The call for proposals as part of the Impulsfonds supports the goal of the “Strategic Development of Potential” initiative to promote cross-institutional collaboration in research projects and to sustainably anchor cooperation in the regional ecosystem with at least one regional non-university research institution in and around Braunschweig. Depending on the focus of the research project, it is also possible to extend this regional centering to Lower Saxony in general (e.g. with the Max Planck Institutes, the Fraunhofer Institutes, the Helmholtz Association sites or the Leibniz Association institutions in Lower Saxony). Researchers should be encouraged to share knowledge and skills and to adopt new perspectives when developing innovative ideas and working on research questions beyond the boundaries of TU Braunschweig.
Through the funding program, TU Braunschweig wants to offer its scientists the opportunity to enter into targeted collaborations in the ecosystem and create an incentive to jointly develop new research projects. In addition to the further development of joint research topics, the aim is also to sustainably strengthen TU Braunschweig as a science location and make it fit for the future. The funding should be the prelude to applying for further joint research funding and lead to joint publications.
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15 projects funded in the first round of the Seed Funding Ecosystem
The first round of the “Ecosystem” funding program was successful: a total of 27 projects from a wide range of disciplines and subjects at the Technische Universität Braunschweig submitted their applications together with non-university research institutions in and around Braunschweig. 15 of them have now received approval for the ten-month funding of around € 20,000.
| Project | Spokespersons TUBS | Non-university research institutions and other partners |
|---|---|---|
| Siderophores from plant-associated microbes | Prof. Dr. Ute Wittstock | Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH |
| Regional Economics Research Cluster | Prof. Dr. Felix Rösel; Prof. Dr. Markus Ludwig | Thünen Institute, Ostfalia Wolfsburg/Salzgitter, TU Clausthal, Universität Hildesheim |
| Biological Indicators of Soil Health (BIOS) | Prof. Dr. Julia Gebert, Prof. Dr. M. Sut-Lohmann, Prof. Dr. M. Gerke, Prof. Dr. K. Schröter | Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Salamon-Ökologie |
| Digitale Denkmalraumbücher - Standards und Potenziale | Prof. Dr. phil. Ulrike Fauerbach | Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (NLD) |
| From Skepticism to Standard Solution: Promoting Acceptance of Virtual Validation | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pannek | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) |
| Aufbau eines Ökosystems „Metrologie in der Stadt der Zukunft" | Prof. Michael Kurrat, Dr. Anna Lux, Marcus Baxmann | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) |
| Timber Panel Solutions for Housing: Strategies for Vertical Expansion and Redensification | Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Prof. Dr. Harald Kloft, Prof. Dr. Mike Sieder, Prof. Helga Blocksdorf, Prof. Dr. Jochen Zehfuß | Fraunhofer WKI |
| Recyclability for large-scale power electronics | Prof. Dr. Regine Mallwitz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Herrmann | Fraunhofer IST |
| Interdisziplinäre Gestaltung von Lernangeboten im Schülerlabor: Biologie und Mathematik in der Infektionsforschung | PD Dr. Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell, Prof. Dr. A. Fleißner, Prof. Dr. K. Vorhölter | HZI, Biotechnologische Schülerlabor Braunschweig (BioS) |
| Aufbau eines interdisziplinären Forschungsnetzes zu myzelbasierten Werkstoffen als nachhaltige Materialien in der Mobilität | Prof. Dr. Sven Hartwig, Dr.-Ing. Katrin Dohnt, Dr.-Ing. Werner Berlin | Fraunhofer WKI |
| Sexual dimorphism in a 3D stem cell infection model | Prof. Dr. Melanie Brinkmann | Leibniz Institute DSMZ |
| ClimateChange – Linking Information, stakeholder Networks & Knowledge | Prof. Dr. Vanessa Carlow, Prof. Dr. Stephan Weber | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon: Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) |
| Enabling Closed-loop Operations & Sustainable Production via Advanced Composite Engineering | Dr. Aditya R. Thakur | Fraunhofer WKI |
| Safety Assessment of Sodium-Ion-Battery Cells | Prof. Dr. Arno Kwade, Dr. Peter Michalowski, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kurrat | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) |
| Thin-film Temperature Measurement in Rocket Engine Cooling Channels | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Simona Silvestri | Fraunhofer IST |