National Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence
is the title of the research funding programm of the state Hessen. With this programm the state government supports the universities and research institutions in Hessen continously developing their profile and reaching their strategic goals. LOEWE is fostering exceptional collaborative research projects, with a special focus on integrating university and extra-university research in collaboration with the industry. For further information please visit ProLOEWE - LOEWE research initative networks.
Centers (funding line 1) - already existing, visible research foci of the hessian research environment are extended towards local and regional research centers.
Clusters (funding line 2) - selected research topics of the universities and research institutions in Hessen are bundled.
SME-collaborative research (funding line 3) - funding line for strengthening the collaboration between small and mediate hessian enterprises (SME) with the universities and research institutions in Hessen.
LOEWE-professorships (fuding lines 4a and 4b) - provide additional incentives that universities can use to hire professors, which fit their strategy.
Exploration (funding line 5) - supports projects with new, highly innovative research ideas (unconventional hypothesis, radicaly new approaches).
LOEWE-Center Novel Drug Targets against Poverty-Related and Neglected Tropical Infectious Diseases (DRUID)
Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker (Director Institut for Virology) Participants: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Goethe University Frankfurt, Technical University of Middle Hesse (THM), Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Langen, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP
Vice-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christoph Grevelding (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
LOEWE-Center emergenCITY – The Emergency Responsive Digital City
Lead: Technical University of Darmstadt Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hollick (Technical University of Darmstadt) Participants: University of Kassel, University of Marburg, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Darmstadt (city)
Vice-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anja Klein, Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt, Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Participation: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Halle/Saale), University of Freiburg, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Participation University of Marburg: Dr. Hamed Azarbad, Prof. Dr. Maaike Bader, Prof. Dr. Gert Bange, Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix, Prof. Dr. Helge Bode, Prof. Dr. Robert Junker, Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauß, Prof. Dr. Lars Opgenoorth, Dr. Jan Schuller, Dr. Dirk Zeuss
CoroPan - Human and Zoonotic Coronaviruses: Conserved Targets for New Therapeutic Options in Future Pandemics
Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology
Lead: Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. John Ziebuhr, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Participations:Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Marburg Participation University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Stephan Becker, Prof. Dr. Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser, Dr. Nadine Biedenkopf, Dr. Verena Krähling, Dr. Lucie Sauerhering, Dr. Vijayaram Renigunta, Dr. Aparna Renigunta, Prof. Dr. Arnold Grünweller
Lead: Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Till Acker
Participations: University of Marburg (UMR), The Max Planck Institut for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim Vice Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stiewe (UMR), Prof. Dr. Rajkumar Savai (JLU & MPI Bad Nauheim)
Impact of Diffusible Signals at Human Cell-Microbe Interfaces
Profile Area: Virology and Infection Biology
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Schmeck (Department Medicine, Institute for Lung Research) Project coordination: Dr. Sabrina von Einem Participants: Justus Liebig University Giessen, The Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg
Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Gert Bange, Prof. Dr. Anke Becker, Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher, Prof. Dr. Dominik Heider, Dr. Anna Lena Jung, Prof. Dr. Lennart Randau (Vice-Spokesperson), Prof. Dr. Leon Schulte
Lead: University of Marburg Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Moritz Bünemann und Prof. Dr. Peter Kolb (both Department Pharmacy) Participants: Goethe University Frankfurt, Technical University of Darmstadt, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research Bad Nauheim
Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Wibke Diederich, Prof. Dr. Martin Schlitzer, Prof. Dr. Torsten Steinmetzer
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dominik Heider (Department Mathematics and Computer Sciences) Participants: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Anke Becker, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Prof. Dr. Bernd Freisleben, Prof. Dr. Peter Graumann, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seeger
Development of a Model to Simulate the Material Flows of Microplastics (Entwicklung eines Modells zur Simulation von Stoffströmen im Bereich Mikroplastik)
Nature 4.0 - Exstensive Natur Conservation Monitoring by Interlinked Sensorics and Integrative Data Analysis
Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss (Department Geography) Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix, Prof. Dr. Roland Brandl, Dr. Martin Brändle, Prof. Dr. Stephan Dahlke, Prof. Dr. Nina Farwig, Prof. Dr. Carina Peter, Prof. Dr. Bernd Freisleben, Prof. Dr. Hajo Holzmann, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seeger, Dr. Lars Opgenoorth, Dr. Christoph Reudenbach, Hanna Meyer Funded: 2019-2022 Additional information: ProLOEWE-NATUR 4.0
CePTER - Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research
Lead: Goethe University Frankfurt Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Felix Rosenow (Clinic for Neurology) Participants: Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA), Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Susanne Knake (Director epilepsy centre Hesse University Clinic Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Marburg Location) Funded: 2018-2022 Additional information: ProLOEWE-CePTER
NICER – Networked Infrastructureless Cooperation for Emergency Response
MegaSyn - Controlling and Design Multifunctional Megasythases
Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate
Lead: Goethe University Frankfurt Spokespersons: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Martin Grininger and Prof. Dr. Helge B. Bode Participants: The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics Frankfurt am Main, The Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg, Technical University of Middle Hesse (THM) Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Lars-Oliver Essen (Department Chemistry) Funded: 2017-2021 Additional information: ProLOEWE-MegaSYN
Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)
Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Anke Becker (Management SYNMIKRO) Participants: Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg (MPI) Funded: 2010-2018. Since 2019 it is a academic Center within the University, in collaboration with the MPI. Additional information: ProLOEWE-Synmikro, www.synmikro.com
Medical RNomics – RNA-regulated Networks in Human Diseases
Profile Areas: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate / Virology and Infection Biology
Lead: Justus Liebig University Giessen Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bindereif (Department Biology and Chemistry) Vice-Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Schmeck (University of Marburg, University Clinic Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Location Marburg) Participants: Goethe University Frankfurt, The Max Planck Institut for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim Funded: 2015-2018. Additional information: ProLOEWE-MedicalRNomics
Innovative Synthetic Chemistry for the Selective Modulation of Biological Processes (SynChemBio)
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Eric Meggers Participants: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Goethe University Frankfurt Funded: 2014-2017 Additional information: ProLOEWE-SynChemBio
FACE2FACE
Profile Area: Microbiology, Biodiversity, Climate
Lead: Justus Liebig University Giessen Spokesperson: Prof. Christoph Müller, PhD Participants: University of Marburg, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Max Planck Institut for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix Funded: 2014-2017 Additional information: ProLOEWE-Face2Face
Lead: Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Silber Participants University of Marburg (until 2012): Prof. Dr. Rainer Moosdorf Funded: 2010-2013 Additional information: LOEWE-final report (pdf)
Bioengeneering and Imaging (BioIM)
Lead: Technical University of Middle Hesse Spokesperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Czermak Participants University of Marburg: Prof. Dr. Dr. Johannes Heverhagen (until 2011) Funded: 2008-2013 Additional information: LOEWE-final report (pdf)
Lead: University of Marburg Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Rolf Müller Participants: Justus Liebig University Giessen Funded: 2008-2012 Additional information: LOEWE-final report (pdf)
