Priority Programs (SPP)
The following provides an overview of German Research Foundation (DFG) priority programs coordinated by the Technical University of Munich.
What are priority programs?
- Priority programs are coordinated university programs that are funded by the German Research Foundation and typically run for six years.
- They aim to deliver tangible impetus for scientific development by providing coordinated support for important new research topics throughout Germany.
- The projects are characterized by their outstanding quality and focus on highly original topics and/or methodologies. They lay the foundations for emerging fields.
- In particular, the projects focus on supporting young scientists and promoting collaboration across different disciplines, fields, institutes and departments.
- These collaborations strengthen relationships between universities and other research institutes.
Visit the DFG website for more information about priority programs.
Priority programs coordinated at TUM
SPP 2137 “Skyrmionics: Topological Spin Phenomena in Real-Space for Applications”
Speaker:Professor Dr. Christian Pfleiderer (Department of Physics, Chair of Topology of Correlated Systems)
Funding: from 2018
SPP 2013 “The utilization of residual stresses induced by metal forming”
Speaker:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk, (Chair of Metal Forming and Casting, Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Funding: from 2017
SPP 1928 “Coordination Networks: Building Blocks for Functional Systems” (COORNETs)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roland A. Fischer (Chair of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry)
Funding: since 2016
Website: http://www.coornets.tum.de
SPP 1914 “Cyber-Physical Networking” (CPN)
Speaker:Prof Dr.-Ing. Sandra Hirche (Chair of Information-oriented Control, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funding: since 2016
Website: http://www.cpn.itr.ei.tum.de/home/
Project description of SPP 1914 on the DFG website (German only)
SPP 1839 “Tailored Disorder – A science- and engineering-based approach to design materials for advanced photonic applications”
Speaker:Prof. Dr. Cordt Zollfrank (Chair of Biogenic Polymers, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan)
Funding: since 2015
Website:http://www.spp1839.tum.de/
SPP 1656 “Intestinal Microbiota - A Microbial Ecosystem at the Edge between Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation”
Speaker:Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller (Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan)
Funding: 2013–2016
Website:http://www.intestinal-microbiota.de/
SPP 1648 “Software for Exascale Computing”
Speakers:Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz (Chair of Scientific Computing, Department of Informatics), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel (Center of Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH), Technische Universität Dresden)
Funding: since 2012
Website:http://www.sppexa.de/
SPP 1551 “Resource Efficient Constructional Elements”
Speaker:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Robert Höhn (Chair of Machine Elements, Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Funding: since 2011
Website:https://www.fzg.mw.tum.de/projekte-veranstaltungen/ausgewaehlte-projekte/spp-1551-ressourceneffiziente-konstruktionselemente/ (German)