Current Third-Party Projects
As a member of the German Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, our institute is jointly funded by the German government and the State of Thuringia. In addition, our researchers very successfully acquire funding from competitive grant programs.
Below, current research projects are listed that have been competitively acquired from third parties, e.g. European Commission (EU), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and other ministries or organisations.
Duration: 02/2026
Funding: VW-Stiftung (FKZ: 0200072-00)
Contact: Sung-Ching Lee
Duration: 04/2024 - 03/2028
Funding: EU - HORIZON EUROPE (grant ID GA 101137682)
Contact: Nuno Carvalhais, Markus Reichstein
Duration: 01/2023 - 12/2027
Funding: EU - HORIZON EUROPE (grant ID 101086179)
PI / Co-PIs: Bernhard Ahrens, Melanie Weynants
The objective of AI4SoilHealth is to co-design, create and maintain an open access European-wide digital infrastructure, compiled using state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods combined with new and deep soil health understanding and measures. The AI-based data infrastructure functions as a Digital Twin to the real-World biophysical system, forming a Soil Digital Twin. This can be used for assessing and continuously monitoring Soil Health metrics by land use and/or management parcel, supporting the Commission’s objective of transitioning towards healthy soils by 2030.
Duration: 7/2024 - 6/2026
Funding: ESA, 4000144482/24/I-KE
Contact: Fabian Gans
Duration: 04/2025 - 03/2028
Funding: BMFTR
Contact: Susan Trumbore, Viviana Horna
FKZ: 01LK2402A
ATTOsynthesis - Greenhouse gas balance, process understanding, and cross-scale modeling
Duration: 05/2014 - 04/2026
Funding: DFG
Contact: Marion Schrumpf, Susan Trumbore, Qing-Fang Bi
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Duration: 12/2025 bis 11/2028
Funding: BMEL
Contact: Jana Wäldchen
FKZ: 2224NR027D
Duration: 03/2024 - 02/2027
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Gregory Duveiller
Project webpage: https://coforfunc.eu/
Projekt GZ: 16LW0499
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Duration: 09/2024 - 08/2027
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Sönke Zaehle
Projekt 01LP2401D
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2027
Funding: EU - HORIZON EUROPE (grant ID
101137844 )
Contact: Sung-Ching Lee
C-BLUES aims to advance knowledge and understanding of blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as seagrasses, tidal marshes, mangroves, macroalgae, and macroalgae mariculture.
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Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Changemaking to Shape, Protect and Maintain the Resilience of Tomorrow’s Forests
Duration: 09/2022 - 08/2027
Funding: EU-Horizon Europe (grant ID 101059498)
Contact: Henrik Hartmann
Duration: 09/2023 - 08/2027
Funding: EU - HORIZON EUROPE (grant ID GA 101120237)
Contact: Nuno Carvalhais, Markus Reichstein
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Knowledge intregration for spatio-temporal environment modeling
Duration: 01/2023 - 12/2027
Funding: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
Contact: Markus Reichstein
Methods for closing data gaps in nationwide biodiversity monitoring
Duration: 8/2024 - 7/2026
Funding: BfN
Contact: Jana Wäldchen
Project: 352460010B
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Forest vulnerability to compound extremes and disturbances in a changing climate
Duration: 09/2022 - 08/2027
Funding: ERC starting grant (Grant ID: 10103956)
Contact: Ana Bastos
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Duration: 07/2023 - 06/2026
Funding: Zwillenberg-Tietz-Stiftung
Contact: Gerd Gleixner, Markus Lange
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Duration: 04/2026 - 03/2031
Funding: Carl Zeiss Stiftung
Contact: Markus Reichstein
Improved understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes and radiative forcers, including carbon dioxide removal technologies
Duration: 07/2022 - 06/2026
Funding: EU- Horizon Europe (grant ID 101056921)
Contact: Mathias Göckede
Duration: 1/2024 - 12/2026
Funding: BMBF - DWD (FKZ 4823EMF02A )
Contact: Sönke Zaehle
Duration: 1/2025 - 12/2028
Funding: EU-Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Gerbig, Armin Jordan, Markus Eritt, Luana Basso, Sönke Zaehle
Grant-ID: GA 101183460
Joint project ITMS Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Module B (demonstration phase)
Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Sophia Walther, Gregory Duveiller
Joint project ITMS Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Module Coordination
Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Christoph Gerbig
Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Modelling, Phase 1 (Demonstration Phase) - CSR-Inversion
Duration: 12/2021 - 7/2026
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Christoph Gerbig
Joint project ITMS Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Module QS (demonstration phase)
Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026
Funding: BMBF
Contact: Sophia Walther, Gregory Duveiller
Duration: 12/2023 - 11/2026
Funding: BMBF
PI/Co-PIs: Sophia Walther, Martin Jung
Joint project ITMS Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Characterization of uncertainty for high-resolution AI-based biogenic CO2 fluxes.
