FOR 2213: Nanoporous gold - A prototype for a rational design of catalysts
- since 2015 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Marcus Bäumer
Univ. of spokesperson: Jacobs Universität Bremen
Participating scientist: Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse (Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

FOR 2265: Law - Gender - Collectivity: Processes of standardization, categorization and generating solidarity
- since 2018 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Beate Binder
Univ. of spokesperson: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institute of History)

FOR 2327: VIROCARB: Glycans Controlling Non-Enveloped Virus Infections
- since  2019 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thilo Stehle
Univ. of spokesperson: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helge Ewers (Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

FOR 2397: Multi-scale Analysis of Complex three-phase Systems
- since 2016 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Turek
Univ. of spokesperson: Technische Universität Clausthal
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christina Roth (Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

FOR 2518: Functional Dynamics of Ion Channels and Transporters - DynIon -
- since 2017 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Klaus Benndorf
Univ. of spokesperson: Universitätsklinikum Jena
Participating scientists: Dr. Nuria Plattner, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Noé (Institute of Mathematics)

FOR 2568: Philology of Adventure
- since 2018 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin von Koppenfels
Univ. of spokesperson: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Gödde (Institute for the Scientific Study of Religion)

FOR 2589: Near-Realtime Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Prediction (RealPEP)
- since 2019 -

Spokesperson: PD Dr. Silke Trömel
Univ. of spokesperson: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Participating scientist: Dr. Rene Preusker (Institute of  Space Sciences)

FOR 2625: Mechanisms of Lysosomal Homeostasis
- since 2017 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Braulke
Univ. of spokesperson: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Participating scientist: PD Dr. Tobias Stauber (Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

FOR 2705: Dissection of a Brain Circuit: Structure, Plasticity and Behavioral Function of the Drosophila mushroom body
- since 2018 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. André Fiala
Univ. of spokesperson: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Sigrist (Institute of Biology)

FOR 2736: New Refined Observations of Climate Change from Spaceborne Gravity Missions (NEROGRAV)
- since 2019 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Flechtner
Univ. of spokesperson: Technische Universität Berlin
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maik Thomas (Institute of Meteorology)

Research College FOR 2909: Human Abilities
- since 2020 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dominik Perler
Univ. of spokesperson: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Vetter (Institute of Philosophy)

5187: Towards Precision Psychotherapy for non-respondent Patients: From Signatures to Predictions to Clinical Utility
- since 2022 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lüken
Univ. of spokesperson: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Participation scientists: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christine Knaevelsrud, Prof. Dr. Stephan Heinzel, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Babette Renneberg (Institute of Psychology)

FOR 5200: Disrupt - Evade - Exploit: Gene Expression and Host Response Programming in DNA Virus Infection (DEEP-DV)
- since 2021 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Melanie Brinkmann
Univ. of spokesperson: Technische Universität Braunschweig
Participating scientist: Dr. Benedikt Kaufer (Veterinary Medicine, Virology)

FOR 5228: Membrane Trafficking Processes Underlying Presynaptic Proteostasis
-since 2021 -

Spokesperson: Dr. Michael R. Kreutz
Univ. of spokesperson: Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie Magdeburg
Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger (Institute of Biology)

FOR 5288: Fast and Invisible: Conquering Subsurface Stormflow through an Interdisciplinary Multi-Site Approach
- since 2022 -

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Chifflard
Univ. of spokesperson: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Participating scientist: Dr. Christian Reinhardt-Imjela (Institute of Geography)

FOR 5303: Digital Media in Chronic Disease Self-Management (DISELMA)
- since 2023 -

Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Juliana Raupp (Media and Communication Studies)
Univ. of spokesperson: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

FOR 5389: Contextual Influences on Dynamic Belief updating in Volatile Environments: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
- 2024 -

Participating scientist: Dr. Rasmus Bruckner (Institute of Psychology, Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuropsychology)
Univ. of spokesperson: Universität Hamburg

FOR 5429: Modulation of Brain Networks for Memory and Learning by Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation: A Systematic, Lifespan Approach
- since 2023 -

Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Felix Blankenburg (Institute of Psychology, Neurocomputation and Neuroimaging)
Univ. of spokesperson: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

FOR 5500: Collaborations: Assemblages, Articulations, Alliances
- 2025 -

Participating Scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sergio Costa, Institute for Latin American Studies
University of spokesperson: Universität Potsdam

FOR 5528: Mathematical Study of Geophysical Flow Models: Analysis and Computation
- since 2023 -

Participating scientist: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Klein (Institute of Mathematics)
Univ. of spokesperson: Technische Universität Darmstadt