This pages gives an overview of the exciting current and past research projects at the IU International University of Applied Sciences, which are or were financed by public funds from e.g. the Ministry of Research or through foundation funding.
Current projects
Risk Comparisons
The Application of Risk Comparisons in Radiation Protection. A Theoretical-Empirical Review.
Funded by: BMUV / Federal Office for Radiation Protection: KGI – Kurt Goldstein Institute
Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhmert
Duration: 16.12.2023 – 15.02.2025
4MADS
4MADS – Connecting 35 Million Digital Nomads Around the World
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Contact: Prof. Dr. Mirko Bendig
Duration: 01.12.2024 – 30.11.2025
Update Mirror Therapy
Mirror Therapy for Enhancing Motor Function After Stroke – An Update of a Systematic Cochrane Review
Funded by: KGI – Kurt Goldstein Institute
Contact: Prof. Dr. Holm Thieme
Duration: 15.12.2024 – 15.06.2026
BridgeGuard
Development of an engineering model for real-time assessment and prediction of damage patterns in engineering structures
Funded by: SAB Sächsische Aufbaubank
Contact: Prof. Dr. Alexander Schumann
Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027
SAW-BEM
ETSI-compliant Modeling and Simulation-supported Circuit and Layout Design of SAW Electronics Units
Funded by: Thüringer Aufbaubank
Funding Program: VerbunddynamikContact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Busch, Nguyen Quang Nam
Duration: 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2025
ZuKo4Saxony
Development of future skills in practical companies of dual students
Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF plus) in the Free State of Saxony
Contact: helge.fischer@iu.org
Duration: 30.04.2024 - 31.10.2027
Beetroute
The new solution in eGrocery commerce for redesigning the online shopping experience
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Contact: info@beetroute.de
Duration: 01.09.2024 - 31.08.2024
Immerza
Immerza is a virtual reality platform specializing in immersive experiences for mental well-being.
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bolz
Duration: 01.05.2024 - 30.04.2025
Cultural Pedagogical Key Concepts in Post-Digital Transformation?
Funded by: Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refuge, and Integration of NRW
Contact: Prof. Dr. Tom Braun, tom.braun@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Jule Korte, jule.korte@iu.org
Duration: 01.09.2024 - 31.08.2026
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GoGastro
Taste and Smell Perception and Gastrointestinal Functions under Space-Analog Conditions
Funded by: DLR e.V. Space Administration – National Space Program
Funding Area: Research under Space Conditions
Contact: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer
Duration: 01.06.2024 - 31.05.2027
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SEAWAVE
Funded by: European Union, Call: HORIZON EUROPE, Environment and Health
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhmert, christoph.boehmert@iu.org
Duration: 01.06.2022 - 31.05.2025
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101057622.
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Nudhe Quality - Quality in teaching
Constellations of conditions for the use of survey- and process-based data in higher education development - Subproject Quality in Teaching
Funded within the framework of the BMBF funding line: Research for Knowledge Transfer
Contact: Dr. Kerstin Janson, kerstin.janson@iu.org
Duration: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2025
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Project Distanz
Structural Causes of Approaching and Distancing from Islamist Radicalization - Development of Preventive-Pedagogical Counseling Approaches
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Contact: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kart, mehmet.kart@iu.org
Duration: 01.11.2020 - 31.01.2025
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Structural causes of approaching to and distancing from Islamist radicalisation
Development of preventive-pedagogical counselling approaches (“Distance” project)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partner: University of Vechta
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kart, Yannick von Lautz
Duration: 01.11.2020 - 31.01.2025
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Spaceglucose
Investigations of changes in glucose metabolism and bone turnover during long-term missions (1 year) in microgravity and investigation of the effects of possible countermeasures in analogous studies.
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - based on a resolution of the German Bundestag
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer, martina.heer@iu.org
Duration: 01.03.2021 – 28.02.2027
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Gastronomic supply gaps along hiking trails
Nature Park Nordeifel - Naturally Sustainable! Closing supply gaps with the inclusion of and raising awareness for regional products and regional agriculture
Funded by: Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Cooperation partner: Naturpark Nordeifel e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Felix Wölfle, felix.woelfle@iu.org
Duration: 25.03.2022 - 31.12.2024
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PreGlu
Effects of human milk oligosac-charides (HMOs) on gut micro-biota, immune system and me-tabolism in adults wintering over in Antarctica
Funded by: Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Cooperation partners: Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie, Institut für Mikroökologie, Universität Bologna, Lothringen Universität Vandoeuvr e-lès-Nancy (France); NASA JSC (USA)
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer
Duration: 01.02.2023 – 30.01.2026
Transition into Distance Education (TiDE): Study entry into distance learning
Joint project of IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partner: Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Caroline Trautwein (Interconnector), Prof. Dr. Michael Hast
Duration: 01.06.2023-31.05.2026
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BeProf
The appointment of professors at private and public universities of applied sciences
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: DZHW – Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschulforschung, Euro-FH – Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Okka Zimmermann, Ester Höhle, M.A.
Duration: 01.07.2023 to 30.06.2026
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FiPHo
First-Generation Students as a Target Group of Private Universities - Forms and Conditions of Organisational Support
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kessler, Prof. Dr. Karsten König
Duration: 01. August 2023 - 31. Juli 2026
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EXIST Women
We Female Founders (weFF) goes EXIST Women
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Wuttig, Sabrina Micklich
Duration: 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2024
PhysioHub
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Cooperation partner: LifeTech Studio GmbH, Athera GmbH
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bolz
Duration: 01.04.2024 - 31.03.2025
Postnatal diabetes prevention
Postnatal diabetes prevention in women with gestational diabetes: improving the response and follow-up frequency after pregnancy
Funded by: diabetesDE – Deutsche Diabetes-Hilfe e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Claudia Miersch
Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026
Comms4Good
Funded by Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (Civic Innovation – Förderung von gemeinwohlorientierten KI-Projekten)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Josef Arweck, Prof. Dr. Nele Hansen, Prof. Dr. Laura-Maria Altendorfer, Carla Aschendorf
Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024
INTERACT
Intelligence-Enabling Radio Communications for Seamless Inclusive Interactions (CA20120)
Funded by: EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Contact person: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Hänßler
Duration: 18.10.2021 bis 17.10.2025
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