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Research in Germany

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Imprint Published by: German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany Editor: Vera Pfister Assistant Editors: Valeria Casagrande, Sonja Schaffartzik Contact: [email protected]

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© DFG, March 2021 This publication was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. 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 and non-university research institutes with a main focus on cancer research. Medical and clinical research centres are not included.

On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude of individual projects in the area of cancer research. These individual grants outweigh the research consortia both in number and in overall funding volume. Towards the end 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 and welcome your feedback.

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Berlin Hannover Potsdam Braunschweig

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Göttingen Essen Leipzig Dresden Cologne Jena Aachen Bonn Marburg Gießen Bad Nauheim Frankfurt/Main Mainz Darmstadt Würzburg

Erlangen Sulzbach/Saar Research Training Groups Helmholtz Graduate Schools Heidelberg Regensburg Integrated Research Training Groups in Leibniz Graduate Schools Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Stuttgart International Max Planck Clinical Research Units Research Schools Tübingen Ulm Research Units Fraunhofer Institutes Munich Clusters of Excellence Helmholtz Centres Freiburg Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Leibniz Institutes Max Planck Institutes DFG-funded Priority Programmes and several Research Units are not shown on the map since they are not necessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 13 and 17. The map shows the headquarters of the non-university research institutions.

> 6 7 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact - funded by dfg- CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE Rheinische Friedrich- ImmunoSensation2: The 2019 www. Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Immune Sensory System immunosensation.de Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen Bonn (EXC 2151) the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive Universität zu Köln Cellular Stress Responses in 2019 www.cecad.uni- fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career Cologne Aging-Associated Diseases koeln.de researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive (EXC 2030) Eberhard Karls Image-Guided and 2019 https://uni-tuebingen. between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, starting Tübingen Universität Tübingen Functionally Instructed Tumor de/en/research/ in 2019. A second seven-year period is possible. Therapies (iFIT) (EXC 2180) core-research/cluster- of-excellence-ifit Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established at COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES universities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programme Universität zu Köln Mechanisms of Drug 2019 www.sfb1399.de/ Cologne Sensitivity and Resistance in crossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The Small Cell Lung Cancer traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university (CRC 1399) and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key Goethe-Universität Molecular and Functional 2015 www.sfb1177.de/ Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Characterization of Selective objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers Autophagy (CRC 1177) may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework of Goethe-Universität Signalling by Fatty Acid 2013 www.lipidsignalling.de an Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Derivatives and Sphingolipids in Health and for a period of up to 12 years. Disease (CRC 1039) Albert-Ludwigs- Control of Cell Motility in 2009 www.sfb850.uni- Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities Freiburg Universität Freiburg Morphogenesis, Cancer freiburg.de/ collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of the Invasion and Metastasis (CRC 850) cooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint Albert-Ludwigs- Medical Epigenetics – From 2012 www.sfb992.uni- research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among the Freiburg Universität Freiburg Basic Mechanisms to Clinical freiburg.de participating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use of Applications (CRC 992) resources. There is also the option of international Transregios. Albert-Ludwigs- Immune-Mediated Pathology 2015 www.sfb1160.uni- Freiburg Universität Freiburg as a Consequence of freiburg.de Impaired Immune Reactions (IMPATH) (CRC 116 0) Universität Hamburg Liver Inflammation: Infection, 2009 https://sfb841.de/ Hamburg Immune Regulation and english Consequences (CRC 841) Ruprecht-Karls- Maintenance and 2010 www.cos.uni- Heidelberg Universität Differentiation of Stem Cells heidelberg.de/index. Heidelberg in Development and Disease php/sfb873?l=_e (CRC 873)

