plattform für die Aachener Lebenswissenschaften

PFLS004 – Long non-coding RNAs in gene-environmental interactions

PFLS008 – Development of mucus-degrading enzyme coatings for airway stents

PFLS009 – Hyperthermia convertible chromophores for fluorescence imaging

PFLS010 – Magnetic field-assisted bioprinting for the fabrication of three-dimensional in vitro tissue models

PFLS011 – Ultrathin nanofiber as basement membrane mimic for maintenance of a non-inflammatory endothelial phenotype

PFLS012 – Automatisierung des stimulierten Geneditings durch Elektroporation am Beispiel von Pseudomonas putida

PFLS015 – MEPA - Microbial Evolution of Protein Allocation

Approved Seed Fund Projects 2020

Seed Fund – RWTH Start Up

StUpPD365-20 – Magnetic colloids for reconfigurable ferromagnetic materials

StUpPD383-20 – Lens Theory in Assessment Centers

StUpPD363-20 – ProtoBiome; In-depth functional analysis of the proteolytic enzymes within the mammalian gut

StUpPD371-20 – Evaluation of Chemical Toxicity on Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells by Online Monitoring of the Respiration Activity

StUpPD361-20 – Systematische Entwicklung konsistenzsichernder Digitaler Zwillinge

StUpPD370-20 – SEALASTINS: Surgical elastin-like sealants

StUpPD373-20 – Development of Pavement Surface Materials with Sensing-Capabilities for Application in Intelligent Transportation Systems

StUpPD377-20 – LiTronic - Lithium-Ion Cells with integrated Electronic

StUpPD380-20 – Identification and characterization of components of the mTORC signaling pathway in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

StUpPD384-20 – Explaining deep neural network based text classifiers

StUpPD385-20 – Towards thermal conductance measurements as a probe for topological states in two-dimensional quantum systems

StUpPD372-20 – The Impact of Predictability on Language Switching

StUpPD362-20 – Assigning sense to the long antisense RNAs of the barley powdery mildew pathogen

StUpJP052-20 – Geschaltete Kaskadenreaktionen mittels Carbentransferreaktionen

Seed Fund – Open Seed Fund 2020

OPSF549 – Estimating accessibility in social networks under uncertainty

OPSF550 – Universal behavior under flow of soft biological and synthetic colloids

OPSF551 – Investigating the consequences of nuclear deformation during neuronal migration for epigenetic and transcriptional remodeling using microfluidics

OPSF553 – Neural processing of auditory looming in virtual acoustic environments

OPSF554 – Prozessentwicklung zur Herstellung von Fasermatten aus szintillierenden lichtleitenden Fasern für einen hochpräzisen Spurdetektor (SciFi Tracker)

OPSF555 – Entwicklung künstlicher Tumormodelle zur quantitativen Analyse des Pharmaka-Targetings mittels magnetischer Nanopartikel

OPSF557 – Development and Testing of a High Temperature Superconducting Magnet for Space Applications

OPSF560 – Entwicklung von Methoden zur Lebenszyklusanalyse leistungselektronischer Komponenten

OPSF563 – Two photon imaging strategies for investigation of cortical connectivity and plasticity in human cortical networks

OPSF570 – The Automatic Retrieval Account (ARA): Making Learning Better by Testing

OPSF573 – Organic Liquid Time Projection Chamber

OPSF580 – Casein microparticles for sustained drug delivery in regenerative materials

OPSF581 – G-quadruplex enabled Two-dimensional Neuromorphic Bioelectronics

OPSF585 – "Pathomics" - Novel Approach to Unbiased Automated Quantitative Analysis in Digital Pathology

OPSF587 – CEASELESS: Chunk Learning and the Development of Speaking and Listening Fluency: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches

OPSF589 – Rainwater Living Lab Aachen - Wasser in der Stadt gemeinsam denken

OPSF593 – Predicting Elementary Plastic Events in a Zachariasen glass

OPSF596 – Additive Fertigung und Optimierung einer Mikrodurchflusszelle zur elektrochemi-schen Korrosionsprüfung