www.research-in-germany.org

CANCER RESEARCH

Research
in Germany

Researchin Germany

Imprint
Published by: German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany
Editor: Vera Pfister
Assistant Editors: Sina Stephan, Sonja Schaffartzik
Contact: researchmarketing@dfg.de
Sources: DFG, Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association, Leibniz Association,
Max Planck Society
Graphic Design: KLINKEBIEL GmbH Kommunikationsdesign, www.klinkebiel.com
Printed by: DCM Druckcenter Meckenheim GmbH, www.druckcenter.de
Cover Photo Credits: fotolia.com/Juan Gärtner© DFG, March 2022
This publication was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education andResearch.

CANCER RESEARCH

PREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the field of cancer
research and is especially recommended to early career researchers from abroad.
Cancer research in Germany is conducted at universities and also at non-university
research institutions. Almost all universities host a cancer research section. The
spectrum ranges from small monothematic working groups to large interdisciplinary
departments and covers a variety of topics from traditional areas to new explorative
research fields.
This brochure is intended to give an initial overview. The following map and tables
highlight research consortia and graduate training programmes at universities andnon-university research institutes with a main focus on cancer research. Medical andclinical research centres are not included.
On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude ofindividual projects in the area of cancer research. These individual grants outweigh
the research consortia both in number and in overall funding volume. Towards theend of this brochure, you will find a link to the online database GEPRIS that provides
an overview of all DFG-funded research projects. You will also find additional
important links for further information about programmes in the field of cancer
research and profiles of German universities and research institutions.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

>4

5<

OVERVIEW

Kiel

Hamburg

HannoverBraunschweig

Potsdam

BerlinMünster

Düsseldorf

Göttingen

Essen

Leipzig

CologneAachen Bonn

Marburg

Dresden

Jena

GießenBad Nauheim

Mainz

Frankfurt/Main
Darmstadt

Research Training Groups

Helmholtz Graduate Schools

Integrated Research Training Groups in
Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

Leibniz Graduate Schools

Clinical Research Units

International Max Planck
Research Schools

Research Units

Fraunhofer Institutes

Clusters of Excellence

Helmholtz Centres

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

Leibniz Institutes

Würzburg
ErlangenSulzbach/Saar Heidelberg

Regensburg
Stuttgart
TübingenFreiburg

Ulm
MunichMax Planck Institutes
DFG-funded Priority Programmes are not shown on the map since they are not necessarily locatedat a single location; they are listed on page 17.
The map shows the headquarters of the non-university research institutions.
>67<

CENTRES OF RESEARCH- funded by dfg Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen
the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive
fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career
researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive
between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, startingin 2019. A second seven-year period is possible.
Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established atuniversities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programmecrossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The
traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university
and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key
objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers
may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework ofan Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded
for a period of up to 12 years.
Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities
collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of thecooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint
research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among theparticipating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use ofresources. There is also the option of international Transregios.

CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Bonn

CologneTübingen

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

ImmunoSensation2: The
Immune Sensory System(EXC 2151)

2019

www.
immunosensation.de

Universität zu Köln

Cellular Stress Responses inAging-Associated Diseases(EXC 2030)

2019

www.cecad.unikoeln.de

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Image-Guided andFunctionally Instructed Tumor
Therapies (iFIT) (EXC 2180)

2019

www.medizin.
uni-tuebingen.de/
en-de/medizinischefakultaet/forschung/ifit-exzellenzcluster

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
Universität zu Köln

Mechanisms of Drug
Sensitivity and Resistance in
Small Cell Lung Cancer(CRC 1399)

2019www.sfb1399.deUniversität zu Köln

Elucidation and Targeting of
Pathogenic Mechanisms in B
Cell Malignancies(CRC 1530)

2022

www.gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/45578452

Frankfurt

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Molecular and Functional
Characterization of Selective
Autophagy (CRC 1177)

2015

www.sfb1177.de

Frankfurt

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Signalling by Fatty Acid
Derivatives andSphingolipids in Health andDisease (CRC 1039)

2013

www.lipidsignalling.de

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Medical Epigenetics – From
Basic Mechanisms to ClinicalApplications (CRC 992)

2012

www.sfb992.unifreiburg.de

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Immune-Mediated Pathology
as a Consequence of
Impaired Immune Reactions(IMPATH) (CRC 1160)