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Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Ruprecht-Karls- Understanding and 2019 www.unite- Justus-Liebig- Chromatin Dynamics in 2009 www.uni-giessen.de/ Heidelberg Universität Targeting Resistance in glioblastoma.de/ Gießen Universität Gießen Differentiation and fbz/fb08/trr81 Heidelberg Glioblastoma (UNITE Marburg Philipps-Universität Malignancies (TRR 81) Glioblastoma) (CRC 1389) Marburg Johannes Targeting Convergent 2017 https://crc1292. Medizinische Liver Cancer – New 2017 www.livercancer.de Mainz Gutenberg- Mechanisms of Inefficient uni-mainz.de Hannover Hochschule Mechanistic and Therapeutic Universität Mainz Immunity in Tumors and Hannover Concepts in a Solid Tumor Chronic Infections Model (TRR 209) (CRC 1292) Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Johannes Nanodimensional Polymer 2013 www.crc1066.uni- Heidelberg Mainz Gutenberg- Therapeutics for Tumor mainz.de Tübingen Eberhard Karls Universität Mainz Therapy (CRC 1066) Universität Tübingen Ludwig-Maximilians- Control and Plasticity of 2012 www.sfb1054.med. Universität Striking a Moving Target: 2021 www.experimentelle- Munich Universität München Cell-Fate Decisions in the uni-muenchen.de Regensburg Regensburg From Mechanisms of medizin.de/en/ Immune System (CRC 1054) Metastatic Colonization to collaborative-research Ludwig-Maximilians- Genetic and Epigenetic 2015 www.sfb1243. Erlangen Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen- Novel Systemic Therapies Munich Universität München Evolution of Hematopoietic biologie.uni- (TRR 305) Neoplasms (CRC 1243) muenchen.de Nürnberg Technische Aberrant Immune Signals in 2018 https://sfb1335. Eberhard Karls Platelets – Molecular, 2018 www.platelets.eu/ Munich Universität München Cancer (CRC 1335) med.tum.de/en Tübingen Universität Tübingen Cellular and Systemic tr240 Functions in Health and Technische Modelling and Targeting 2018 www.sfb1321.med. Würzburg Julius-Maximilians- Disease (TRR 240) Munich Universität München Pancreatic Cancer tum.de Universität Würzburg (CRC 1321) Universität Ulm Exploiting the Human 2017 www.uni-ulm.de/en/ Ulm Peptidome for Novel med/crc-1279 Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents (CRC 1279) Universität Ulm Experimental Models and 2012 www.uni-ulm.de/ Ulm Clinical Translation in einrichtungen/sfb- Leukemia (CRC 1074) 1074 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS Friedrich-Alexander- Modulation of Graft-versus- 2017 www.gvhgvl.de/en Erlangen Universität Erlangen- Host and Graft-versus Nürnberg Leukemia Immune Responses Regensburg Universität after Allogeneic Stem Cell Regensburg Transplantation (TRR 221) Würzburg Julius-Maximilians- Universität Würzburg Universität Duisburg- Mutual Interaction of 2009 www.uni-due.de/trr60 Essen Essen Chronic Viruses with Cells of Wuhan Chinese Academy the Immune System: From (China) of Sciences Fundamental Research to Immunotherapy and Huazhong University Vaccination (TRR 60) of Science and Technology

> 10 11 < RESEARCH UNITS RESEARCH UNITS Title Funded Since Contact - funded by dfg- Aging-Related Epigenetic Remodeling in Acute 2017 http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/ Myeloid Leukemia (FOR 2674) projekt/336840530 Cell Plasticity in Colorectal Carcinogenesis (FOR 2438) 2016 www.for2438.de Research Units (FOR) contribute to establishing new research directions. Research Units Subprojects mainly located in: Frankfurt/Main are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project which is Targeting Therapeutic Windows in Essential Cellular 2015 www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/ often of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchers and Processes for Tumor Therapy (FOR 2314) for2314 Subprojects mainly located in: Würzburg subprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit can be located at several locations Selection and Adaptation during Metastatic Cancer 2014 http://for2127.de throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years. Progression (FOR 2127) Subprojects mainly located in: Regensburg In case most of a Research Unit’s subprojects are located at one place, it is represented The Hematopoietic Niches (FOR 2033) 2013 web.med.tum.de/for2033/ Subprojects mainly located in: Munich startseite/ in the map. Mature T-Cell Lymphomas – Mechanisms of Perturbed 2013 www.control-t.de Clonal T-Cell Homeostasis (FOR 1961) Subprojects mainly located in: Frankfurt/Main