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Duration: 04/2023 - 12/2027
Funding: Max Planck Foundation
PI/ Co-PIs: Markus Reichstein
The Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center aims to transform Earth system analysis and predictions, integrating advanced Earth observations and machine learning for deeper understanding and sustainable management of our planet, in particular the land. Our mission is to set new standards in Earth system modelling, foster next-generation scientists, and lead in earth sciences research and education, shaping a sustainable future through innovative, interdisciplinary collaboration.
Participating department members: Markus Reichstein, Alexander Winkler, Nuno Carvalhais, Dora Kelemen
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Duration: 09/2024 - 02/2027
Funding: EU Horizon EUROPE (grant ID GA 101159723)
Contact: Nuno Carvalhais
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Duration: 1/2025 - 12/2029
Funding: EU - Horizon Europe
Contact: Greg Duveiller, Martin Jung, Nuno Carvalhais, Markus Reichstein
Grant ID: GA 101184989
Duration: 10/2021 - 10/2026
Funding: DFG
Contact: Markus Reichstein, Fabian Gans
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Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2027
Funding: EU, HORIZON EUROPE (Grant ID: GA 101130676)
Contact: Armin Jordan
Open-Earth-Monitor aims to accelerate uptake of environmental information to guide users in research, decision-making and citizens toward the most sustainable solutions.
Duration: 01.06.2022 - 31.05.2026
Funding: EU-Horizon Europe (grant ID: 101059548)
Contact: Gregory Duveiller
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Duration: 04/2024 - 03/2030
Funding: Carl-Zeiss-Foundation
Contact: Jana Wäldchen
Duration: 03/2026 - 02/2031
Funding: ERC-Starting Grant (ID: 101222996)
PI: Alexander Winkler
Duration: 10/2021 - 9/2027
Funding: EU, HORIZON 2020 - ERC synergy grant (Grant ID: 951288)
Contact: Annett Bartsch, Victor Brovkin, Mathias Göckede, Martin Heimann
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Duration: 10/2025 - 9/2028
Funding: ESA / University of Exeter (Grant ID: 4000149569/25/I-AG)
Contact: Jacob Nelson
Duration: 9/2020 - 8/2026
Funding: EU, HORIZON 2020 - ERC synergy grant (Grant ID: 855187)
Contact: Markus Reichstein
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Invigorating Hydrological Science and Teaching: merging key Legacies with new Concepts and Paradigms
Duration: 05/2022 - 04/2028
Funding: VW-Stiftung, Sub-contract KIT
Contact: Axel Kleidon
Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026
Funding: BMBF (PT Jülich) (Grant ID: 03WIR3605A)
Contact: Jana Wäldchen
Duration: 2/2025 - 1/2029
Funding: EU - Horizon Europe (Grant ID: GA 101187947)
PI / Co-PI: Vitus Benson, Markus Reichstein, Nuno Carvalhais
Description:
WeatherGenerator which aims to use machine learning in novel ways for weather forecasting and to model related Earth system processes. The role of MPI-BGC is to model the land ecosystems in response to weather.
Participating department members: Nuno Carvalhais, Vitus Benson, Sebastian Hoffmann, Melanie Weynants, Markus Zehner, Claire Robin, Lazaro Alonso
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