The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the following Research Units in Oldenburg:

• Research Unit 5267 Biogeochemical processes and Air-sea exchange in the Sea-Surface microlayer (BASS)
  (Start 2022, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Oliver Wurl)
• Research Unit 5094 The dynamic deep subsurface of high-energy beaches (DynaDeep)
  (Start 2021, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Gudrun Massmann)
• Research Unit 5022 Medicine and the temoral structure of the good life
  (Start 2021, since 2025 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Mark Schweda)
• Research Unit 2716 Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes:
  from island biogeography to metaecosystems [DynaCom]
  (Start 2018, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand)

Participation of Oldenburg scientists in Research Units:

• Research Unit 5489 Understanding aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) signalling in skin disorders
  (Start 2022, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Karin Loser)
• Research Unit 2983 Voluntariness
  (Start 2020, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Tilo Wesche)
• Research Unit 2688 Dynamics and Instabilities of particle-laden pulsatile flows in complex pipe geometries
  (Start 2019, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Avila)
• Research Unit 2692 Fundamental Aspects of Statistical Mechanics and the Emergence of Thermodynamics in Non-Equilibrium Systems
  (Start 2018, Participating Applicants: Prof. Dr. Andreas Engel und  Prof. Dr. Martin Holthaus)
• Research Unit 2690:  Translational Pruritus Research
  (Start 2018, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Raap)

• Research Unit 2457: Acoustic Sensor Networks
  (2016-2024, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Gerald Enzner)
• Research Unit 2213 Nanoporous Gold – A Prototype for a Rational Design of Catalysts
  (2015-2024, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Gunther Wittstock (since 2018))
• Volkswagen Foundation Research Unit (Funding Programme Challenges for Europe): Popular Music as a Medium for the Mainstreaming of Populist Ideologies in Europe
  (2019-2023, Project Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mario Dunkel)
• Research Unit 2104: Needs-Based Distribution and Distribution Procedures
  (2014-2022, Participating Applicants: Prof. Dr. Mark Siebel, Prof. Dr. Markus Tepe)
• Research Unit 1748: Netzwerke auf Netzwerken: Zusammenspiel von Struktur und Dynamik in ausgedehnten ökologischen Netzwerken
  (2012-2020, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Bernd Blasius)
• Reasearch Unit 1539: Horizontal Europeanization. An Emerging Social Entity Between National and Global Scales
  (2012 to 2020, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Heidenreich)
• Research Unit 1732: Individualized Hearing Acoustics
  (2012-2019, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier)
• Research Unit 1557: Simulation and Evaluation of Acoustical Environments (SEACEN)
  (2011-2018, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Steven van de Par)
• Research Unit 1451: Exploring mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  (2010-2020, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand)
• Research Unit 1246: Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes
  (2010-2018, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Michael Kleyer)
• Research Unit 1277: Mobility of Lithium Ions in Solids (molife)
  (2010 to 2017, Participating Applicant: Prof. Dr. Michael Wark, University of Oldenburg)
• Research Unit 701: Dynamics and Stability of Retinal Processing
  (2006 to 2013, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Reto Weiler, University of Oldenburg)
• Research Unit 432: BioGeoChemistry of Tidal Flats
  (2001 to 2009, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rullkötter, University of Oldenburg)