The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the following Research Training Groups in Oldenburg:

• Research Training Group 2783: Neuromodulation of Motor and Cognitive Function in Brain Health and disease
  (Start 2022, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christiane M. Thiel)
• Research Trainig Group at the SFB 1330: Hearing Acoustics: Perceptive Principles, Algorithms and Applications (HAPPAA)
  (Start 2018, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann)
• Research Traing Group 2226: Chemical Bond Activation
  (Start 2017, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sven Doye)
• Research Traing Group 1885: Molecular basis of sensory biology
  (Start 2013, Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Koch)
• Research Training Group 1620: Models of Gravity
  (Start 2012, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz and Prof. Dr. Claus Lämmerzahl)

The Ministry of Science and Education in Lower Saxony (MWK) is funding the following Research Training Groups in Oldenburg:

• Gestalten der Zukunft. Transformation der Gegenwart durch Szenarien der Digitalisierung [de]
  (Start 10/2019, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Thomas Alkemeyer and Prof. Dr. Martin Butler)

The University of Oldenburg and the University of Groningen are funding the Research Training Group:

• Oldenburg-Groningen Joint Graduate Research Training Group: Translational Research: From Pathological Mechanisms to Therapy
  (Start 2018, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Thedieck (University of Groningen) and Prof. Dr. John Neidhardt (University of Oldenburg))

The  University of Oldenburg is funding the following Research Training Groups:

• Social Embeddedness of Autonomous Cyber Physical Systems (SEAS)
  (Start 06/2019, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Susanne Boll and Prof. Dr. Markus Tepe)
• Lehrkräftebildung 2040 - Dimensionen der Professionalisierung von Lehrer*innen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive – Herausforderungen, Modelle, Methoden [de - only in German]
  (Start 2020, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Dr. Joachim Willems and Prof. Dr. Tonio Oeftering)
• Sicherung der schulischen Partizipation von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit kombinierten Beeinträchtigungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung sozial-emotionaler Entwicklungsrisiken (SPARK) [de - only in German]
  (Start 01/2022, Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Ute Koglin, Prof. Dr. Annett Thiele and Prof. Dr. Ulla Licandro)

• Research Traing Group 1765: SCARE - System Correctness under Adverse Conditions (Start 2012-2021)
• Research Traing Group at the SFB/TRR 51: Roseobacter (2010-2021)
• The ecology of molecules (EcoMol) (2016-2021)
• Migrationsgesellschaftliche Grenzformationen [de] (2016-2020)
• MINT-Lernen in informellen Räumen [de] (2016-2020)
• Research Traing Group 1608: Self-Making: Practices of Subjectivation in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective (2010-2019)
• Dimensionen der Sorge (2014-2019)
• Safe Automation of Maritime Systemse (SAMS) (2014-2018)
• Nano Energy Research (2014-2018)
• Interdisciplinary approach to functional biodiversity research (IBR) (2014-2018)
• Cultures of Participation (2014-2018)
• SFB/TRR 31 The active auditory system (2005-2017)
• PhD program OLCRYPT (2014-2017)
• Helene Lange Kolleg: Queer Studies und Intermedialität: Kunst - Musik – Medienkultur [de] (2013-2016)
• Helene Lange Kolleg: Identitätskonstruktionen junger Erwachsener in einer postsozialistischen Transformationsgesellschaft: der Fall Belarus [de] (2013-2016)
• System integration of renewable energy (2012-2016)
• Signals & Cognition (2012-2016)
• Lernprozesse im Übergangsraum (LÜP) [de] (2012-2016)
• PhD program Hearing (2009-2013)
• PhD program Neurosenses (2009-2013)
• Promotionsprogramm Erinnerung – Wahrnehmung – Bedeutung. Musikwissenschaft als Geisteswissenschaft (2009-2013)
• Promotionsprogramm Fachdidaktische Strukturierung (ProfaS) (2009-2013)
• GK TrustSoft - Vertrauenswürdige Software-Systeme (2004-2009)
• International Graduate School for Neurosensory Science and Systems (2000-2009)
• Promotionsprogramm Didaktische Rekonstruktion (ProDID) (2000-2008)