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
Different Aesthetics (CRC 1391)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Annette Gerok-Reiter, Institute of German Language and Literature
Duration: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2027
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, 2024
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
ResourceCultures (CRC 1070)
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Martin Bartelheim, Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology
Duration: October 1, 2013 to June 30, 2025
Collaborative Research Centers with a Tübingen principal investigator
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
Aging at Interfaces (CRC 1506)
Spokesperson's university: Ulm University
Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Daniel Sauter, Tübingen University Hospital, Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases
Duration: January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025
Mechanisms of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer (CRC 1399)
Spokesperson's university: Universität of Cologne
Tübingen principal investigators: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Rammensee and Dr. Cécile Gouttefangeas, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology
Duration: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2027
Homepage of the "Mechanisms of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance" CRC
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy (CRC 1177)
Spokesperson's university: Goethe University Frankfurt
Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Tassula Proikas-Cezanne, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology
Duration: January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2023
Wave Phenomena: Analysis and Numerics (CRC 1173)
Spokesperson's university: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Christian Lubich, Department of Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Duration: July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2027
Synaptic Micronetworks in Health and Disease (CRC 1089)
Spokesperson's university: University of Bonn
Tübingen principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Jakob Macke, Department of Computer Science – Machine Learning in Science
Duration: October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2025
Completed Collaborative Research Centers of the last five years
Threatened Orders (CRC 923)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier, Institute of Ancient History
Duration: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2023
CAMPOS – Catchments as Reactors: Metabolism of Pollutants on the Landscape Scale (CRC 1253)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl, Center for Applied Geoscience
Duration: January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021
The Construction of Meaning - the Dynamics and Adaptivity of Linguistic Structures (CRC 833)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Beck, Institute of English Language and Literatures
Duration: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2021
The Bacterial Cell Envelope: Structure, Function and Infection Interface (CRC 766)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wohlleben, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Duration: July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2019