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:

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

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

ReForMit

Understanding and securing the resilience of forest-based climate change mitigation
Dec 21, 2023 - Dec 31, 2028
Funded by: Stockholm Universität / Stockholm Resilience Center
Contact: Fabian Stenzel

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

UPTAKE - RD3

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jessica Strefler

ARIADNE-2

Verbundvorhaben Ariadne: Evidenzbasiertes Assessment für die Gestaltung der deutschen Energiewende
Sep 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PTJ
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer, Gunnar Luderer, Michael Pahle

ARIADNE-2 (RD5)

Verbundvorhaben Ariadne: Evidenzbasiertes Assessment für die Gestaltung der deutschen Energiewende
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PTJ
Contact: Matthias Kalkuhl, Ann-Katrin Schenk

UPTAKE - RD5

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Sabine Fuss

UPTAKE - RD2

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jessica Strefler, Alexander Popp

PERSEVERE2

Persistent Summer Extremes over Europe due to Wave-Resonance Events
Aug 01, 2023 - Jul 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT DLR
Contact: Giorgia Di Capua

Pathfinder 2

Pathfinder 2: accelerating climate action for health
Aug 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: Wellcome Trust, Our Planet, Our Health
Contact: Jan Minx

CCH CP2_2 - RD2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - CP2. Provision of climate and bio-physical forcing data for health impact projections
Jul 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Fred Hattermann

1.5 NPE

Renew and enhance support – 1.5°C National Pathway Explorer
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: IKEA Core Funding
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

ACCREU

Assessing Climate Change Risk in Europe
Jun 01, 2023 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Franziska Piontek

PRISMA - RD2

Net zero pathway research through integrated assessment model advancements
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Elmar Kriegler, Alexander Popp