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Measures

The Measures give an overview of all research activities in the framework of FONA, especially funding measures, international cooperation and research infrastructures.

01.03.2020 – 28.02.2026ClimateCity of the Future

Regional information for action on climate change

What will climate change look like in your region? Which adaptation measures are necessary and useful? The new funding measure RegIKlim aims to provide answers to these questions.

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01.02.2020 – 31.03.2024Resource efficiency

Resource-efficient circular economy

(only available in German) Die Förderrichtlinie „Ressourceneffiziente Kreislaufwirtschaft – Bauen und Mineralische Stoffkreisläufe (ReMin)“ ist eine Maßnahme zur Umsetzung des BMBF-Forschungskonzepts „Ressourceneffiziente ...

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01.01.2020 – 31.12.2026SocietyCity of the Future

Urban mobility

The research agenda "Sustainable Urban Mobility" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) outlines how science and practice can shape the way to a humane and environmentally friendly mobility system. With the competition ...

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01.10.2019 – 30.09.2022Resource efficiency

CO2-WIN

(only available in German) Die Förderrichtlinie „CO2 als nachhaltige Kohlenstoffquelle – Wege zur industriellen Nutzung (CO2-WIN)“ ist Teil der Leitinitiative „Green Economy“ im Rahmenprogramm „Forschung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung“ ...

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01.07.2019 – 30.06.2024Energy

Realistically depicting processes in the fuel cell

In the transport sector, drive concepts are moving from conventional internal combustion engines to zero-emissions electric drives. All modes of transport are affected, whether it be cars, buses, trucks, trains, ships, or airplanes, and whether it be ...

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Energy

A Storage for all

Billions of people in regions of the Global South have no access to electricity. There is a lack of inexpensive storage facilities to bring electric power from the sun and from wind to households. In industrialized countries, decentralized storage ...

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Possibly irreversible changes in states of ecosystems can lead to exponential loss of biodiversity and social welfare.

01.03.2019 – 31.03.2022Biodiversity

BioTip - Exploring the limits of the resilience of ecosystems

Most biological and social systems have complex dynamics, marked by interdependencies, feedback loops as well as delayed effects, which can lead to abrupt and possibly irreversible changes of a system (tipping point)linked to exponential losses of ...

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The number of flying insects in Germany has drastically decreased over the past three decades.

27.02.2019 – 01.03.2029Biodiversity

Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity

Biological diversity is declining rapidly worldwide. This development is based on serious gaps in knowledge and measures that urgently need to be addressed. The BMBF is meeting this challenge with a long-term Research Initiative for the Conservation of ...

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01.01.2019 – 31.12.2022Resource efficiency

Resource-efficient closed-loop economy

(only available in German) Die Fördermaßnahme „Ressourceneffiziente Kreislaufwirtschaft – Innovative Produktkreisläufe" fördert angewandte Forschung, die innovative und wirtschaftliche Produktkreisläufe, Netzwerke und Kaskadensysteme entwickelt ...

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Energy

Cooperation with France in energy research

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the French National Research Agency (ANR) are continuing their long-standing successful cooperation in science and research. The goal of the latest call for proposals is to strengthen ...

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01.09.2018 – 31.12.2021Society

Transformation to Sustainability

How can food supply, energy systems and urban digital infrastructures develop sustainably? How can water industries be sustainably managed and flood risk in urban areas better be tackled? What is the role of intellectual property rights to accelerate ...

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Land Management

Land Management

(only available in German) Klimawandel, Landdegradierung, Bevölkerungswachstum – die Auswirkungen des globalen Wandels prägen das südliche Afrika und stellen die Länder vor große Herausforderungen. Diese Region ist bereits jetzt stark von den ...

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01.07.2018 – 31.07.2021Marine and Polar Research

Changing Arctic Ocean

For the first time, the UK and Germany have joined forces to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean.

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Close-up of coal in the hands of a miner

25.06.2018 – 30.06.2021Energy

Transformation of Lausitz

(only available in German) Im zweitgrößten deutschen Braunkohlerevier leben über eine Million Menschen. Die Kohleförderung, seit vielen Jahrzehnten der wichtigste Wirtschaftszweig der Region, hat bereits deutlich abgenommen und wird voraussichtlich ...

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01.03.2018 – 31.12.2022Climate

MOPGA-GRI Climate Fellowship

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change poses unique challenges for science as the Parties recognized ''the need for an effective and progressive response to the urgent threat of climate change on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge''.

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