The Heisenberg Programme is directed primarily at those researchers who have qualified for professorship via the Emmy Noether Programme, DFG staff positions, private-sector research or non-faculty academic positions. The target group also includes junior professors who have received positive evaluations, those who have achieved their habilitation or equivalent, and German researchers returning from abroad, as well as appropriately qualified foreign researchers looking to pursue careers in Germany.

Structural biology and biochemical insights into posttranscriptional silencing of eukaryotic mRNA

Group Head: Prof. Dr. Sutapa Chakrabarti, PhD
Funding period: 6/2022 - 5/2027
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institut of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Studies on the Materialization of Rule, Elite Networks and Intersections of Religions

Group head:  Prof. Dr. Babett Edelmann-Singer
Funding period:  9/2023 - 7/2025
Dept. of History and Cultural Sudies, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institute of History, Ancient History

Chemical Functionalization of 2D Materials beyond Graphene

Group head: Prof. Dr. Christian Papp
Funding period: 5/2023 - 4/2026
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institut of Chemistry and Biochemistry