Research Initiative of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Started in 2008, the Research Initiative of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate provides a strategic instrument for research funding that allows the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern to independently develop its specific research profile. To further integrate engineering and natural sciences is one of the objectives in order to sustainably strengthen the university’s long term position in the German and international research communities. Two research centers and several research units were established in a competitive procedure.
Ongoing initiatives during the funding period 2017/2018:
Research Centers
(CM)² – Center for Mathematical and Computational Modelling
OPTIMAS – Center for Optics and Materials Sciences
Research Units
AME – Advanced Materials Engineering
BioComp – Complex Data Analysis in Life Sciences and Biotechnology
NanoKat – Nanostructured Catalysts
HiPerCon – High Performance Composite Constructions
ZNT – Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology
University Priority Areas