Research College FOR 2229 Thinking films - Poetologies of the audiovisual image
- since 2014

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kappelhoff
Dept. of Philosophy and Humanities, Institute of Theater Studies 

FOR 2305: Discursification of the New. Tradition and Novation  in Medieval and Early Modern Texts
- since 2016 -

Spokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Huß
Dep. of Philosophy and Humanities, Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures

Research College FOR 2615: Rethinking Oriental Despotism - Strategies of Governance and Modes of Participation in the Ancient Near East
- since 2018 -

Spokespersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Klinger
Dep. of History and Cultural Studies, Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

FOR 2724: Thermal Machines in the Quantum World
- since 2019 -

Spokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert
Dep. of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics

FOR 5026: Integrating Insect Immunity, Microbiota and Pathogens
- since 2020 -

Sokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Rolff
Dep. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology 

FOR 5130: ImmunoChick- Unravelling the Avian Immune Response in the Context of Infection
- since 2021 -

Spokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kaufer
Dep. of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Virology

FOR 5289: From Imprecision to Robustness in Neural Circuit Assembly
- since 2022 -

Spokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger
Dep. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology

FOR 5323: Aetiologies: Founding Narratives in Literary, Scholarly, and Scientific Discourses
- since 2023 -

Spokesperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Gödde
Dep. of History and Cultural Studies, Institute of Religious Studies