> 12 13 < CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS CLINICAL RESEARCH UNITS Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact - funded by dfg- Universitätsklinikum Untangling and Targeting 2019 www.ukaachen.de/ Aachen Aachen Mechanisms of kliniken-institute/klinik- Myelofibrosis in fuer-haematologie- Clinical Research Units (KFO) promote close collaboration between highly qualified Myeloproliferative onkologie- scientists working on thematic projects within clinical institutions. They are generally Neoplasms (MPN) haemostaseologie-und- (KFO 344) stammzelltransplantation- established for a period of six years. Clinical Research Units pursue clinical investigations, med-klinik-iv/forschung/ integrate clinical findings, and may conduct clinical pilot studies. They focus on klinische-forschung/ translational research with patient-oriented approaches and on understanding disease klinische-forschergruppe- kfo344-cru344-1/ mechanisms.Clinical Research Units are usually located at one institution. Universität zu Köln Exploiting Defects in the 2013 www.cll-research.org Cologne DNA Damage Response for the Development of Novel, Targeted CLL Therapy (KFO 286) Universitätsklinikum Phenotypic Therapy and 2018 www.uni-due.de/ Essen Essen Immune Escape in Cancer phenotime/ (PhenoTImE) (KFO 337) Universitätsklinikum Clinical Relevance of 2017 www.uni-marburg.de/ Marburg Gießen und Tumor-Microenvironment de/fb20/bereiche/zti/ Marburg GmbH Interactions in Pancreatic kfo325 Cancer (KFO 325)

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Priority 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 can consist of up to 30 individual subprojects located at several institutions across Germany; it usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes normally receive funding for a period 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 INSTITUTIONS NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS Location Institution Contact FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTES Leipzig Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI www.izi.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer Society is one of the world’s leading organisations for applied research Hannover Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental www.item.fraunhofer.de Medicine ITEM with an annual research budget of 2.8 billion euros, 74 institutes and more than Stuttgart Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and www.igb.fraunhofer.de 28,000 employees. Fraunhofer’s R&D portfolio covers a wide range of fields, Biotechnology IGB including health, security, communications, transport, energy and the environment. Sulzbach/ Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de www.fraunhofer.de Saar HELMHOLTZ CENTRES The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges facing society, Berlin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the www.mdc-berlin.de Helmholtz Association science and industry with world-level research in six areas: energy, earth and environ- Braunschweig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research www.helmholtz-hzi.de ment, health, key technologies, structure of matter and aeronautics, space and trans- GSI Helmholtz Centre www.gsi.de port. With more than 40,000 employees in 19 research centres and an annual Darmstadt Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf www.hzdr.de budget of approximately 4.8 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s Dresden largest scientific organisation.www.helmholtz.de Heidelberg German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) www.dkfz.de Munich Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center www.helmholtz- for Environmental Health muenchen.de The Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 95 research institutes. The annual LEIBNIZ INSTITUTES budget amounts to 1.9 billion euros. Some 11,500 researchers – approximately 25% of Hamburg Heinrich-Pette-Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental www.hpi-hamburg.de them from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the human- Virology ities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural and Jena Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute www.leibniz-fli.de engineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu Nuthetal German Institute of Human Nutrition www.dife.de (Potsdam) The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTES independent non-profit research organisations. The Max Planck Society has been Bad Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research www.mpi-hlr. Nauheim de/2778/en allocated approximately 1.86 billion euros for 2019. A combined total of 15,300 Berlin Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics www.molgen.mpg.de researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 86 Max Planck Berlin Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology www.mpiib-berlin. Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences mpg.de and humanities. One third of the researchers and more than half of the junior and Cologne Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing www.age.mpg.de visiting researchers come from abroad. www.mpg.de Cologne Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research www.sf.mpg.de Freiburg Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de Göttingen Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine www.em.mpg.de Martinsried Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry www.biochem.mpg. (Munich) de/en Münster Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine www.mpi-muenster. mpg.de/2377/en

