To strengthen excellence research and support early-career researchers, the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has funded and continues to fund research projects through relevant calls for proposals.
Within the Excellence Research Programme, five calls for proposals have already been issued via two-stage competitive procedures. The first round of calls for proposals in 2016 focused on excellent research projects that could be aligned with the priorities of the Regionale Innovationsstrategie 2020 für das Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). In the 2017 round of calls for proposals, funding was awarded to research projects that fell within the priority areas of the Master Plan for the Health Economy. Research projects on the topic of digitalisation were the focus of the 2018 call for proposals. During the funding period from 2017 to 2022, funding was provided through Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF).
In 2024, the “Anwendungsorientierte Exzellenzforschung" programme was launched and implemented through two calls for proposals (2024 and 2025). The programme comprised two funding streams: research consortia and individual projects. The individual projects funding stream was the sole focus of the 2024 call for proposals. A prerequisite for funding was a research link to the fields of action or cross-cutting technologies of the current Regionalen Innovationsstartegie für intelligente Spezialisierung (RIS) des Landes Mecklenburg Vorpommern 2021–2027 (in German). Funding is provided by Europäischen Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE).
A general overview of funding for research of excellence by the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be found here. Further information on EU-funded projects can be found here.
Call 2025 | Project duration: 01.04.2026 - 31.03.2029
BehAIve - Behaviour Monitoring and Support of Older Adults
Coordination: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristina Yordanova (University of Greifswald)
Further partners: University of Rostock (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kiste), University fo Applied Sciences Wismar, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), University Medicine Greifswald, University of Bristol
INNO-COMP NH3 Shipping - Innovative components and concepts for the NH3 operation of marine engines
Coordination: Prof. Bert Buchholz (University of Rostock, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technologies)
Further partners: Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V., Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology e.V.
PIRATE - Personalised intracranial risk assessment of aneurysm patients for the purpose of evaluating treatment options
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Schnell (University of Greifswald)
Further partners: Universität Rostock (Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Sven Grundmann), University fo Applied Sciences Stralsund, University Medicine Greifswald, University Medicine Rostock, Karolinska Institutet, ENRADIA
Call 2024 (excluding individual projects) | Project duration: 01.04.2025 - 31.03.2029
Alg4Nut - Algae in ruminant feed: Microbiological and functional principles, prebiotic effects and the feasibility of algae cultivation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Mirko Basen (University of Rostock, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
Further partners: University of Greifswald, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, University Medicine Rostock
KI-TIERWOHL - Smart technologies for analysing and ensuring animal welfare in research and agriculture
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Brigitte Vollmar (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University of Rostock, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), University of Greifswald
associated partners: Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Helmholtz Institut für One Health, BioCon Valley GmbH, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Target-H - Innovative therapies, smart diagnostics and predictive oxidative signalling patterns: the case of skin cancer
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Steffen Emmert (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology, University fo Applied Sciences Wismar
Associated partners: Leibniz University Hannover
Call 2018 | Project duration: 01.07.2019 - 30.06.2022
DigiCare - Digitales Trainieren von Pflege- und Gesundheitsmanagement
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Ing. Alke Martens (University of Rostock, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
Further partners: University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Rostock/Greifswald
Project description (in German)
E-BRAiN - Evidenz-basierte Robot-Assistenz in der Neurorehabilitation (E-BRAiN)
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Platz (University Medicine Greifswald)
Further Partners: University of Rostock, University of Greifswald, University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg
Project description (in German)
NEISS - Neuronale Extraktion von Informationen, Strukturen und Symmetrien aus Bildern
Coordination: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Roger Labahn (University of Rostock, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
Further partners: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Project description (in German)
Call 2017 | Project duration: 01.10.2018 - 31.03.2022
EnErGie - Enterale Ernährung bei Malnutrition durch Erkrankungen des Gastrointestinaltrakts: vom Grundlagenverständnis zum innovativen Behandlungskonzept
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. Georg Lamprecht (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology Dummerstorf
Project description (in German)
HOGEMA - Erforschung neuartiger Ansätze zur Bereitstellung verbesserter Gewebeersatzmaterialien auf Basis der hydrostatischen Hochdruckbehandlung
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. habil. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Bader (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, University of Rostock, University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design Wismar, Fraunhofer project group Extracorporeal Immunomodulation Rostock
Project description (in German)
iRhythmics - Programmierte Herzschrittmacherzellen zur in vitro Medikamententestung
Coordination: Prof. Dr. rer. nat Robert David (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, University of Rostock, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology Dummerstorf
Project description (in German)
ONKOTHER-H - Entwicklungsplattform für innovative onkologische Therapien am Beispiel des häufigsten menschlichen Krebses – Hautkrebs
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. Steffen Emmert (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, University of Rostock, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology Greifswald
Project description (in German)
Call 2016 | Project duration: 01.01.2017 - 31.03.2021
Card-ii-Omics - Kardiovaskuläre Implantatentwicklung-Infektionen-Proteomics: Prävention, Diagnostik und Therapie von Implantatinfektionen
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. univ. Emil C. Reisinger (University Medicine Rostock)
Further partners: University Medicine Greifswald, University of Rostock, University of Greifswald
Project description (in German)
KoInfekt - Aufklärung der Pathomechanismen bakto-viraler Koinfektionen mit neuen biomedizinischen Modellen
Coordination: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sven Hammerschmidt (University of Greifswald)
Further partners: University of Rostock, University Medicine Greifswald, University Medicine Rostock, Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI)
Project description (in German)
Netz-Stabil - Netzstabilität mit Wind- und Bioenergie, Speichern und Lasten unter Berücksichtigung einer optimalen Sektorkopplung
Coordination: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Günter Eckel (University of Rostock, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
Further partners: University of Greifswald, University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
Project description (in German)
PePPP - Proteinfehlfaltung, ER-Stress und Proteindegradation – Entwicklung einer systematischen Pipeline für individualisierte Therapien bei erblichen Leber- und Pankreaserkrankungen
Coordination: Prof. Dr. med. Markus Lerch (University Medicine Greifswald)
Further partners: University Medicine Rostock, University of Greifswald, University of Rostock, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e. V. (LIKAT)
Project description (in German)
Wetscapes - Stoffumsetzungsprozesse an Moor- und Küstenstandorten als Grundlage für Landnutzung, Klimawirkung und Gewässerschutz
Coordination: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nicole Wrage-Mönnig (University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Further partners: Universität Greifswald
Project description (in German)
CONTACT
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Pro-Rector for Research, Talent Development and Equal Opportunities
Prof. Dr. Nicole Wrage-Mönnig
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18055 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0) 381 498 1002
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University Medicine Rostock
Vice Dean Research and Science Development
Prof. Dr. med. Rüdiger Köhling
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18057 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0) 381 494 5030
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