Current Projects

PIK scientists contribute to numerous research projects commissioned by external funders.

In the past 15 years, PIK has conducted around 800 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR, formerly BMBF) or the European Union. This list of current projects is generated from our database (newest first). Separate lists of completed  and all projects from 2007 on are available.

Current projects at PIK:

KESD

Versteckte Kosten der Ernährung in Deutschland: Wissenschaftliche Hintergundstudie / Costs of the German Food System
Sep 01, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: Bosch Stiftung
Contact: Claudia Hunecke, Hermann Lotze-Campen

DeepDust

Understanding mechanisms and feedbacks driving the Permian icehouse–hothouse transition and climate–carbon cycle fluctuations on orbital timescales
Aug 01, 2025 - Jul 31, 2028
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Georg Feulner

RIKEN-2 RD2

Establishing a scientific foundation and exploring socio-economic transformation scenarios to safeguard the Global Commons
Aug 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: RIKEN
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich, Alexander Popp, Christoph Müller

WEEN

Climate Change and the Water Energy Ecosystems Nexus in the Congo Basin
Jul 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ
Contact: Fred Hattermann

AMOC-Millennia

Atlantic Ocean Circulation over the Past Two Millennia and its Impact on European Climate
Jun 15, 2025 - Jun 14, 2028
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Stefan Rahmstorf

ClimaKid

Digital solutions for attributing climate change impacts on child nutrition and health
Apr 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2028
Funded by: Wellcome Trust, Our Planet, Our Health
Contact: Sabine Undorf

AdvanTip

Advancing Tipping Point Early Warning
Apr 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030
Funded by: ARIA Advanced Research Invention Agency
Contact: Niklas Boers

P2F-RD4

Past to Future: Towards fully palaeo-informed future climate projections
Mar 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Niklas Boers

P2F-RD1

Past to Future: Towards fully palaeo-informed future climate projections
Mar 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matteo Willeit

NewPathWays - RD2

New Pathways for equitable climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and sustainable development
Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

eKI4DS

Erklärbare Kl fur Dynamische Stabilitat; Teilvorhaben: Kl Datensätze und interpretierbare Architekturen
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMWE - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Contact: Frank Hellmann

ProLiCo

Promoting the commercial growth of coffea Liberica to strengthen climate-resilience of Ugandan coffee farmers
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Contact: Sophie von Loeben

CLIMPACT

Climate Information for Management, Peace-building, Adaptation, and Coordination in Central Asia
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

RENAT

Spatial assessments on production potential and climate resilience of natural farming in India
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: KfW
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

NewPathWays - RD3

New Pathways for equitable climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and sustainable development
Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2028
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Elmar Kriegler, Alexander Popp

NextGenCarbon

Next Generation Modelling of Terrestrial Carbon Cycle by assimilation of in-situ campaigns and Earth Observations
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

DESTINY

Digital Evidence Synthesis Tool Innovation for Yielding Improvements in Climate & Health
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2028
Funded by: Wellcome Trust
Contact: Jan Minx

AJusT

A just transition in agriculture and food systems through agroecological practices based on Indigenous knowledge
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

MELANGE-PISM

Effects of ice mélange on ice flow and calving of Greenland glaciers in a warmer climate
Nov 01, 2024 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

WKB-GS

Geschäftsstelle des Wissenschaftlichen Klimabeirats
Oct 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Energie und Klimaschutz des Landes Brandenburg
Contact: Cornelia Auer

Finance4green

Financing for Green Transition
Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2028
Funded by: MSCA (EU)
Contact: Jan Steckel

MEADOW

Measuring emission reduction and adaptation potentials in agricultural and food systems: what works at which scale?
Oct 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

TRANSFORM

Research for evidence-based climate policy through agricultural and food systems transformation, financing preservation forest sink and a just transition of the economy
Sep 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

DCropS4OneHealth-2

BiodivGesundheit: Diversifying cropping systems for the One Health of soils, plants and humans
Aug 01, 2024 - Jul 31, 2027
Funded by: BMBF, VDI/VDE-IT, Berlin
Contact: Amanda Wendt

NGFS V - RD3

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jul 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

NGFS V - RD2

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jul 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

NGFS V - RD4

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jul 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Leonie Wenz

WPKS

Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz (WPKS)
Jul 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT DLR
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer

GeoClimRisk - RD4

The Geopolitics of Climate Change Risks
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Leonie Wenz

AMaReNa

DATIpilot Modul 1 Innovationssprints - A Market for the Restoration of Nature
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PTJ
Contact: Detlef Sprinz