Collaborative Research Centers

The Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) bring together experts to work on long-term interdisciplinary projects. CRCs are funded by the German Research Foundation.

Collaborative Research Centers at the University of Tübingen

Common Ground: Cognition – Grammar – Communication (CRC 1718)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Britta Stolterfoht, Institute of German Language and Literature

Duration: October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029

Homepage of the “Common Ground” CRC

Different Aesthetics (CRC 1391)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Annette Gerok-Reiter, Institute of German Language and Literature

Duration: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2027

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Robust Vision – Inference Principles and Neural Mechanisms (CRC 1233)

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bethge, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Institute for Theoretical Physics

Duration: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2028

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Molecular Encoding of Specificity in Plant Processes (CRC 1101)

Sppkesperson: Prof. Dr. Klaus Harter, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP)

Duration: April 1, 2014 to December 31, 2025

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Collaborative Research Centers with a Tübingen principal investigator

Negation in Language and Beyond (CRC 1629)

Spokesperson's university: Universität Frankfurt

Tübingen Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Kaup, Psychology – Language and Cognition

Duration: April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027

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Decoding and Targeting Mechanisms of Neuroblastoma Evolution (CRC 1588)

Spokesperson's university: Humboldt University, Berlin

Tübingen Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schulte, University Hospital Tübingen - Paediatrics

Duration: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027

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4f for Future (CRC 1573)

Spokesperson's university: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Michael Seitz, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

Duration: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026

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Oncogene-driven immune escape (CRC 1479)

Spokesperson's university: University of Freiburg

Tübingen Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Böttcher, Prof. Dr. Mathias Heikenwälder, Prof. Dr Lisa Sevenich; University Hospitals - M3 Research Center

Duration: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2029

Homepage of the “Oncogene-driven immune escape” CRC