2015

www.sfb1160.unifreiburg.de

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Oncogene-Driven Immune
Escape (OncoEscape)(CRC 1479)

2021

www.sfb1479.unifreiburg.de

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Maintenance andDifferentiation of Stem Cells
in Development and Disease(CRC 873)

2010

www.cos.uniheidelberg.de/en/
centre-for-organismalstudies-heidelberg/
research-consortia/
crc873

CologneCologneHeidelberg>8

Institution

9<

CENTRES OF RESEARCHCENTRES OF RESEARCH

Location

Institution

Title

Heidelberg

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Understanding andTargeting Resistance in
Glioblastoma (UNITE
Glioblastoma) (CRC 1389)

2019

Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Targeting Convergent
Mechanisms of Inefficient
Immunity in Tumors andChronic Infections(CRC 1292)

2017

Johannes
GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Nanodimensional Polymer
Therapeutics for Tumor
Therapy (CRC 1066)

2013

www.sfb1066.de/en

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Control and Plasticity of
Cell-Fate Decisions in the
Immune System (CRC 1054)

2012

www.sfb1054.med.
uni-muenchen.deMunichTechnische
Universität München

Aberrant Immune Signals in
Cancer (CRC 1335)

2018

www.sfb1335.med.
tum.deMunichTechnische
Universität München

Modelling and Targeting
Pancreatic Cancer(CRC 1321)

2018www.sfb1321.med.
tum.deUniversität Ulm

Exploiting the Human
Peptidome for Novel
Antimicrobial and Anticancer
Agents (CRC 1279)

2017

www.uni-ulm.de/en/
med/crc-1279

Universität Ulm

Experimental Models andClinical Translation in
Leukemia (CRC 1074)

2012

www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtungen/sfb1074

Mainz

Mainz

Ulm

Ulm

Funded Since

Contactwww.uniteglioblastoma.de

Location

Institution

Title

MunichTechnische
Universität München

LETSIMMUN – Lymphocyte
Engineering for Therapeutic
Synthetic Immunity(TRR 338)

2021

www.letsimmun.de

Striking a Moving Target:
From Mechanisms ofMetastatic Colonization to
Novel Systemic Therapies(TRR 305)2021

www.experimentellemedizin.de/en/
collaborative-research

Platelets – Molecular,
Cellular and Systemic
Functions in Health andDisease (TRR 240)2018www.platelets.eu/
tr240

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München
www.crc1292.unimainz.de

Würzburg

Regensburg
Erlangen

Tübingen
Würzburg

Funded Since

Contact

Julius-Maximilians-Universität
Würzburg
Universität
Regensburg
Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg
Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen
Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS
ErlangenFriedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg

Regensburg

Universität
Regensburg

Würzburg

Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

GießenMarburg> 10

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen
Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Modulation of Graft-versusHost and Graft-versus
Leukemia Immune Responses
after Allogeneic Stem Cell
Transplantation (TRR 221)2017www.gvhgvl.de/en

Chromatin Dynamics in
Differentiation and
Malignancies (TRR 81)

2009

www.uni-marburg.
de/en/trr81

11 <RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Research Units (FOR) contribute to establishing new research directions. Research Units
are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project which isoften of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchers andsubprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit can be located at several locations
throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years.
In case most of a Research Unit’s subprojects are located at one place, it is represented
in the map.

> 12

RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Aging-Related Epigenetic Remodeling in Acute
Myeloid Leukemia (FOR 2674)
Subprojects mainly located in: Freiburg

2017

www.gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/336840530

Cell Plasticity in Colorectal Carcinogenesis (FOR 2438)
Subprojects mainly located in: Frankfurt/Main

2016

www.for2438.de

Targeting Therapeutic Windows in Essential Cellular
Processes for Tumor Therapy (FOR 2314)
Subprojects mainly located in: Würzburg

2015

www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/for2314

Selection and Adaptation during Metastatic Cancer
Progression (FOR 2127)
Subprojects mainly located in: Regensburg

2014

www.for2127.de

13 <CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg -CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS
Location

Institution

Title

AachenUniversitätsklinikum
AachenUntangling and Targeting
Mechanisms of
Myelofibrosis in
Myeloproliferative
Neoplasms (MPN)(KFO 344)

