Month: November 2023

DFG extends funding for collaborative research center 1411

Researchers in the collaborative research center 1411 “Product design of disperse systems” have successfully applied for funding for a further four years. This CRC was established at FAU in 2020. The researchers’ long term vision is to develop material particles with a tailored size, shape and co...

HOCHSPRUNG Award 2023: Prize for two FAU startups

On October 13, 2023 in Munich, the HOCHSPRUNG Award was presented to startup projects from Bavarian universities. This year, the award was presented to startups who make a contribution to solving the challenges posed by the climate and energy crises. Startups from the Faculty of Engineering won the ...

Professor Brabec und Professor Schober are among the most cited in their subject

The Highly Cited Researchers List of 2023 names the 7,127 most influential researchers across the globe. With a total of 336 researchers included in the list, Germany is ranked number 4. Prof. Dr. Robert Schober, Chair of Digital Communications, and Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec, Chair of Materia...

“Grasp Again” project presents itself to the Federal President

Federal President Steinmeier visited Erlangen as part of the series of events entitled “Workshop for change”. In the innovation hub Medical Valley Center Erlangen, five teams from the healthcare sector presented their projects, including “GraspAgain”, a start-up initiated by a research team at FAU l...

ERC Synergy Grant for Prof. Dr. Karl Mayrhofer

Prof. Dr. Karl Mayrhofer has been awarded a Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) for his work on electrocatalysis. The ERC Synergy Grant is the only European grant that is awarded exclusively to consortia consisting of several research g...