Priority Programmes
Particular feature of the Priority Programme (SPP), generally with a funding period of six years, is the nationwide cooperation between its participating researchers.
Freie Universitaet currently participates in 16 Priority Programmes, and hosts 1 Priority Programme.
SPP 2017: Mountain Building Process in Four Dimensions (4D-MB)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mark Handy (Dept. of Earth Sciences)Duration: since 2017
SPP 1006: Infrastructure - International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Krastel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielFU-Participation: Dept. of Earth Sciences
Duration: since 1996
SPP 1374: Infrastructure - Biodiversity Exploratories
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer, Universität BernFU-Participation: Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy
Duration: since 2007
SPP 1991: Taxon-Omics: New Approaches for Discovering and Naming Biodiversity
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Susanne Sabine Renner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenFU-Participation: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum
Duration: since 2017
SPP 2143: Entangled Africa: Intra-African Connections between Rainforest and Mediterranean (ca. 6000 to 500 BP)
Spokesperson: PD Dr. Jörg Linstädter, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen BonnFU-Participation: Dept. of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geographical Sciences
Duration: since 2018
SPP 2172: The Digital Image
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Hubertus Kohle, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenFU-Participation: Dept. of History and Cultural Studies, Art History
Duration: since 2020
SPP 2176: The Iranian Highlands: Resilience and Integration of Premodern Societies
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Stöllner, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum (DBM)FU-Participation: Dept. of History and Cultural Studies (Archaeology)
Duration: since 2019
SPP 2207: Computational Literary Studies
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Fotis Jannidis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgFU-Participation: Dept. of Education and Psychology (Psychology)
Duration: since 2020
SPP 2244: 2D Materials - Physics of van der Waals [hetero]structures (2DMP)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine, Technische Universität DresdenFU-Participation: Dept. of Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics
Duration: since 2020
SPP 2256: Variational Methods for Predicting Complex Phenomena in Engineering Structures and Materials
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Georg DolzmannFU-Participation: Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics
Duration: since 2024
SPP 2299: Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs. A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution
Spokesperson: Dr. Thomas Felis, Jacobs-Universität BremenFU-Participation: Dept. of Earth Sciences , Institute of Geological Sciences
Duration: since 2022
SPP 2314: INtegrated TERahErtz sySTems Enabling Novel Functionality (INTEREST)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ullrich Pfeiffer, Bergische Universität WuppertalFU-Participation: Dept. of Physics, Experimental Physics
Duration: 2023
SPP 2332: Physics of Parasitism
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Engstler, Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgFU-Participation: Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary-Physiology
Duration: since 2021
SPP 2349: Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität MünsterFU-Participation: Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Institute of Biology
Duration: since 2022
SPP 2378: ResCTC: Resilience through Cross-Technology Communication
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Falko Dressler, Dr. Anatolij Zubow, Technische Universität BerlinFU-Participation: Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Computer Science
Duration: since 2022
SPP 2431 Infrastructure: New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences
Sprokesperson: Prof. Dr. Corinna Kleinert, Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt, Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe BambergFU-Participation: Dept. of Political and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology
Duration: since 2024
SPP 2458: Combinatorial Synergies
Sprokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christian Stump, Ruhr-Universität BochumFU-Participation: Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics
Duration: since 2024
Freie Universität Berlin hosted the following priority programmes:
- SPP 1000 Theatricality - Theater as a Cultural Model in Cultural Studies (1996 - 2006)
- SPP 1051 High-field EPR in Biology, Chemistry and Physics (1998 - 2005)
- SPP 1132 Proteolysis in Prokaryotes: Protein Quality Control and Regulatory Principle (2002 - 2008)
- SPP 1276: Multiple-Scales Asymptotics in (Geophysical) Fluid Mechanics (2007 - 2014)