The largely complementary set-up and long-standing cooperation of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with Heidelberg University are two of the main criteria leading to the establishment of so far six comprehensive key areas as HEiKA research bridges.
Stimulated and moderated by their respective directors, mutual exchange on scientific direction, new research topics and perspectives on joint research projects are being discussed in workshops and other joint meetings.
HEiKA Projects
are joint research projects between scientists from Heidelberg University and KIT, aimed at deepening and expanding cooperation between the two institutions in the areas of the HEiKA research bridges. Selected through an annual project call, each project team receives funding of up to €80,000 for a maximum of one year.
The HEiKA Project Funding program was established in 2013 and runs annually starting in January. The call for projects begins in May of the preceding year, with project selections made by October.
Research bridges
All HEiKA-Projects
Funding period 2021
- Dr. Tobias A. Schaub / Dr. Frieder Scheiba
- Prof. Dr. Jeroen Krijgsveld / Prof. Dr. Pavel Levkin
- PD Dr. med. Lucas Schirmer / Prof. Dr. Véronique Orian-Rousseau
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Uwer / Dr. Richard Leys
- Dr. Lizeth Sloot / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stein
- Dr. Anja Butter / Prof. Dr. Gudrun Heinrich
- Prof. Dr. Motomu Tanaka / Dr. Vlad Badilita
- Prof. Dr. med. Ramin Khoramnia / Prof. Dr. Werner Nahm
Funding period 2020
- Prof. Dr. Gergana Dobreva / Prof. Dr. Ute Schepers
- Prof. (apl.) Dr. Dr. Christian Freudlsperger / Prof. Dr. Werner Nahm
- Prof. Dr. Stefan J. Geibel / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Albert AlbersHEiKAexplore: Autonomous systems in the area of conflict between law, ethics, technology and culture
- Dr. Sebastian Wolf / Prof. Dr. Holger Puchta
- Dr. Friederike Elias / Prof. Dr. Marcus PopplowHEiKAexplore: Autonomous systems in the area of conflict between law, ethics, technology and culture
- Dr. Sevin Turcan / Dr. Anna Popova
- Prof. Dr. med. Marc Fatar / PD Dr. rer. nat. Nicole Ruiter
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Debus / Prof. Dr. Ivan Peric
- Dr. Lutz Greb / Prof. Dr. Annie Powell
Funding period 2019
- Prof. Dr. Karen Bieback / Prof. Dr. Ute Schepers
- Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarz / Prof. Dr. Andreas Guber
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Kuner / Dr. Frank Biedermann
- Prof. Dr. Carmen Wängler / Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Steffen Lemke / Dr. Nicole Jung
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich A. Glasmacher / Dr. Klaus Eitel
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof / Dr. Ulrich Wilhelm Paetzold
- Prof. Dr. Björn Malte Schäfer / Prof. Dr. Thomas Schwetz-Mangold
Funding period 2018
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Werle / Prof. Dr. phil. Mathias HerwegHEiKAexplore - Text worlds and knowledge research
- Dr. Iordania Constantinou / Dr. Dario Mager
- Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Friedrich / Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Dössel
- PD Dr. med. Philipp Erben / Prof. Dr. Andreas Guber
- Prof. Dr. Sonja Kleinke / Prof. Dr. phil. Andreas BöhnHEiKAexplore - Text Worlds & Knowledge Research
- Prof. Dr. Michael Mastalerz / Dr. Julia Rinck
- Prof. Dr. Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer / Prof. Dr. Guido Drexlin
- JProf. Dr. Loredana Gastaldo / Dr. Oliver Sander
- Prof. Dr. Uwe Bunz / Prof. Dr. rer. nat Uli Lemmer
- Prof. Dr. Heike Allgayer / Prof. Dr. Hans-Achim Wagenknecht
Funding period 2017
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Westhoff / Dr. Jose Zurita
- Dr. Martin Maier / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Iris SchäferFACE - Facing Environmental Change: Research, Communication, Action
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna Growe / Dr. Christoph MagerFACE - Facing Environmental Change: Research, Communication, Action
- Dr. Monica Dunford / Prof. Dr. Ulrich Husemann
- Prof. Dr. Johannes Glückler / Prof. Dr. Armin GrunwaldFACE - Facing Environmental Change: Research, Communication, Action
- Dr. Martin Bauer / Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nierste
- Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sebastian Kempf / Dr. Oliver Sander
- Prof. Dr. Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer / Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nierste
Funding period 2016
- PD Dr. med. Thomas Jänisch / Dr. Felix Löffler
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf / Dr. Bijan Khazai
- Prof. Dr. Annika Guse / Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz / Prof. Dr. Martin Bastmeyer
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumann / Dr. Tobias Kluge
- Dr. Felix Hinkel / Dr.-Ing. Philip Scharfer
- Prof. Dr. Katja Mombaur / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stein
- Prof. Dr. Uwe Bunz / Prof. Dr. rer. nat Uli Lemmer
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Wittbrodt / Prof. Dr. Tilo Baumbach
Funding period 2015
- Dr. Nicole Bobrowski / Prof. Dr. rer. nat. André Butz
- apl. Prof. Dr. Suat Özbek / Dr. Nicole Jung
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof / Dr. Ian Howard
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gert Fricker / Prof. Dr. Ute Schepers
- Prof. Dr. Christian Witschel / Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha
- Prof. Dr. Michael Mastalerz / Dr. Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa
- Prof. Dr. Heike Leitte / apl. Prof. Dr. Markus Reischl
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Ventura / Dr. Olivier Kassel