Research Training Groups are sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to support junior researchers in topical research programs. The groups are funded for a maximum of nine years, and focus on the training of doctoral researchers who plan to set up their own independent research group. Some parts of the program are oriented toward international students, and offer joint doctoral training with one or more foreign partner groups.

Research Training Groups at the University of Tübingen

The Humanities, Science and Medicine

Bioethics – Theoretical Foundations, Neurosciences, Genetic Information

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Engels, Professor of Ethics in the Life Sciences, Biology Dept.

Duration: through December 31, 2012

Homepage of the Bioethics Research Training Group

Cellular Mechanisms of Immune-Associated Processes

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Rammensee of the Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology

Duration: through September 30, 2012

Homepage of the Cellular Mechanisms Research Training Group

International Research Training Group (Tübingen – Dundee): The PI3K Pathway In Tumor Growth and Diabetes

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Erwin Schleicher of the University Medical Clinic

Duration: through March 31, 2015

Homepage of the International Research Training Group

Religious Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe (800–1800)

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Holzem, Faculty of Catholic Theology

Duration: through September 30, 2015

Homepage of the Research Training Group Religious Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe (800 - 1800)

Molecular Principles of Bacterial Survival Strategies

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer, Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine

Duration: through March 31, 2016

Homepage of the Research Training Group Molecular Principles of Bacterial Survival Strategies