Third-party funded projects

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.

Conditions for the Use of Survey-Based and Process-Based Data in Higher Education Development - Subproject: Quality in Teaching

• Funded under the BMFTR Funding Line: Research on Knowledge Transfer

• Contact: Dr. Kerstin Janson, kerstin.janson@iu.org

• Duration: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2025

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

• Funded by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Civic Innovation - Funding for AI Projects Serving the Common Good) (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales)

• Contacts: Prof. Dr. Josef Arweck, Prof. Dr. Nele Hansen, Prof. Dr. Laura-Maria Altendorfer, Carla Aschendorf

• Duration: 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

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