Call for Proposals: Priority Programme “Tailored Disorder – A Science- and Engineering-Based Approach to Materials Design for Advanced Photonic Applications” (SPP 1839)
The Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) established the Priority Programme “Tailored Disorder – A science- and engineering-based approach to materials design for advanced photonic applications” (SPP 1839). The Priority Programme aims at the investigation of photonic properties of materials with deliberately introduced and controlled structural and/or compositional disorder from a fundamental scientific perspective.
It focuses on the generation of different types of tailored disorder in materials using a methodical science- and engineering approach in which various natural science and engineering science disciplines cooperate, by using e.g. inspiration from biological systems, results from physics, chemical approaches and validation from modelling, together with materials science and engineering achievements. Priority will be given to projects that combine at least two of the specified scientific disciplines to further promote the strongly desired overall interdisciplinary approach expressed in this programme. The programme is designed to run for six years. The present call invites proposals for the second three-year funding period.
Proposals must be written in English and submitted to the DFG by 7 March 2018. Please note that proposals can only be submitted via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system.
Further information regarding this Priority Programme is available on the DFG website and spp1839.tum.de.