> 18 19 < GRADUATE TRAINING GRADUATE TRAINING Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact - funded by dfg- RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS Rheinisch- Tumor-Targeted Drug 2018 www.medizin.rwth- Aachen Westfälische Delivery (RTG 2375) aachen.de/cms/ Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme at Technische Medizin/Die-Fakultaet/ universities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom to Hochschule Aachen Foerderangebote/ form an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also Strukturierte- Doktorandenausbildung/ have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years. ~reyl/Biomedical- Graduate-School- Aachen/?lidx=1 International Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The research Technische Universität Molecular and Cellular 2010 www.bio.tu-darmstadt. Darmstadt Darmstadt Responses to Ionizing de/forschung/genom_ and study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the Radiation (RTG 1657) biologie/grk1657_2. programme spend six months at the partner institution. en.jsp Friedrich-Alexander- Regulators of Adaptive 2010 www.lymphozyten.med. Erlangen Universität Erlangen- Immunity (RTG 1660) fau.de (DE) Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/ Nürnberg Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim of Universität Duisburg- Molecular 2011 www.uni-due.de/med/ these structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with Essen Essen Determinants of the forschung/grk1739 Cellular Radiation opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The Response and their programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an Potential for Response academic network. Working in Clusters of Excellence or Collaborative Research Centres Modulation (RTG 1739) projects, doctoral researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research assistants in Ruprecht-Karls- Hallmarks of Skin 2014 www.rtg2099.de these projects, they contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They are closely involved Heidelberg Universität Cancer (RTG 2099) with the projects and have access to the entire project infrastructure. Heidelberg Philipps-Universität The Inflammatory 2020 www.uni-marburg.de/en/ Marburg Marburg Tumor Secretome – fb20/departments/zti/ From Understanding to grk2573-1 Novel Therapies (RTG 2573) Ludwig-Maximilians- Advanced Medical 2017 www.grk2274.de/ Munich Universität München Physics for Image- grk2274 Guided Cancer Therapy (RTG 2274) Universität Ulm Cellular and Molecular 2012 www.uni-ulm.de/med/ Ulm Mechanisms in Aging cemma (CEMMA) (RTG 1789)

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Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Universität Ulm Heterogeneity and 2017 www.uni-ulm.de/med/ Johannes Gutenberg- Integrated Research 2017 https://crc1292.uni- Ulm Evolution in Solid research-training-group- Mainz Universität Mainz Training Group within: mainz.de/irtg Tumors (HEIST): 2254-heterogeneity-and- Targeting Convergent Molecular evolution-in-solid-tumours- Mechanisms of Characterization and heist/ Inefficient Immunity in Therapeutic Tumors and Chronic Consequences Infections (CRC 1292) (RTG 2254) Johannes Gutenberg- Integrated Research 2013 https://sfb1066.de/en/ INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES Mainz Universität Mainz Training Group within: graduiertenkolleg/ Goethe-Universität Integrated Research 2013 www.lipidsignalling.de/ Nanodimensional Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Training Group within: en/kolleg/ Polymer Therapeutics Signalling by Fatty for Tumor Therapy Acid Derivatives and (CRC 1066) Sphingolipids in Health Ludwig-Maximilians- Graduate Program 2012 www.sfb1054.med.uni- and Disease Munich Universität München within: Control and muenchen.de/graduate_ (CRC 1039) Plasticity of Cell-Fate program_new/index.html Goethe-Universität Integrated Research 2015 www.sfb1177.de/ Decisions in the Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Training Group within: education Immune System Molecular and (CRC 1054) Functional Characteri- Ludwig-Maximilians- Graduate Program 2015 www.sfb1243.biologie. zation of Selective Munich Universität München within: Genetic and uni-muenchen.de/ Autophagy Epigenetic Evolution of graduate-program (CRC 1177) Hematopoietic Albert-Ludwigs- Integrated Research 2009 www.sfb850.uni-freiburg. Neoplasms Freiburg Universität Freiburg Training Group within: de/graduate-program/ (CRC 1243) Control of Cell Motility students/ INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/ in Morphogenesis, TRANSREGIOS Cancer Invasion and Friedrich-Alexander- Graduate Program 2017 www.gvhgvl.de/en/ Metastasis (CRC 850) Erlangen Universität Erlangen- within: Modulation of graduate-program Albert-Ludwigs- Integrated Research 2012 www.sfb992.uni-freiburg. Nürnberg Graft-versus-Host and Freiburg Universität Freiburg Training Group within: de/irtg Regensburg Universität Graft-versus Leukemia Medical Epigenetics Regensburg Immune Responses – From Basic after Allogeneic Stem Würzburg Julius-Maximilians- Mechanisms to Clinical Cell Transplantation Universität Würzburg Applications (TRR 221) (CRC 992) Justus-Liebig- Integrated Research 2009 www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/ Universität Hamburg Integrated Research 2009 http://sfb841. Gießen Universität Gießen Training Group within: fb08/trr81/irtg Hamburg Training Group within: de/deutsch/ Marburg Philipps-Universität Chromatin Dynamics Liver Inflammation: graduiertenkolleg/ Marburg in Differentiation and Infection, Immune beschreibung.html (DE) Malignancies (TRR 81) Regulation and Consequences (CRC 841)

