The VRC is actively involved in five program project grants (Sonderforschungsbereiche) of the German Research Foundation (DFG):  SFB 1039 Lipid Signalling, SFB 1425 Heterocellular Natur of Cardiac Lesions, Transregio 267 lncRNAs, Transregio SFB/TR23 Vascular Differentiation and Remodeling and the SFB 834 Endothelial Signaling and Vascular Repair.