Current Projects

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

In the past 10 years, PIK has conducted over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (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:

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

GEOLQUEA

Glacial and erosional contributions to Late Quaternary uplift of the European Alps
Nov 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

WPKS

Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz (WPKS)
Jul 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer

GeoClimRisk

The Geopolitics of Climate Change Risks
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Dr. Fanny Thornton / Andrea Kambergs

ILM-Track

Indigenous Territories Contribution to Atmospheric Moisture Flows
Jun 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Funded by: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Contact: Lauren Andersen

AMaReNa

DATIpilot Modul 1 Innovationssprints - A Market for the Restoration of Nature
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, 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: BMEL, PT BLE
Contact: Tobias Conradt

CentraLand

Assessing land's centrality for global resilience
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: UNCCD
Contact: Lisa Murken

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

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

KI-FounDyn

Grundlagen für Stabilitätsbestimmung in Stromnetzen mit Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz
Mar 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Contact: Frank Hellmann

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: Boers, Niklas

CaTFoodS

Klimatische und handelsbedingte Risiken für die globale Ernährungssicherheit
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kilian Kuhla

FreiheitErde

(Planetare) Grenzen der Freiheit
Feb 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Johan Rockström

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

NGFS V

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

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 (RSE)

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

PREMUS (LU)

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

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