Interdisciplinary centres for excellence in research
The Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences is involved in a host of research centres and research associations that also represent international beacons of research and teaching.
I. Research Associations
- BIGSAS (Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies)
- SFB 840 "From particulate nanosystems to mesotechnology"
- SFB 1357 "Microplastics" (Microplastics - Understanding the mechanisms and processes of biological effects, transport and formation: From model to complex systems as a basis for new solutions)
- SFB 1585 "MultiTrans" (Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements)
- Elite Network of Bavaria
II. Research Centres
- BayBatt (Bavarian Centet for Battery Technology)
- BayCEER (Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research)
- BayMAT (Bayreuth Center for Material Science and Engineering)
- BGI (Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics)
- BIMF (Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research)
- BPI (Bavarian Polymer Institute)
- BZKG (Bayreuth Center of Colloids and Interfaces)
- BZMB (Bayreuth Center for Molecular Biosciences)
- IAS (Institute of African Studies)
- NBNC (Northern Bavarian NMR-Centre)