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:

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

CLARS

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategies
Jun 01, 2024 - May 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Julia Blocher, Diogo A. Serraglio

KARO

Klimaresiliente Anbauverfahren zur Risiko-Optimierung – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ziele der Ackerbaustrategie und ihrer regionalen Erfordernisse
Apr 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMELH - Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Heimat, PT BLE
Contact: Tobias Conradt

MAgPIE

Collaboration to improvements to MAgPIE and the MESSAGEix integrated assessment framework.
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

VISIBLE

InterSectoral Impact attriBution to cLimate changE
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler, Martin Park

Leibniz-Lab

Systemische Nachhaltigkeit – Biodiversität, Klima, Landwirtschaft und Ernährung innerhalb planetarer Grenzen
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Dieter Gerten

CCH PI3_2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Christoph Gornott

ClimTip-ERSU

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann/ Jonathan Donges

ClimTip-RD2

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Müller

ClimTip-RD4

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Niklas Boers

CaTFoodS

Klimatische und handelsbedingte Risiken für die globale Ernährungssicherheit
Feb 01, 2024 - Apr 30, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kilian Kuhla

CODEC

Improving the representation of crop production losses due to nuclear conflict
Feb 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Future of Life Institutes
Contact: Christoph Müller

OrganicYieldsUP

Improving yields in organic cropping systems
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

LegumES

Valorizing and balancing the ecosystem service benefits offered by legumes, and legume-based cropped systems.
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

TRANSIENCE

TRANSItioning towards an Efficient, carbon-Neutral Circular European industry
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Gunnar Luderer

PREMUS - RD3

Aufbereitung von REMIND-MAgPIE für eine breitere Nutzung - PREMUS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Lavinia Baumstark

PREMUS - RD2

Aufbereitung von REMIND-MAgPIE für eine breitere Nutzung - PREMUS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

TipESM

Exploring Tipping Points and Their Impacts Using Earth System Models
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Katja Frieler

COMPASS

COMPound extremes Attribution of climate change: towardS an operational Service
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel

DAAD Brasilien

Recurrence quantifiers as features for machine-learning-decision-making processes
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Norbert Marwan

OpPoDyn

High Performance Open Source Software Suite for Research on the Dynamics of Power Grids
Jan 01, 2024 - Apr 30, 2027
Funded by: BMWE - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Contact: Frank Hellmann

MELIUS

Verbesserung der Versorgungssituation für Allergiker*innen bei geänderten UMwELtbedinIngUngen im Rahmen des KlimawandelS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Innovationsausschuss beim G-BA
Contact: Nicolas Koch

SAFE4ALL

Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Rahel Laudien

AQUASIA

Advancing Hydrological Modeling for Improved Water Availability Forecasts in Central Asia
Dec 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

HiClAP

High-Resolution Climate and Agricultural Projections
Nov 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

PACO

Implementing regional and national adaptation priorities in Central and West Africa
Nov 01, 2023 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott

PREVENT

Improved predictability of extremes over the Mediterranean from seasonal to decadal timescales
Oct 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Giorgia Di Capua

USB

Umstrittener städtischer Boden: Ökonomische und wirtschaftsethische Analysen
Oct 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Hans Böckler Stiftung
Contact: Kai Lessmann

INFO-EW

Datenbasierte Informationssysteme für kommunale Akteur:innen zur Abschätzung der sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Energiewende und Strukturwandel
Oct 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: BMWE - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Contact: Peter Paul Pichler

SPARCCLE

Socioeconomic Pathways, Adaptation and Resilience to Changing CLimate in Europe
Sep 01, 2023 - Feb 28, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel