Interdisciplinary Working Groups

With the founding of the first Interdisciplinary Working Group in 1986, the Johannes Gutenberg University created a new funding instrument for interdisciplinary collaboration in individual fields of research. The centres are established by the Senate, with a reservation of appraisal, for a certain period, and provided with EUR 2,500 per year. Interdisciplinary working groups serve, among other things, as nuclei for the formation of larger structures and for the creation of a critical mass, in order to find an increased echo among external funding sources.

At present there are the following Interdisciplinary Working Groups at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz:

• Armut und Schulden (until 31.12.2014)
• Bio-Information Technology (until 31.12.2014)
• BiomaTiCS - Biomaterials, Tissues and Cells in Surgery (until 30.05.2015)
• Hymn Book Research (until 31.12.2014)
• Massenspektrometische Proteomanalysen (until 28.02.2013)
• Medizin, Gesellschaft, Ethik und Recht (until 31.12.2014)
• Molekulare und Zelluläre Neurobiologie (until 31.12.2014)
• North American Studies (until 31.12.2014)
• Rebe und Wein (until 30.05.2015)