Collaborative Research Centers (CRC)
The German Research Foundation supports scientific research institutions at universities by providing funding for a period of up to twelve years to researchers who work together in interdisciplinary research programs that demonstrate scientific excellence.
Collaborative Research Centers at the University
- CRC 1287: The limits of variability in language
Lead university: University of Potsdam
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Doreen Georgi (Cognitive Sciences structural group)
- CRC 1294: Data Assimilation
Lead university: University of Potsdam
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Reich (Department of Mathematics)
Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) with UP Participation
- CRC 937: Collective behavior of soft and biological material
Lead university: Georg August University of Göttingen
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Carsten Beta (Physics) TP A09
- CRC 951: HIOS - Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics
Lead university: Humboldt University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Dieter Neher (Physics) TP B07
- CRC 958: Scaffolding of Membranes - Molecular Mechanisms and Cellular Functions
Lead university: Free University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Salim Seyfried (Biology) TP A22
- CRC 973: Priming and Memory of Organismic Responses to Stress
Lead university: Free University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Dr. Isabell Bäurle (Biology) TP A02, Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller-Röber (Biology) TP A05, Dr. Salma Balazadeh (Biology) TP A06, Prof. Dr. Frederik Börnke (Biology) TP C06
- CRC 1109: Understanding of Metal Oxide/Water Systems at the Molecular Scale: Structural Evolution, Interfaces, and Dissolution (Information in German only)
Lead university: Humboldt University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Peter Saalfrank (Chemistry)
- CRC 1114: Scaling Cascades in Complex Systems
Lead university: Free University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Reich (Mathematics) TP A02
- CRC 1127: Chemical mediators in complex biosystems
Lead university: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Elke Dittmann-Thünemann (Biochemistry and Biology) TP B08
- SFB/Transregio 227: Ultrafast Spin Dynamics
Lead university: Free University, Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Bargheer (Physics) TP A10
- CRC/Transregio 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
Lead university: University of Köln
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Anja Linstädter (Biochemistry and Biology) TP A01
- CRC/Transregio 265: Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake: From Trajectories to Mechanisms to Interventions
Lead university: Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Participating researchers at the University of Potsdam: Prof. Dr. Rapp (preventive medicine)