ZWU Research Funding
The Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) can award grants to its members for research projects related to the ZWU's areas of focus, using funds from the Innovation Fund or, alternatively, from project overheads. The purpose of this measure is
a) promoting initiatives to attract interdisciplinary collaborative projects,
b) initiating interdisciplinary collaborations that lead to a (single) application,
or
c) financing preparatory work for submitted interdisciplinary collaborative projects (interim financing).
| Type of funding | research grant |
| Funding amount: | maximum funding amount €10,000 |
| Participation criteria: | Members of the ZWU |
Funded projects
October 2025- September 2026 A chromosome-level reference genome of the amphipod Gammarus fossarum
Dr. Marie Brasseur (Ecotoxicology, UDE)
Dr. Kamil Hupało (Aquatic Ecology, UDE)
Dr. Julia Nuy (Environmental Metagenomics, UDE)
Dr. Arne Schwelm (Eukaryotic Microbiology, UDE)
Prof. Dr. Sonja Rückert (Eukaryotic Microbiology, UDE)
Prof. Dr. Alex Probst (Environmental Metagenomics, UDE)
Prof. Dr. Florian Leese (Aquatic Ecosystem Research, UDE)
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schäfer (Ecotoxicology, UDE)
January 2025- September 2025 Toxicity assessment of different Prymnesium parvum strains
Dr. Sara Beszteri (Phykologie, UDE)
Dr. Christina Bock (Biodiversity, UDE)
Dr. Olga Matantseva (Curator of the Central Collection of Algal Cultures (CCAC), UDE)
July 2023- December 2023 Beyond Reuse – Use of dense membranes in the main flow to recover resources and optimise the sewage treatment plant
Stefan Panglisch (Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik/ Wassertechnik, UDE)
Linh-Con Phan(EGLV)
January 2022- December 2022 Can evolutionary adaptation and parasites alter phys-iological stress response?
Kamil Hupalo (Aquatische Ökosystemforschung)
Daniel Grabner (Aquatische Ökologie)
July 2021 – September 2021 Aromatic amines contents of cigarette butts and leachates from cigarette butts into water environments and the ecotoxicological study of cigarette butts to aquatic organisms
Prof. Torsten Schmidt (Instrumentelle analytische Chemie)
Sina Dobaradaran (Instrumentelle analytische Chemie)
January 2021 – May 2021 Development of an online wet chemical method for measuring nitrogen isotope ratios of nitrite and nitrate in aquatic systems
Dr. Maik A. Jochmann, Dr. Ursula Telgheder (Instrumentelle Analytische Chemie)
Dr. Christian Feld (Aquatische Ökologie)
2021 Digital Tools and Twins – Approaches from Science for a better environment
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Niemann (Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft)
December 2020 – March 2021 Formation and toxicological relevance of disinfection by-products in swimming pool water
Gerhard Schertzinger (IWW Zentrum Wasser)
Helena Pannekens (IWW Zentrum Wasser)
Prof. Dr. Elke Dopp (IWW Zentrum Wasser)
Results:
The preliminary tests will enable the XTT cytotoxicity test to be combined with the CALUX reporter gene assays in future. This will significantly reduce the time, personnel and material required for investigations using the CALUX reporter gene assays. There are plans to publish the results of the preliminary tests in a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
November 2020 – December 2021 Biological and chemical signatures of cleaned waste water
Prof. Jens Boenigk, Dr. Daniela Beisser (Biodiversität)
Prof. Alexander Probst (Umweltmikrobiologie und Biotechnologie)
Prof. Torsten Schmidt (Analytische Chemie)
Prof. Bernd Sures (Aquatische Ökologie)