Matthias Gamer

Grants

2026
DFG Research Training Group 2660, second funding phase: “Neural mechanisms of (mal)adaptive approach and avoidance behaviour”. Spokesperson: M. Gamer. Approved funds: €5,995,559
2025
DFG individual grant GA 1621/6-1: “Impact of social anxiety on gaze perception and dynamics in interactive settings” (Gamer, Gromer). Part of Priority Programme 2481 “Understanding Gaze” (UGaze). €413,130
2021
DFG Research Training Group 2660, first funding phase (same title). Spokesperson: M. Gamer. €5,043,818
2021
Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Würzburg, F-461: “High-resolution structural and functional imaging of the brain to investigate subcortical structures” (Hein, Gamer, Terekhov). €246,099
2020
Volkswagen Foundation, Az. 99 451: “The long-term effects of Corona on mental health: Trajectories of adaptive and maladaptive coping” (Pauli, Hein, Gamer). €119,400
2016
DFG SFB-TRR 58, subproject C10: “Interaction of attentional and learning processes during acquisition, generalization and loss of fear”. €317,800
2013
ERC Starting Grant No. 336305: “Mechanisms of Social Attention” (MESA). €1,379,710
2011
DFG individual grant GA 1621/2-1: “The functional role of the amygdala in healthy and impaired social judgment processes” (Gamer, Büchel). approx. €190,000
2010
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, complementary funding for the project “Emotional modulation of memory encoding and retrieval in the context of the Concealed Information Test”. approx. €10,000
2009
DFG individual grant GA 1621/1-1: “Emotional modulation of memory encoding and retrieval in the context of the Concealed Information Test” (Gamer, Sommer-Blöchl, Büchel, Vossel). Subproject of the ESF project “Optimising the detection of criminal intent and deception among criminal networks” (09-ECRP-025; Granhag, Crombez, Gamer, Ben-Shakhar). approx. €255,000
2009
Volkswagen Foundation scholarship, Autumn School “Research in Forensic Populations”, Kloster Seeon
2008
DFG scholarship, Spring School “Biopsychology of Emotions”, Kloster Seeon
2007
Research funding, Interdisciplinary Research Focus Neurosciences (IFSN), Mainz: “Emotion processing in hypnotically induced and clinical depersonalization” (Michal et al.; co-applicant). approx. €38,000
2002
Six-month scholarship, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, during the diploma thesis