
The IU Research Incubators are institutionalised kick-off funds and are aimed at researchers who want to develop and deepen a research idea and need time and resources to do so in order to advance major publications, product developments or third-party funding proposals.
Read-Aloud Maths
Exploring practical text-to-speech solutions for learning with mathematical content in higher education.
Beteiligte Professor:innen:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Libbrecht, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Robert Graf, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nazli Andjic, Prof. Dr. Tim Schlippe
Dauer: 04/2026 – 03/2028
WarNung
Wahrnehmung rechtsextremer Narrative und Anschlusshandeln: Entwicklung einer innovativen qualitativen Erhebungsmethodik
Beteiligte Professor:innen: Dennis Walkenhorst, Jens Ostwaldt
Dauer: 12 Monate
EDIVAX-HPV
Development of a Cost-effective Edible Vaccine Candidate Against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Cervical Cancer
Beteiligte Professor:innen:
Dr. Andreas Lössl
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Tahir WaheedDauer: 18 Monate: 2026-2027
TAPAS
Tailored Automated Pain Assessment Systems
Beteiligte Professor:innen:
Prof. Dr. Heinke HihnDauer: 01.04.2026 bis 31.05.2027
PAIK
Interprofessionelle Lehre neu gedacht – Partizipative Analyse und Weiterentwicklung KI-gestützter Bot-Lösungen im Hochschulsetting
Beteiligte Professor:innen:
Prof. Dr. Marion Roddewig
Prof. Dr. Sandra Pahr-Hosbach
Prof. Dr. Marian Benner-WicknerDauer: 24 Monate
medXQML
XQML in biomedical research: Advancing molecular-phenotypic association studies through the integration of explainable quantum machine learning
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Elena JolkverDuration: 2 years
AI.CON
Studies on the impact of GenAI on the self-perception and consumer behaviour of Generation Z
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr. Henrik Vogel
Prof. Dr. Susanne O‘Gorman
Gabriele LeppelmannDuration: 01.04.2026 – 30.03.2028
PAL
Personality-based adaptive learning
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristina Schaaff
Prof. Dr. Marc-André HeidelmannDuration: 01.07.2025 – 30.06.2027
MESSCAI
Measuring & Strengthening Students’ Self-Concept of AI
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Heß
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Heinisch
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz
Prof. Dr. Adrienne SteffenDuration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2027
Crypto Expert Survey
Empirical basis for academic research on expectation formation in the crypto sector
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr. David FlorysiakProf. Dr. Andrey Afanasiev
Sven Wagenknecht (Industry Partner)
Duration: 01.02.2025 – 31.01.2027
IMA-XR
A New AI System for Large-Scale Analysis of Attitudes, Sentiments and Consumption Trends in the Sports Sector
Professors involved:
Bertram Taetz
Gabriele-Bleser Taetz
Janki Dodiya
Armin GrasnickDuration: 10/2025 –09/2027
Fan Trend Tracker
A New AI System for Large-Scale Analysis of Attitudes, Sentiments and Consumption Trends in the Sports Sector
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr. Francisco Tigre Moura
Prof. Dr. Visieu LacDuration: 2 years
UMUKITA
Study on everyday musical behaviour in child day care centres
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr phil. Rebecca Voss
Prof. Dr Immanuel UlrichDuration: 01.07.2025 - 30.06.2027
M·E·T·A·S
Measures for Energy Transition with Artificial Societies
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr. Maik Günther
Prof. Dr. Guido BayardDuration: 2025 – 2027
FiBiSen
Financial education of senior citizens
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr Johannes Treu
Prof. Dr Stephan Otto
Prof. Dr Okka ZimmermannDuration: 10/2025 – 09/2027
Project VR Sono
Boost your ultrasound-skills using Virtual Reality
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Grasnick
Prof. Dr. Christian Erker
Dr. Sheikh Radiah Rahim Rivu
Dr.-Ing. Ali Mehmood KhanDuration: 10/2025 – 10/2027
Value attitudes and payment behaviour
Creation of a database for the integration of international economic and economic-psychological factors
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr Julia Pitters
Prof. Dr Max Pumperla
