Funding the Lung Funding support for junior scientists interested in cardiopulmonary research The second career development symposium of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center School Burg Staufenberg, Hessen, Germany 11th June, 2012 08:30 Bus arrival from Giessen to Burg Staufenberg 08:30 – 08:50 Coffee 08:50 – 09:00 Welcome Dorothea M. Peters and Florian Veit 09:00 – 10:30 Funding Opportunities I Chairs: TBA 09:00 – 09:30 MINA HORESH AND TALI ROSENBAUM (German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development) The GIF in brief 09:30 – 10:30 MASASHI NAKAGAWA (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) JSPS fellowship programme for research in Japan 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 13:00 Funding Opportunities II Chairs: TBA 11:00 – 12:00 NICOLA STAECK (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Marie Curie Actions) Young researchers explore Europe and beyond - EU research fellowships 12:00 – 13:00 ANJANA BUCKOW (German Research Foundation) DFG funding opportunities for early career researchers 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:15 Funding Opportunities III Chairs: TBA 14:00 – 14:30 ROBERT BALS (University Medical Center of the Saarland) Fellowship program of the European Respiratory Society: the next generation 14:30 – 15:30 NICOLA STAECK (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Marie Curie Actions) Connecting academic excellence worldwide - postdoctoral sponsorship programmes 15:30 – 16:15 CHRISTIAN SCHÄFER (German Academic Exchange Service) DAAD funding opportunities for PhD students and post-docs 16:15 – 16:45 Group photograph, followed by coffee break 16:45 – 17:15 Concluding remarks Dorothea M. Peters and Florian Veit 17:15 Bus departure from Burg Staufenberg to Giessen The symposium webpage is: www.uni-giessen.de/cms/ugmlc/symposia/funding The scientific organisers are: Rory E. Morty, Dorothea M. Peters, Florian Veit and Werner Seeger of the University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center 2.