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:

RETAKE

Quantifizierung der Potenziale, Machbarkeit und Nebenwirkungen atmosphärischer CO2-Entnahme durch Alkalinitätserhöhung
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Jessica Strefler

CoCoHype 2

Consistent control design for the coordination of distributed actors in a multilayered integrated grid system
Aug 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Frank Hellmann

CLEANUP

The Public Economics of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Jul 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kai Lessmann

FABLE_NICFI_2

Support on the continued development of the Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment (MAgPIE) for India
Jul 01, 2021 - Oct 31, 2024
Funded by: SDSN Association
Contact: Alexander Popp

ESM2025-RD3

Earth System Models for the Future
Jun 01, 2021 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

CapTain Rain

Capture and Retain Heavy Rains in Jordan CLIENT II
Jun 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF, PTJ
Contact: Peter Hoffmann

ESM2025-RD2

ESM2025 - Earth system models for the future
Jun 01, 2021 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Christoph Müller

ECEMF

European Climate and Energy Modelling Forum
May 01, 2021 - Apr 30, 2025
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Gunnar Luderer

FirEUrisk

Developing a holistic, risk-wise strategy for European wildfire management
Apr 01, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

COSYHEMUNET

Controlled synchronization in heterogeneous multilayer networks
Apr 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Jürgen Kurths

GreenPlantFood

Green technology for plant-based food
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

NaWu_PH

Nachwuchsförderfonds Dr. Pritzsche Stiftung
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Dr. Pritzsche-Stiftung
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

PROCLIAS

Process-based models for climate impact attribution across sectors
Nov 01, 2020 - Oct 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Christopher Reyer

Atmo-POEM

Postdoc and PhD student in Atmospheric Dynamics to advance the development of POEM
Oct 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2025
Funded by: H&M Foundation
Contact: Stefan Rahmstorf

HABITABLE

Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Jacob Schewe

PROTECT - RD1

PROjecTing sEa-level rise : from iCe sheets to local implicaTions
Sep 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

PROTECT - RD4

PROjecTing sEa-level rise : from iCe sheets to local implicaTions
Sep 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Anders Levermann

HABITABLE

Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Kira Vinke

MEET

Monitoring Earth Evolution Through Time
Jul 01, 2020 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Contact: Georg Feulner

GVCA

Green Vision Central Asia: Bridging science and capacity building for safer future - Integrated water resources management strategies across competing sectors and transboundary dialogue in Central Asia under climate change
Jul 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Iulii Didovets

Complex Dynamical Networks

Complex dynamical networks: effects of heterogeneity, adaptivity, and topology
Feb 04, 2020 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Eckehard Schöll