Prof. Dr Franz SeitzDuration: 2 years
DIGITASA
Pulse survey on digitalisation (in) social work from the perspective of practice
Professors involved:
Prof. Dr Jakob Tetens
Prof. Dr Juliane Wahren
Prof.in Dr Annemarie Matthies
Prof. Dr Jan Sailer
Duration: 04/2025 - 03/2027
AI-Buddy Luna
Determining the needs and requirements of children and adolescents for an AI chatbot in health prevention - using the example of the Healthyfy platform
Professors involved:
Laura-Maria Altendorfer
Olaf LanghardtDuration: 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2026
ESSTAI
Strengthening sales and service teams: AI training in times of skills shortages
Professors involved:
Philipp Diebold
Cecile KornmannDuration: 2 years
UMASC 4 BioMed
Universal Multimodal Actuator Sensor Chip (UMASC) for biomedical applications
Involved Professors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moustafa Nawito
Prof. Dr. med. Amani Mahmoud NawitoDuration: 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2026
AFMoS
Adaptive Radio Channel Modelling of Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems
Involved Professors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Haenssler, PhD
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kamel HaddadiDuration: 2 years
AFMoS
Adaptive Radio Channel Modelling of Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems
Involved Professors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Haenssler, PhD
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kamel HaddadiDuration: 2 years
RRiL
Representation of Law in Logic for the Automation of Legal Norms
Involved Professors: Prof. Dr. Ralf Kneuper ralf.kneuper@iu.org Prof. Dr. Petra Beenken petra.beenken@iu.org Prof. Dr. Ulrich John ulrich.john@iu.org Prof. Dr. TianXiang Lu tianxiang.lu@iu.org
Duration: 07/2024 – 06/2026
AStra
At home on the street: Investigating the lives and worlds of homeless young people in Germany
Contact persons:Thomas Wilke, thomas.wilke@iu.org Rebecca Schmolke, rebecca.schmolke@iu.org, Phil C. Langer (IPU Berlin), phil.langer@ipu-berlin.de
Duration: 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2026
Impression Management through Synthetic and Digital Human Avatars
Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Online Education
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hellmann, Prof. Dr. Jessica Hastenteufel, Dr. Lawrence Ang, Dr. Suresh Sood, Prof. Dr. Bernd Joers, Dr. Polina Khrennikova
Duration: 2024
KiBiScH
Childhood educators in all-day education and care - studies on the pedagogical support of children aged 6-12 in schools and after-school care centres
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Katharina Gerarts, Katharina.gerarts@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Margarete Jooß-Weinbach, margarete.jooss-weinbach@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Sarah Hagemann-Schmelzeisen, sarah.schmelzeisen-hagemann@iu.org
Duration: 2024-2026
AMO
Automatic Music Orchestration with Machine Learning/AI
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. -Ing. Gissel Velarde, gissel.velarde@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Niel Bretana, neil-arvin.bretana@iu.org
Duration: 2024-2025
KIDZ
AI-supported detection of cyber attacks (especially zero-day exploits) on IT infrastructures
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall, alexander.lawall@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zöller, thomas.zoeller@iu.org
Duration: 01.09.2024 – 31.08.2026
Digital Legislation
Artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies for planning laws
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Heiko Krüger
Duration: 01.09.2023 until 31.11.2024
The sustainable transformation
Examining sustainability and ESG as drivers for business success
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Christian Kroll
Duration: 01.10.2023 until 30.09.2025
Vision
Virtual Interactive Simulation vw. Online and non-tech coaching
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ellena Werning
Duration: 01.03.2024 -28.02.2026
DigiLearn
DigiLearn: How students learn in distance learning programmes
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Immanuel Ulrich, Prof. Dr. Christina Buschle, Prof. Dr. Mario Herrmann
Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026