2019www.ukaachen.de/kliniken-institute/klinikfuer-haematologieonkologiehaemostaseologie-undstammzelltransplantationmed-klinik-iv/forschung/klinische-forschung/klinische-forschergruppekfo344-cru344-1

Essen

Universitätsklinikum
Essen

Phenotypic Therapy and
Immune Escape in Cancer(PhenoTImE) (KFO 337)

2018

www.uni-due.de/phenotime

Kiel

Universitätsklinikum
Schleswig-Holstein

CATCH ALL Towards aCure for Adults andChildren with Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia(ALL) (KFO 5010)

2022

www.gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/444949889

Universitätsklinikum
Gießen und
Marburg GmbHClinical Relevance ofTumor-Microenvironment
Interactions in Pancreatic
Cancer (KFO 325)2017www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb20/departments/
zti/cru325

Clinical Research Units (KFO) promote close collaboration between highly qualified
scientists working on thematic projects within clinical institutions. They are generally
established for a period of six years. Clinical Research Units pursue clinical investigations,
integrate clinical findings, and may conduct clinical pilot studies. They focus ontranslational research with patient-oriented approaches and on understanding diseasemechanisms.Clinical Research Units are usually located at one institution.

Marburg> 14

Funded Since

Contact

15 <PRIORITY PROGRAMMES- funded by dfg -PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
TitleµBONE: Colonization and Interaction of Tumor Cells
within the Bone Microenvironment (SPP 2084)

Funded Since
2018

Contact
www.microbone.dePriority Programmes (SPP) have a programmatic focus and the purpose of advancing
knowledge in an emerging field of research through collaborative networked support.
They are characterised by their enhanced quality of research through the use of new
methods and forms of collaboration in emerging fields. As a rule, one programme canconsist of up to 30 individual subprojects located at several institutions across Germany; it
usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes normally receive funding for aperiod of up to six years.
Priority Programmes are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the overall theme
and the project website are listed.

> 16

17 <

NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSNON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTES

Fraunhofer Society is one of the world’s leading organisations for applied researchwith an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros, 75 institutes and more than
30,000 employees. Fraunhofer’s R&D portfolio covers a wide range of fields,
including health, security, communications, transport, energy and the environment.
www.fraunhofer.deLeipzig

Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI

www.izi.fraunhofer.deHannoverFraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental
Medicine ITEM

www.item.fraunhofer.de

StuttgartFraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering andBiotechnology IGB

www.igb.fraunhofer.deSulzbach/
Saar

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT

www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de

HELMHOLTZ CENTRESThe Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges facing society,science and industry with world-level research in six areas: energy, earth and environment, health, key technologies, structure of matter and aeronautics, space and transport. With more than 43,000 employees in 18 research centres and an annual
budget of approximately 5 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s
largest scientific organisation. www.helmholtz.de
The Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 97 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 2 billion euros. Some 11,500 researchers – approximately 25% ofthem from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural andengineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest
independent non-profit research organisations. The Max Planck Society has been
allocated approximately 1.92 billion euros for 2020. A combined total of 15,300
researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 86 Max Planck
Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences
and humanities. One third of the researchers and more than half of the junior andvisiting researchers come from abroad. www.mpg.de> 18

BerlinMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in theHelmholtz Associationwww.mdc-berlin.de

Braunschweig

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Researchwww.helmholtz-hzi.de

Darmstadt

GSI Helmholtz Centre

www.gsi.de

DresdenHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

www.hzdr.de

Heidelberg

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

www.dkfz.de

MunichHelmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center
for Environmental Healthwww.helmholtzmuenchen.de

Hamburg

Heinrich-Pette-Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental
Virology

www.hpi-hamburg.de

Jena

Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institutewww.leibniz-fli.deNuthetal(Potsdam)

German Institute of Human Nutritionwww.dife.deBadNauheimMax Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Researchwww.mpi-hlr.de/2778

BerlinMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

www.molgen.mpg.de

BerlinMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology

www.mpiib-berlin.
mpg.deCologneMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageingwww.age.mpg.de

CologneMax Planck Institute for Metabolism Researchwww.sf.mpg.de

Freiburg

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Scienceswww.mnat.iwww.
mpg.deMartinsried(Munich)Max Planck Institute of Biochemistrywww.biochem.mpg.
de/enMünster

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

www.mpi-muenster.
mpg.de/2377

LEIBNIZ INSTITUTES

MA X- PL ANCK- INSTITUTES

19 <GRADUATE TRAINING- funded by dfg Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme atuniversities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom toform an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also
have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years.
International Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral
training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The researchand study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the
programme spend six months at the partner institution.
Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/
Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim ofthese structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with
opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The
programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an
academic network. Working in Clusters of Excellence or Collaborative Research Centres
projects, doctoral researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research assistants inthese projects, they contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They are closely involved
with the projects and have access to the entire project infrastructure.

GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
RheinischWestfälische
Technische
Hochschule Aachen

Tumor-Targeted Drug
Delivery (RTG 2375)

2018

www.rtg2375.rwthaachen.de/cms/
RTG2375

Heinrich-HeineUniversität Düsseldorf

Natural Products andNatural ProductAnalogs against
Therapy-ResistantTumors andMicroorganisms: New
Lead Structures andModes of Action(RTG 2158)

2016

www.grk2158.hhu.deRuprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Hallmarks of Skin
Cancer (RTG 2099)

2014

www.umm.uni-heidelberg.
de/rtg2099

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

The Inflammatory
Tumor Secretome –From Understanding to
Novel Therapies(RTG 2573)

2020

www.uni-marburg.de/en/
fb20/departments/zti/
grk2573-1

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Advanced Medical
Physics for ImageGuided Cancer
Therapy (RTG 2274)

2017

www.grk2274.de/
grk2274

Universität Stuttgart

Intraoperative
Multi-Sensor Tissue
Identification in
Oncology (RTG 2543)

2020

www.grk2543.uni-stuttgart.
deCellular and Molecular
Mechanisms in Aging(CEMMA) (RTG 1789)

2012

www.uni-ulm.de/med/
cemma

AachenDüsseldorf

Heidelberg

Stuttgart
Tübingen

Ulm

> 20

Institution

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen
Universität Ulm

21 <GRADUATE TRAINING
Location
Ulm

Institution

Title

Universität Ulm

Heterogeneity and
Evolution in Solid
Tumors (HEIST):
Molecular
Characterization and
Therapeutic
Consequences(RTG 2254)

Funded Since
2017

Contactwww.uni-ulm.de/en/med/
research-training-group2254-heterogeneity-andevolution-in-solid-tumoursheist

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRESFrankfurtFrankfurt

Freiburg

Freiburg> 22

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Signalling by Fatty
Acid Derivatives andSphingolipids in Healthand Disease(CRC 1039)

2013

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Molecular andFunctional Characterization of Selective
Autophagy(CRC 1177)

2015

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Medical Epigenetics– From Basic
Mechanisms to ClinicalApplications(CRC 992)

2012

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Oncogene-Driven
Immune Escape(OncoEscape)(CRC 1479)

2021

Location

Institution

Title

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Targeting Convergent
Mechanisms ofInefficient Immunity in
Tumors and Chronic
Infections (CRC 1292)

2017

www.crc1292.uni-mainz.
de/irtg

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Nanodimensional
Polymer Therapeutics
for Tumor Therapy(CRC 1066)

2013

www.sfb1066.de/en/
graduiertenkolleg

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Graduate Program
within: Control and
Plasticity of Cell-Fate
Decisions in the
Immune System(CRC 1054)

2012

www.sfb1054.med.unimuenchen.dewww.lipidsignalling.de/en/kolleg

www.sfb1177.de/education

Funded Since

Contact

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/
TRANSREGIOS
Erlangenwww.sfb992.uni-freiburg.
de/irtg

www.sfb1479.uni-freiburg.
de/research/projects/
integrated-research-traininggroup-irtg-for-oncogenedriven-immune-escapeFriedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg

Regensburg

Universität
Regensburg

Würzburg

Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg

GießenMarburg

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen
Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Graduate Program
within: Modulation of
Graft-versus-Host andGraft-versus Leukemia
Immune Responses
after Allogeneic Stem
Cell Transplantation(TRR 221)2017www.gvhgvl.de/en/
graduate-program

Integrated ResearchTraining Group within:
Chromatin Dynamics
in Differentiation and
Malignancies (TRR 81)

