UoC Forum
This funding line supports innovative cooperation projects with the aim of promoting scientific exchange within the University of Cologne and with partners of the university.
Proposals and projects which are relevant for the strategic development of research at UoC will be given priority. The funding line is not restricted with regard to content or themes and encourages innovative projects with new ideas. The call for proposal is made every two years.
Funded Projects 2025
Project title: Intratumoral heterogeneity and evolution in esophageal cancer - addressing therapy resistance and disastrous prognosis
Principal Investigator: Prof.’ Christiane Bruns, Prof. Alexander Quaas, Priv.-Doz. Yuri Tolkach, Prof. Marcus Krüger
Funding period: 1.10.2025-30.09.2027
Project title: Basal-Ganglia-Cortex Interaction in Motor Speech
Principal Investigator: Prof.’ Doris Mücke, Prof.’ Petra Schumacher, Prof. Michael Thomas Barbe
Funding period: 1.10.2025-30.09.2027
Project title:RACE: Exploring RNA dynamics in Axons using novel Chemical tools
Principal Investigator: Prof.‘ Elena Irene Rugarli, Prof.‘ Stephanie Kath-Schorr
Funding period: 1.10.2025-30.09.2027
Project title: On Good TERMS - The role of TERMites in Savannah ecosystem services
Principal Investigator: Prof. Tony Reimann, Dr. Marijn van der Meij
Funding period: 1.10.2025-30.09.2027
Funded Projects 2023
Project title: Language in psychosis: Broaching a new frontier
Principal Investigator:Prof. Kai Vogeley, Prof. Klaus von Heusinger, Dr.‘in Derya Çokal, Prof. Joseph Kambeitz
Funding period: 01.07.2023-30.06.2025
Project title: Priming BioC²: Biodiversity Genomics Center Cologne
Principal Investigator: Jun.-Prof.‘in Ann-Marie Waldvogel, Dr. Philipp Schiffer
Funding period: 01.07.2023-30.06.2025
Project title: Multimodal Preclinical Imaging Platform University Cologne (MUPIC)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Holger Grüll, Prof. Heike Endepols
Funding period: 01.07.2023-30.06.2025
Project title: Smart Courts – Disruptive Technologies in China’s Judicial SystemSmart Courts – Disruptive Technologies in China’s Judicial System
Principal Investigator: Prof. Martin Waßmer, Prof. Björn Ahl, Dr. Daniel Sprick
Funding period: 01.07.2023-30.06.2025
Funded Projects 2020
Project title: Building a computational model to analyze temperature dependent information processing in the mammalian energy homeostatic system
Principal Investigator: Prof. Peter Kloppenburg, Prof. Martin Nawrot
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Visualizing macromolecular protein complexes with large-scale chemical crosslinking mass spectrometry and cryogenic electron microscopy
Principal Investigator: Prof. Elmar Behrmann, Prof. Hans-Günter Schmalz, Prof. Marcus Krüger, Prof. Günter Schwarz
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Transformative Nanocarriers for RNA Transport and Tracking – Advanced Concepts for Therapy and Diagnostic
Principal Investigator: Prof. Sanjay Mathur, Prof.‘in Stephanie Kath-Schorr, Prof.‘in Ines Neundorf, Dr.‘in Isabel Gessner, Prof.‘in Margarete Odenthal, Prof. Jochen Fries, Prof.‘in Michal-Ruth Schweiger
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Beyond the Domesticated and Wild Divide: Plant Biology and the Politics of Nutrition
Principal Investigator: Prof. Boris Braun, Prof. Stanislav Kopriva
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Behavioral Determinants of Chronic Disease Self-Management
Principal Investigator: Prof. Daniel Wiesen, Prof.‘in Stephanie Stock
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Metal nanocluster-based quantum dot sensors for imaging of electrostatic potentials of surfaces and nanostructures
Principal Investigator: Prof. Thomas Michely, Prof. Ruslan Temirov
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Project title: Conversational priming in language change
Principal Investigator: Prof. Eugen Hill, Prof. Martin Becker, Dr.‘in Sonja Gipper
Funding period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2022
Funded Projects 2017
Project title: CHINA global: ideas, values, practices
Principal Investigator: Prof.' Susanne Brandtstädter, Prof. Wilfried Hinsch
Funding period: 01.11.2017-31.10.2019
Project title: Classical and quantum dynamics of interacting particle Systems
Principal Investigator: Prof. Alexander Drewitz, Prof. Joachim Krug
Funding period: 01.11.2017-31.10.2019
Project title: From Structure to function: sensory processing and decision in full-scale cortical network models
Principal Investigator: Prof. Martin Nawrot
Funding period: 01.11.2017-31.10.2019
