• University Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology, Prof. Pirich
• Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg, molecular biology, Department of Allergies and Immunology, Prof. Josef Thalhamer 
• Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg, organismic biology, Department of Developmental Biology, AG Prof.Dr.Bauer
• Institute of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, AG Prof. DDr. Herrmann
• Akasaka Sekiguchi Clinic International, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

FOI-funded projects, supported institutions and work groups

• Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Department of Biophysics, GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, AG Doz.Dr. Fournier
• Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg, molecular biology, Department of Allergies and Immunology, AG Prof. Dr. Thalhamer
• Faculty of Natural Sciences of Paris Lodron University Salzburg, organismic biology, Department of Developmental Biology, AG Prof.Dr.Bauer
• Institute for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, AG Prof.DDr.Herrmann
• University Hospital Graz, Department of Rheumatology, Prim.Prof.Dr.Graninger