Third-party funded projects

• Funded by: Hans Hermann Voss-Stiftung
  Förderung im Rahmen der Stiftungszwecke Bildung und Ausbildung, Naturwissenschaft und Forschung

• Contact: Prof. Tina Malburg, Prof. Babett Ammari, Prof. Stefan Kraiss

• Duration: 01.09.2026 bis 30.04.2027

• Funded by: Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt.

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Okka Zimmermann, okka.zimmermann@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Stocker, stephanie.stocker@iu.org,

• Duration: 01.01.2027 - 31.12.2029

• Funded by: Ministerium für Kinder, Jugend, Familie, Gleichstellung, Flucht und Integration NRW

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Tom Braun, tom.braun@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Jule Korte, jule.korte@iu.org,

• Duration: 01/09/2026 – 31/08/2028

An interdisciplinary network that makes virtual teaching and research tangible and practical, while promoting mutual understanding between professions.

• Cooperation partner: MedeKI, Paul Riebeck Stiftung, Halle

• Contact: Prof. Dr. oec. troph. Claudia Miersch, Prof. Dr. rer. cur. Katharina Rädel-Ablass

• Duration: 01/01/2027 – 31/12/2029

Major Donor Fundraising Meets AI: Organisational and Personal Development for Public-Benefit Organisations in Germany's Transition Regions

• Funded by: EU (ESF Plus), Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie. Funding stream: Nawi – Nachhaltig Wirken.

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Patrick Roy

• Duration: 01.09.2026 – 30.06.2029

Positive education for teachers and students in "bunker schools" in the Zaporizhzhia region

• Funded by: Nature Heart Foundation, Asam-Verein Eggenfelden, and Hans-Lindner-Stiftung

• Contact: Prof Dr Ulrike Lichtinger, Mag Eva Jambor

• Duration: 01/08/2026 – 31/07/2027

Rap & Economic Policy.

On the Pop-Cultural Negotiation of Economic Realities for Young People

• Funded by: Bertelsmann Foundation

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Marc Dietrich & Prof. Dr. Heidi Süß

• Duration: 01/10/2026 – 31/03/2027

Connecting Universities and European Practice: Shaping the Future of Youth Work

• Funded by: Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union – Cooperation Partnerships in Youth (KA220-YOU), Call 2026, Round 1. National Agency of the applicant organisation: DE04 – JUGEND für Europa. Grant amount (lump sum): €400,000

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Karsten König

• Duration: 01/09/2026 – 31/08/2029 (36 months)

Promoting the competitiveness of SMEs by connecting future working skills in the Czech Republic and Saxony

Podpora konkurenceschopnosti MSP propojením budoucích pracovních dovedností v ČR a SN

• Funded by: SAB Sächsische Aufbaubank; mit Mitteln des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) und Interreg VI-A Sachsen – Tschechien 2021–2027

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Helge Fischer, Urike Schroer

• Duration: 01.05.2026 - 31.12.2028

Resource-Efficient Manufacturing Through Holistic, Production-Integrated Analysis of Angle-Resolved Scattered Light Measurement

• Funded by: German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU)

• Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Matthias Eifler

• Duration: October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2028

MTB.NRW: Use, Conflicts, Potential. An Analysis of the Mountain Biking Situation in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Funded by: Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the North Rhine-Westphalia State Agency for Forestry and Wood (Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Felix Wölfle

• Duration: January 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026

Fire Resistance Design of Carbon-Reinforced Concrete Components - CC-Fire

• Funded by: SAB Saxon Development Bank (Sächsische Aufbaubank); with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Alexander Schumann

• Duration: March 9, 2026 - March 8, 2028

Community-Oriented Counseling and Support in the Job Center - Evaluation of Outreach Work for Vulnerable Target Groups

• Funded by: Hessian Ministry of Labor, Integration, Youth and Social Affairs (Hessisches Ministerium für Arbeit, Integration, Jugend und Soziales)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Claudia Olivier-Mensah, Dr. Annemarie Duscha, and Prof. Dr. Katrin Sen

• Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

On the Relevance and Pedagogical Engagement with (Non-)Antisemitism-Relevant World Orientations

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Mirko Niehoff

• Duration: March 1, 2026 - February 28, 2029

ZiBeKo - Target Group Identification, Needs Assessment, and Outreach Concepts for Building an Innovation Community with All Stakeholders in Care

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR); "Community Innovative Pflege (CIP)," and sponsoring association Team Innovative Pflege e.V. (TIP)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Richard C. Geibel

• Duration: April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027

BauTransForm
Sustainability, Skills Shortages and Economic Pressure in the Construction Industry: Challenges for a Changing World of Work

• Funded by: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Karsten König, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Schumann

• Duration: 1 February 2026 - 31 January 2027

QUSMOS
Hybrid (Quantum-Ready) Optimisation Engine for Operational Planning and Control in Real-World Systems

• EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Gründungsstipendium) - funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Union

• Contact: Dr. Hamzeh Alavirad, Maryam Bahrami Zanjani, Mahdi Khorrami

• Duration: 1 November 2025 - 31 October 2026

Evidence-First Journalism Based on the AIJIM Model

• EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Gründungsstipendium) - funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Union

• Contact: Torsten Tiltack

• Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

EXIST Business Start-up Grant

• EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Gründungsstipendium) - funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Union

• Contact: Marvin Grosser, Julia Drejer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Grasnick

• Duration: 1 February 2026 - 31 January 2027

Building Conservation in the Urban and Social Context of a Mahalla

• Funded by: DAAD: Partnerships with Universities in Central Eastern, South Eastern and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Marit Cremer

• Duration: 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026

Sprachspatz - Empowering Parents, Supporting Children

• EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Gründungsstipendium) - funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Union

• Contact: Josefin Krone (CEO, Sprachspatz)

• Duration: 1 September 2025 - 31 August 2026

Healthy Places Index (GO-IX) - A WebGIS Tool for Planning Healthy Living Environments 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

Mirror Therapy for Improving Motor Function After Stroke - Update of a Systematic Cochrane Review

• Funded by: KGI - Kurt Goldstein Institute

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Holm Thieme

• Duration: 15 December 2024 - 15 June 2026

Development of an Engineering Model for Real-Time Assessment and Prediction of Damage Patterns in Engineering Structures

• Funded by: SAB Saxon Development Bank (Sächsische Aufbaubank)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Alexander Schumann

• Duration: 1 January 2025 - 31 December 2027

ETSI-Compliant Modelling and Simulation-Supported Circuit and Layout Design of SAW Electronic Units

• Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Busch, Nguyen Quang Nam

• Duration: 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025

Developing Future Skills in Placement Companies of Dual Study Students

• Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF Plus) in the Free State of Saxony

• Contact: helge.fischer@iu.org

• Duration: 30 April 2024 - 31 October 2027

• Funded by: Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Kinder, Jugend, Familie, Gleichstellung, Flucht und Integration NRW)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Tom Braun, tom.braun@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Jule Korte, jule.korte@iu.org

• Duration: 1 September 2024 - 31 August 2026

Taste and Smell Perception and Gastrointestinal Function Under Space-Analogue Conditions

• Funded by: DLR e.V. Space Agency - National Space Programme, Funding Area: Research Under Space Conditions

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer

• Duration: 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2027

• Funded by: European Union, Call: Horizon Europe, Environment and Health

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhmert, christoph.boehmert@iu.org

• Duration: 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2025

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101057622.

Investigations into Changes in Glucose Metabolism and Bone Turnover During Long-Duration Missions (1 Year) in Microgravity, and Examination of the Effects of Possible Countermeasures in Analogue Studies

• Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, following a resolution of the German Bundestag

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer, martina.heer@iu.org

• Duration: 1 March 2021 - 28 February 2027

Nordeifel Nature Park - Naturally Sustainable! Closing Supply Gaps While Incorporating and Raising Awareness of Regional Products and Regional Agriculture

• Funded by: Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)

• Cooperation Partner: Nordeifel Nature Park e.V. (Naturpark Nordeifel e. V.)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Felix Wölfle, felix.woelfle@iu.org

• Duration: 25 March 2022 - 31 December 2024

Effects of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) on Gut Microbiota, Immune System and Metabolism in Adults Wintering Over in Antarctica

• Funded by: German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR)

• Cooperation Partners: German Institute of Food Technology (Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie), Institute of Microecology (Institut für Mikroökologie), University of Bologna, University of Lorraine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (France), NASA JSC (USA)

• Contact: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer

• Duration: 1 February 2023 - 30 January 2026

Joint Project: IU Internationale Hochschule (IU), FernUniversität in Hagen (FeU)

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)

• Cooperation Partner: FernUniversität in Hagen (FeU)

• Contacts: Prof. Dr. Caroline Trautwein (Joint Project Lead), Prof. Dr. Michael Hast

• Duration: 1 June 2023 - 31 August 2026

The Appointment of Professors at Private and State Universities of Applied Sciences

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)

• Cooperation Partners: DZHW - German Centre for Higher Education Research (Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschulforschung), Euro-FH - European University of Applied Sciences Hamburg (Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg)

• Contacts: Prof. Dr. Okka Zimmermann, Ester Höhle, M.A.

• Duration: 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2026

First-Generation Students as a Target Group for Private Universities - Forms and Conditions of Organisational Support

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)

• Cooperation Partner: Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg)

• Contacts: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kessler, Prof. Dr. Karsten König

• Duration: 1 August 2023 - 30 November 2026

Intelligence-Enabling Radio Communications for Seamless Inclusive Interactions (CA20120)

• Funded by: EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)

• Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Hänßler

• Duration: 18 October 2021 - 17 October 2025