SFB 1313 is an interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre of the University of Stuttgart, that is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 

SFB 1313 is consisting of 4 major project areas (A-D), divided in 17 individual research projects, and 4 additional central projecs:

• A: A01, A02, A03, A06
• B: B01, B02, B03, B04, B05
• C: C01, C02, C04, C05, C06
• D: D01, D02, and D03
• Project INF: "Research Data Management and Research Software Engineering"
• Project WiKo: "Science communication"
• Project Z01: "Central adminitrative project"
• Project Z02: "In-Situ Experiments (Porous Media Lab)"

Furthermore, SFB 1313 has it's own integrated research training group "Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media" (IRTG-IMPM).

SFB 1313 is in its third and last funding period:

• First funding period: 2017 to 2021
• Second funding period: 2022 to 2025
• Third funding period: 2026 to 2029

SFB 1313 is affiliated to the Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science. In total, about 60 researchers of 9 different institutes of the University of Stuttgart and of about 35 partner universities build the SFB 1313 team.

Interfaces have a great impact on multi-field processes (flow, transport and deformation) in porous-media systems. SFB 1313 aims to research these interfaces and to gain a fundamental understanding how they affect multi-field processes. An important step is therefore to quantify how the dynamics of fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces in porous-media systems are affected by pore geometry, heterogeneity and fractures. Furthermore, developing experimental knowledge as well as mathematical and computational models will support SFB 1313‘s research.

Whether it be technical, environmental or biological systems – porous media can be found in various fields. They all have their porous structure, their permeability, and their interfaces in common.

Interface-driven multi-field processes in porous media are highly relevant for multiple applications in environmental, technical and biological systems. Whether climate models, fuel cells, cooling systems, energy storage in the natural underground, tumor growth, medication transport into human cells or vertebroplasty - these are just a few examples of such systems.