Funding

since 2024
Individual Differences in Situational Contingencies as Personality Variables: A Multi-Methodological Investigation in Social Situations; by the German Research Foundation (DFG; Eigene Stelle to Niclas Kuper); 535.000 €

2024 - 2025
Political and Religious Openness; by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics"; approx. 60.000 € (research leave/interim professorship)

2024 - 2025
The communication of religiously framed threats; by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics"; 140.000 €

since 2022
WellBe - für einen besseren Zugang zu Psychotherapie (wissenschaftliche Beratung des Start-Ups WellBe); EXIST-Gründerstipendium Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz; 117.000 €

since 2021
Coping with Corona (CoCo): Understanding individual differences in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic (cooperation with LMU Munich, Uni Osnabrück); by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 1.4 Mio € (Münster: 450.000 €)

since 2020
Analyzing personnel selection and personnel development processes with automatic behavioral assessment, supported by the Department of Medicine, WWU; 140.000 €

since 2019
Threat Perceptions, Feelings of Belonging, Acceptance of Democratic Rule: A New Religiously Shaded Line of Conflict in Europe?; by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics"; 200.000 €

2018 - 2021
stav - Studierendenauswahl-Verbund - Teilprojekt Münster; by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); in cooperation with the Institute of Medical Education; 360.000 €

11/2017 – 12/2018
Prejudice, conspiracy theories, and negative stereotypes: The influence of individual and contextual religious factors; supported by the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics" of the University of Münster; 50.000 €

04/2017 – 03/2018
Integration at first sight: The role of religion for first mutual impressions of refugees and Germans; supported by the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics" of the University of Münster; 40.000 €

04/2017 – 03/2018
Renewal of the Guest professorship "Applied Statistics and Network Analysis“ (Dr. Maarten van Zalk); supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); 50.000 €

04/2016 – 03/2017
Guest professorship "Applied Statistics and Network Analysis“ (Dr. Maarten van Zalk); supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); 74.000 €

2015 – 2017
Understanding and enhancing the accuracy of self- and meta-judgments of personality: An integrative lens model approach; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 125.000 €; Nestler & Back (NE 1485/6-1; BA 3731/8-1)

2013 – 2015
Reception and production of scientific information in Wikipedia: The influence of hindsight bias and social categorization; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 109.600 € Nestler & Back (NE 1485/5-1) within the Special Priority Program "Science and the Public"
http://wissenschaftundoeffentlichkeit.de/en/

2011 – 2014
The longitudinal course of narcissists’ reputations: A developmental social interaction approach; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 250.000 € Back, Nestler & Egloff (BA 3731/6-1)

2010 – 2011
TripleR: An R package for social relations analyses based on round robin designs; supported by Google Summer of Code 2010 (GSoC 2010); Schönbrodt, Schmukle, Back

2009 – 2012
I’ve always known that you are lazy – Analyses on Personality Judgment Hindsight Bias; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 100.000 €; Nestler, Back & Egloff (NE 1485/2-1)

2008 – 2010
Personality and social relationships: State of the art and future perspectives; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); persoc.net; 25.000 €; Back (BA 3731/2-1)

2008 – 2010
DFG-Projekt "Zwangsläufigkeit, Vorhersehbarkeit und Erinnerungsverzerrungen: Experimentell induzierte Dissoziationen zwischen den Rückschaufehlerkomponenten"; Nestler (NE 1485/1-1)

2007 – 2009
Personality and interpersonal attraction at zero acquaintance: Analyses based on a synthesis of the Social Relations Model and the lens model; supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 129.000 €; Back (BA 3731/1-1)