2009

www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/
fb08/trr81/irtg

23 <GRADUATE TRAINING- at non - university research institutions Helmholtz Graduate Schools provide a roof under which a varied number of curricula
in different fields, or across disciplines, can find a home. Helmholtz Graduate
Schools constitute a valuable addition to the wide range of training programmes
available within the Helmholtz Association. They offer optimal conditions for PhD
students to work and enable them to create a network of contacts with fellow
university researchers while also fostering the integration of participants into theresearch environment.
Leibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion ofjunior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates
in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end,
Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution
focuses on clearly defined, socially-relevant themes, doctoral candidates have a
wealth of networking opportunities in a large, dedicated scientific community. The
particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which
includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoralcandidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application.
International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German andinternational junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent
research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max
Planck Institutes. These IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other– sometimes international – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary
framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage ininterdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.

> 24

GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Contact
HELMHOLTZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

BerlinMDC Graduate Schoolwww.mdc-berlin.de/graduate-school

Heidelberg

Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Researchwww.dkfz.de/en/
phd-program

Göttingen

Leibniz Graduate School for Emerging Infectious Diseases(EIDIS)

www.dpz.eu/en/
career/graduatetraining/emerginginfectious-diseases.
html

Hamburg

Leibniz Graduate School „Infections“

www.lc-infection.de/en/lci-graduate-schoolen.html

Jena

Leibniz Graduate School on Agingwww.lgsa.leibniz-fli.de

LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLSINTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)BadNauheimIMPRS for Molecular Organ Biology

www.imprs-mob.mpg.
deBerlinIMPRS for Biology AND Computationwww.molgen.mpg.
de/IMPRS

Berlin

IMPRS for Infectious Diseases and Immunology

www.mpiib-berlin.
mpg.de/graduate_
program/general_
information

Freiburg

IMPRS for Immunobiology, Epigenetics, and Metabolism

www.ie-freiburg.
mpg.de/IMPRS-PhDProgram

Münster

IMPRS for Molecular Biomedicine

www.uni-muenster.
de/CiM-IMPRS

MunichIMPRS for Molecular Life Sciences: From Biological Structures
to Neural Circuits

www.imprs-ls.
opencampus.net

25 <SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONSIN GERMANY

OPEN POSITIONS
Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/en/your-goalDeutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (DDG): www.derma.de (DE)

Fraunhofer Society: www.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs-and-career.html

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und
Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS): www.dgvs.de (DE)

Helmholtz Association: www.helmholtz.de/en/search/jobs

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG): www.dggg.de (DE)

Leibniz Society: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/jobs.html

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie (DGHO):
www.dgho.de (DE)Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie e.V. (DEGRO): www.degro.org (DE)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie e.V. (DGU): www.urologenportal.de (DE)German Society of Human Genetics e.V. (GfH): www.gfhev.de/ (DE)German Society of Pathology (DGP): www.pathologie-dgp.de (DE)German Society of Surgery (DGCH): www.dgch.deGesellschaft für Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPHO): www.gpoh.de (DE)

> 26

27 <

FURTHER INFORMATIONNOTESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, PROJECTS, FUNDING, CONTACTS
The “Research in Germany” Portal: Information on research
and funding opportunities, academic and research-related
job portals, as well as advice on preparing a research
stay or initiating a collaboration with German researchorganisations. www.research-in-germany.org
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
database providing information about all current DFGfunded research projects and contact information for the
Principal Investigators. http://gepris.dfg.deGerman Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on morethan 25,000 institutes at German universities and nonuniversity research institutions, searchable by geographic
location, subject and other structural criteria. www.gerit.org
Website of the DFG: Further background information about
DFG funding programmes, funding guidelines, and lists ofcurrently DFG-funded activities. www.dfg.de
The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) Research Map:
The interactive HRK Research Map database provides
information on the research priorities that are of strategic
institutional importance for each university.
www.hrk.de/home (go to Research Map)
The Higher Education Compass: Information on Germany’s
higher education institutions, the range of courses andprogrammes that they offer, their worldwide cooperation,
and who to contact locally.
www.hochschulkompass.de/en/study-in-germany.html

> 28

29 <

NOTES

> 30

NOTES

Contact
German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG Head Office Germany
www.dfg.deresearchmarketing@dfg.de