The Heidelberg University received 10.9 million euros from the DFG for the Collaborative Research Centre 1249, which is led bour Cluster Principal Investigator Petra Tegeder. The research focuses on the development of novel organic materials with tunable electronic and optical properties for use in semiconductors and photoactive devices. The project includes collaborations with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and will run for up to twelve years.