DFG Funding

Using cutting edge technology and integrated in international projects, the MARUM research center aims at unraveling the role of oceans in the Earth’s system – with a special focus on global processes of change. Researchers investigate interactions between the marine geosphere and biosphere and provide insights into the sustainable use of the oceans. MARUM encompasses a DFG Research Center and a cluster of excellence entitled "The Ocean in the Earth System". More

The goal of this SFB set up at the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen is to determine whether and, if so, precisely how pressures from globalization and liberalization over the past thirty years have impacted the core institutions and functions that define the classical nation state. The main focus of research lies in the area of political science, combined with law, sociology and economic perspectives. More

SFB 747: Micro Cold Forming – Processes, Characterization, Optimization

TR 8: Spatial Cognition: Reasoning, Action, Interaction

This Transregional Collaborative Research Center embedded in the University of Bremen and the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg was set up on 1 January 2003. Research focuses on cognitive agents in spatial environments. One of the main objectives is to provide assistance in the performance of spatial tasks such as spatial reasoning and navigation, and to gain a better understanding of actions and behavior in spatial environments. A further research focus is on the communication of spatial environments in connection with assistance tasks. More

SFB 186: Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course (1988-2001)

SFB 261: The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of material budget and current system (1989-2001)

SFB 372: Sprayforming (1994-2004); subsequently continued in TFB 58: Transfer Area Supreme Materials: Spray Compacting Materials in Application (2005-2008)

SFB 517: Neural Cognition (1996-2004), in cooperation with the university of Oldenburg

SPP 1161: Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam)

The German Family Panel is a representative, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study for researching partner and family dynamics in Germany. The study began with its first wave in 2008-09 and will run for 14 years. Interview data are being gathered from a nationwide random sample of three birth cohorts of anchor persons (multi-cohort design), who were at the time of the first wave 15-17, 25-27, or 35-37 years old. Partners of the anchor persons are also included in each wave of the survey. More

SPP 1243: Quantum transport at the molecular scale

Molecular electronics – i.e. micro electronics in which the individual components make use of atomic interactions in molecules – is generally perceived as the most likely candidate to succeed silicon-based technologies. The main goal is to investigate the insufficiently understood basic requirement for exploiting these technologies, viz. how electrical current flows through a single molecule. More

SPP 1266: Integrated analysis of interglacial climate dynamics (Interdynamik)

The Priority Research Program “Integrated analysis of interglacial climate dynamics” examines the paleoclimate. The goal is to arrive at more accurate predictions of climate change. In order to do this, existing climate archives (terrestrial and marine as well as ice cores) are combined in order to yield a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of global environmental variations. More

SPP 1292: Survey Methodology

The Priority Research Program "Survey Methodology" entered its second stage in spring 2010. It examines surveys as a central method of empirical social research. Despite their widespread use, surveys – like other research methods – are still less than perfect. The objective of this Priority Research Program is to advance survey methodology and reduce its susceptibility to error. Morehttp://www.survey-methodology.de/de/index.html

SPP 1423: Process Spray: Production of Functional Solid Particles by Spraying

The Priority Research Program "Process Spray" examines the production of solid materials by spraying processes. Research focuses on the properties of powders as well as on the development of suitable manufacturing methods. A further step involves investigating applications for the subsequently developed spraying processes. More

SPP 1505: Mediatized Worlds: Communication in Medial and Societal Change

Research within the context of the SSP "Mediatized Worlds: Communication in Medial and Societal Change " focuses on mediatization, which is grasped as the growing shaping of society and culture by media communication. Societal practices in various fields of action like politics and the public sphere, but also everyday life, are inextricably intertwined with media. The main goal is to examine the consequences of this mediatization and its impact on the social life of populations. More

Research Group 1224: Construction Methods for Lightweight CFK-Aluminium Junction Structures

Set up in 2010, the DFG Research Group "Construction Methods for Lightweight CFK-Aluminum Junction Structures" investigates new ways of binding materials made of aluminum and carbon fibers. This is of particular significance in production processes where weight is a critical criterion, such as aircraft manufacture, for instance.

Currently, a total of six Emmy Noether Junior Research Groups are being funded at the University of Bremen.

The DFG is currently funding one national and three international research training groups at the University of Bremen.

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences (GLOMAR) and the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) are presented on the pages of the Excellence Initiative.