This pages gives an overview of the exciting current and past research projects at the IU International University of Applied Sciences, which are or were financed by public funds from e.g. the Ministry of Research or through foundation funding.
Current projects
FREDA
Frühe Ernährungsevaluierung bei Demenz - Unterstützung für Angehörige
Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Sandra Pahr-Hosbach, Prof. Dr. Natalie Bäcker
Projektstart: 01.10.2025
BauTransForm
Nachhaltigkeit, Fachkräftemangel und wirtschaftlicher Druck der Baubranche: Herausforderungen für eine Arbeitswelt im Wandel
Gefördert durch: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Karsten König, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Schumann
Dauer: 01.02.2026 bis 31.01.2027
QUSMOS
Hybride (quantum-ready) Optimierungs-Engine für operative Planung und Regelung in realen Systemen
Gefördert durch: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Kontakt: Dr. Hamzeh Alavirad, Maryam Bahrami Zanjani, Yuvateja Reddy
Dauer: 01.11.2025 – 31.10.2026
NamicGreen
Evidence-First Journalism auf Basis des AIJIM-Modells
Gefördert durch: EXIST – Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, gefördert durch die Europäische Union
Kontakt: Torsten Tiltack
Dauer: 01.01.2026 – 31.12.2026
Infinite Horizon
Infinite Horizon
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Contact: Marvin Grosser, Julia Drejer, Saadiya Shaikh, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Grasnick
Duration:01.02.2026 – 31.01.2027
Interdisziplinär am Denkmal 2.0
Farming in the urban and social environment of a mahalla
Funded by: DAAD
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marit Cremer
Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2026
Sprachspatz
Sprachspatz – Eltern stärken, Kinder fördern
Funded by: EXIST
Contact: Josefin Krone (CEO Sprachspatz)
Duration: 01.09.25 – 31.08.26
GO-IX
Gesunde-Orte-Index (GO-IX) – a WebGIS tool for planning healthy living spaces and promoting public health
Funded by: Research funding from the Peter Beate Heller Foundation for the establishment of a junior research group
Contact: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Völker
Duration: 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2029
Update Mirror Therapy
Mirror Therapy for Enhancing Motor Function After Stroke – An Update of a Systematic Cochrane Review
Funded by: KGI – Kurt Goldstein Institute
Contact: Prof. Dr. Holm Thieme
Duration: 15.12.2024 – 15.06.2026
BridgeGuard
Development of an engineering model for real-time assessment and prediction of damage patterns in engineering structures
Funded by: SAB Sächsische Aufbaubank
Contact: Prof. Dr. Alexander Schumann
Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027

SAW-BEM
ETSI-compliant Modeling and Simulation-supported Circuit and Layout Design of SAW Electronics Units
Funded by: Thüringer Aufbaubank
Funding Program: VerbunddynamikContact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Busch, Nguyen Quang Nam
Duration: 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2025

ZuKo4Saxony
Development of future skills in practical companies of dual students
Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF plus) in the Free State of Saxony
Contact: helge.fischer@iu.org
Duration: 30.04.2024 - 31.10.2027

Cultural Pedagogical Key Concepts in Post-Digital Transformation?
Funded by: Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refuge, and Integration of NRW
Contact: Prof. Dr. Tom Braun, tom.braun@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Jule Korte, jule.korte@iu.org
Duration: 01.09.2024 - 31.08.2026

GoGastro
Taste and Smell Perception and Gastrointestinal Functions under Space-Analog Conditions
Funded by: DLR e.V. Space Administration – National Space Program
Funding Area: Research under Space Conditions
Contact: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer
Duration: 01.06.2024 - 31.05.2027

SEAWAVE
Funded by: European Union, Call: HORIZON EUROPE, Environment and Health
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhmert, christoph.boehmert@iu.org
Duration: 01.06.2022 - 31.05.2025
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101057622.

Nudhe Quality - Quality in teaching
Constellations of conditions for the use of survey- and process-based data in higher education development - Subproject Quality in Teaching
Funded within the framework of the BMFTR funding line: Research for Knowledge Transfer
Contact: Dr. Kerstin Janson, kerstin.janson@iu.org
Duration: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2025

Spaceglucose
Investigations of changes in glucose metabolism and bone turnover during long-term missions (1 year) in microgravity and investigation of the effects of possible countermeasures in analogous studies.
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - based on a resolution of the German Bundestag
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer, martina.heer@iu.org
Duration: 01.03.2021 – 28.02.2027

Gastronomic supply gaps along hiking trails
Nature Park Nordeifel - Naturally Sustainable! Closing supply gaps with the inclusion of and raising awareness for regional products and regional agriculture
Funded by: Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Cooperation partner: Naturpark Nordeifel e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Felix Wölfle, felix.woelfle@iu.org
Duration: 25.03.2022 - 31.12.2024

PreGlu
Effects of human milk oligosac-charides (HMOs) on gut micro-biota, immune system and me-tabolism in adults wintering over in Antarctica
Funded by: Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Cooperation partners: Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie, Institut für Mikroökologie, Universität Bologna, Lothringen Universität Vandoeuvr e-lès-Nancy (France); NASA JSC (USA)
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer
Duration: 01.02.2023 – 30.01.2026

Transition into Distance Education (TiDE): Study entry into distance learning
Joint project of IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partner: Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Caroline Trautwein (Interconnector), Prof. Dr. Michael Hast
Duration: 01.06.2023-31.05.2026

BeProf
The appointment of professors at private and public universities of applied sciences
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: DZHW – Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschulforschung, Euro-FH – Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Okka Zimmermann, Ester Höhle, M.A.
Duration: 01.07.2023 to 30.06.2026

FiPHo
First-Generation Students as a Target Group of Private Universities - Forms and Conditions of Organisational Support
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kessler, Prof. Dr. Karsten König
Duration: 01. August 2023 - 31. Juli 2026

Postnatal diabetes prevention
Postnatal diabetes prevention in women with gestational diabetes: improving the response and follow-up frequency after pregnancy
Funded by: diabetesDE – Deutsche Diabetes-Hilfe e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Claudia Miersch
Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026

Comms4Good
Funded by Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (Civic Innovation – Förderung von gemeinwohlorientierten KI-Projekten)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Josef Arweck, Prof. Dr. Nele Hansen, Prof. Dr. Laura-Maria Altendorfer, Carla Aschendorf
Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024

INTERACT
Intelligence-Enabling Radio Communications for Seamless Inclusive Interactions (CA20120)
Funded by: EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Contact person: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Hänßler
Duration: 18.10.2021 bis 17.10.2025





