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.

Quantifying the Action of Single Macromolecules and Macromolecular Complexes Using Optical Microscopy

Group Head: Prof. Dr. Stephan Block
Funding period: 7/2024 - 6/2029
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Structural Biology and Biochemical Insights into Posttranscriptional Silencing of Eukaryotic mRNA

Group Head: Prof. Dr. Sutapa Chakrabarti, PhD
Funding period: 7/2022 - 5/2027
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Neural Networks for Vocalization in Bats

Group head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julio Hechavarria Cueria
Funding period:  8/2025 - 9/2027
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology, Behavioral Biology

Ecological Behavioural Economics: Bringing Consumer Manipulation to Animal Behaviour

Group Head: PD Dr. Tomer Czaczkes
Funding period: 6/2025 - 3/2026
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institut of Biology

Chemical Functionalization of 2D Materials beyond Graphene

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