Project title: Neurodegeneration Forecast. A Computational Brainsphere Model for Simulation of Alzheimer´s Disease
Principal Investigator: Prof.' Angela Kunoth, Prof. Alexander Drzezga, Prof. Yaping Shao
Funding period: 01.11.2017-31.10.2019
Funded Projects 2016 (Projects on Energy)
Project title: Energy Conservation through Real-Time Feedback
Principal Investigator: Prof.' Bettina Rockenbach, Prof. Matthias Sutter
Funding period: 01.03.2016-31.12.2016
Project title: Reshaping the EU Emission Trading Scheme: an econometric assessment
Principal Investigator: Prof. Jörg Breitung, Prof. Dieter Hess
Funding period: 01.03.2016-31.12.2016
Project title: Market design and regulation for stochastic electricity supply chains
Principal Investigator: Prof. Felix Höffler, Prof. Ulrich Thonemann
Funding period: 01.04.2016-31.12.2016
Project title: How to carry through an energy transition in a federal state: the impact of joint decision-Making on the German Energiewende
Principal Investigator: Prof. André Kaiser
Funding period: 01.04.2016-31.12.2016
Funded Projects 2015
Project title: Motivation, self-control and economic behavior
Principal Investigator: Prof. Carlos Alos-Ferrer
Funding period: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
Project title: Effects of deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens on reward-decisions, social comparison based motivations
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jens Kuhn, Dr. Jan Crusius
Funding period: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
Project title: Strings & Structures: Codes of Sense and Function in Genomics and Linguistics
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wiehe, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rolshoven
Funding period: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
Project title: Quality of life and subjective well-being of the very old in NRW
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
Funding period: 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
Funded Projects 2014
Project title: Value Creation in a Changing Customer and Media Environment
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Project title: Managerial Risk Factors in Medicine
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. L. Kuntz
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Project title: Does cognitive training in the elderly enhance the ability to understand speech in complex communication environments?
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. H. Meister, Prof. Dr. T. Kaul, Prof. Dr. J. Kessler
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Project title: Exploring the therapeutic potential of carbon monoxide by means of enzyme-triggered CO-releasing molecules
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. H.-G. Schmalz, Dr. O. Krut
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Project title: Cultural Heritage in Africa and Asia - Discourses and Practices
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. A. Storch, Dr. H. Felber
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Funded Projects 2013
Project title: Linguistic Awareness in Teacher Education Based on Geographical Media
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. A Budke, Dr. M. Michalak
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
Project title: Symplectic Techniques in Topology and Dynamics
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. H. Geiges
Funding period: 01.10.2013 - 30.09.2015
Project title: MOX SWITCH - Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxide Nanolaminates for Nonvolatile Resistive Switching Memory Devices
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. S. Mathur
Funding period: 01.08.2013 - 31.07.2015
Project title: Ethnicity as a Political Resource: perspectives from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. M. Pelican, Dr. A. Manke
Funding period: 01.08.2013 - 31.07.2015
Project title: Advancing Common Pool Resource Management in Heterogenious Groups
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. B. Rockenbach, Dr. A. Weiss
Funding period: 01.07.2013 - 30.06.2015
Project title: Control and Manipulation of Developmental States of Cells by Small Molecules
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. A. Berkessel, Dr. T. Saric
Funding period: 01.10.2013 - 30.09.2015
Project title: Determinants and Effects of Inadequate Health Literacy in Chronically Ill (DHL-C)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. S. Stock
Funding period: 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015