1.1 Renewable Energies
1.1.1 Thin Film Photovoltaics
E02 Photovoltaik / Photovoltaics

1.2 Efficient Energy Conversion
1.2.1 Power Plant Technology
E03 Werkstoffsysteme für Kraftwerke / Material Systems for Power Plants
1.2.2 Fuel Cells
E01 Brennstoffzelle / Fuel Cell

1.3 Nuclear Fusion
1.3.1 ITER
1.3.2 Fusion Technology
1.3.3 Tokamak Physics
1.3.4 Stellarator Research
E05 Kernfusions- und Plasmaforschung / Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Research

1.4 Nuclear Safety Research
1.4.1 Safety Research for Nuclear Reactors
1.4.2 Safety Research for Nuclear Waste Disposal
E04 Nukleare Sicherheitsforschung / Nuclear Safety Research

2.1 Geosystem: The Changing Earth
2.1.3 Climate Variability and Human Habitat
2.2 Atmosphere and Climate
2.2.3 Trace Substances in the Troposhere
2.2.4 Changes in the Tropopause Region
2.2.5 The Stratosphere in a Changing Environment
2.4 Biogeosystems: Dynamics, Adaptation and Adjustment
2.4.1 Functioning of Soils, Sediments and Groundwater
2.4.3 Stress and Adaptation: Plants in varying Environments
U01 Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre / Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geobiosphere

2.6 Sustainable Development and Technology
2.6.5 System Analysis and Technology Assessment
SYS Systemforschung: Technik, Umwelt, Gesellschaft / Systems Research: Techology, Environment, Society

3.3 Function and Dysfunction of the Nervous System
3.3.1 Signaling Pathways in the Nervous System
3.3.2 Imaging the Living Brain
3.3.3 Pathophysioloical Mechanisms of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
L01 Neurowissenschaften / Neurosciences

4.1 Scientific Computing
4.1.1 National Supercomputing Centre John von Neumann - Institute for Computing (NIC)
4.1.2 Computational Science, Algorithms and Architectures 4.1.3 Grid Computing
I03 Wissenschaftliches Rechnen / Scientific Computing

4.2 Information Technology with Nanoelectronic Systems
4.2.1 Nanoscale Logic Devices and Quantum Electronics
4.2.2 Magnetoelectronics and Spintronics
4.2.3 Terahertz Electronics
4.2.4 Hysteretic Oxide-Based Memories
4.2.5 Molecular and Bioelectronic Hybrid Systems
I01 Materialien, Prozesse und Bauelemente für die Mikro- und Nanoelektronik / Materials, Processes and Devices for Micro- and Nanoelectronics

5.3 Physics of Hadrons and Nuclei
5.3.1 Hadron Structure and Dynamics
M01 Physik der Hadronen / Hadron Physics
M04 Betrieb und Weiterentwicklung des Kühler-Synchrotrons COSY / Operation and Further Development of the COSY Cooler Synchrotron

5.4 Condensed Matter Physics
5.4.1 Electronic and Magnetic Phenomena
5.4.2 From Matter to Materials
5.4.3 Soft Matter and Biophysics
M02 Kondensierte Materie / Condensed Matter

5.5 Large Scale Facilities for Research with Photons, Neutrons and Ions
5.5.2 Neutrons
M03 Entwicklungsarbeiten zur Europäischen Spallations-Neutronenquelle (ESS) / Development Work for the European Spallation Source (ESS)
M05 Betrieb und Weiterentwicklung der Neutronenquelle FRJ-2 / Operation and Further Development of the FRJ-2 Neutron Source