> 22 23 < GRADUATE TRAINING GRADUATE TRAINING Location Title Contact - at non-university research institutions- HELMHOLTZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS Berlin MDC Graduate School www.mdc-berlin.de/ graduate-school Helmholtz Graduate Schools provide a roof under which a varied number of curricula Heidelberg Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research www.dkfz.de/en/ in different fields, or across disciplines, can find a home. Helmholtz Graduate phd-program Schools constitute a valuable addition to the wide range of training programmes LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS available within the Helmholtz Association. They offer optimal conditions for PhD Göttingen Leibniz Graduate School for Emerging Infectious Diseases www.dpz.eu/en/ students to work and enable them to create a network of contacts with fellow (EIDIS) career/graduate- training/emerging- university researchers while also fostering the integration of participants into the infectious-diseases. research environment. html Hamburg Leibniz Graduate School „Infections“ www.lc-infection.de/ en/lci-graduate-school- Leibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion of en.html junior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates Jena Leibniz Graduate School on Aging http://lgsa.leibniz-fli.de in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end, INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS) Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution IMPRS for Heart and Lung Research http://imprs.mpi-hlr.de focuses on clearly defined, socially-relevant themes, doctoral candidates have a Bad Nauheim wealth of networking opportunities in a large, dedicated scientific community. The Berlin IMPRS for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing www.molgen.mpg. particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which de/IMPRS includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoral Berlin IMPRS for Infectious Diseases and Immunology www.mpiib-berlin. candidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application. mpg.de/graduate_ program/general_ information International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German and Freiburg IMPRS for Molecular and Cellular Biology www.ie-freiburg. international junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD- Program research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max Münster IMPRS for Molecular Biomedicine www.uni-muenster. Planck Institutes. These IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other de/CiM-IMPRS/ – sometimes international – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary Munich IMPRS for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences: From Biology https://imprs-ls. framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage in to Medicine opencampus.net interdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.

> 24 25 < SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS OPEN POSITIONS IN GERMANY Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/jobs Deutsche 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/jobs_talent

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): Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard www.dgho.de (DE)

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.de

Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Onkologie und Hämatologie (GPHO): www.gpoh.de (DE)

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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 research organisations. www.research-in-germany.org

German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online database providing information about all current DFG- funded research projects and contact information for the Principal Investigators. http://gepris.dfg.de

German Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on more than 25,000 institutes at German universities and non- university 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 of currently 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 and programmes that they offer, their worldwide cooperation, and who to contact locally. www.hochschulkompass.de/en/study-in-germany.html

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German Research Foundation (DFG) DFG Head Office Germany www.dfg.de [email protected]