Hans A. Krebs Medical Scientist Program

With this Program, the Faculty of Medicine specifically aims to support motivated outstanding Medical Scientists in order to contribute to their development as researchers by providing optimal conditions for achieving scientific independence. The main focus Of the Program is on advanced grant writing skills. The Program fosters research collaborations by bringing together different research fields from basic eyperimental, clinical or translational research and by organizing networking events with Clinician Scientists. The Program further provides targeted qualification courses tailored to the fellows’ needs as well as mentoring and individual supervision.

The focus of the Program is set on promoting Medical Scientists from the natural, technical, mathematical, medical, veterinarian or life sciences, who are not pursuing clinical training and are working at the medical-theoretical institutes (preclinical), the clinical-theoretical institutes or at the specialist clinics of the Faculty of Medicine. Funding is not intended for established scientists who have already completed their habilitation (post-doctoral qualification).

Eligible candidates are doctorate-holding researchers without responsibilities in patient care and who are not pursuing fellowship training in a clinical discipline ( Medical Scientists). They should ideally be in their first or second postdoctoral career phase and employed at an institution that is affiliated with Freiburg’s University Medicine. The Hans A. Krebs Medical Scientist Program is also open for excellent scientists working part-time to help them balance career and family.

Medical Scientists working computationally, and whose projects focus on data sciences in research areas of Medicine (Digital Medical Scientists) also belong to the multifaceted group of Medical Scientists and are wellcome to apply to the Program.

• Optimal conditions to becoming an independent researcher
• Targeted qualification courses focusing on advanced grant writing skills and courses in order to improve important scientific skills as well as transferable skills including leadership skills/expertise
• Tandem-mentoring to receive scientific support on your project as well as advice on the development of your scientific career
• Being part of a network of Medical Scientists (opportunities for scientific exchange and collaboration, increased visibility)
• Opportunities to network with clinical researchers to increase your interdisciplinary competencies

The Program provides funds of 45 000 € per person/year which can either be used to finance the fellow’s own position, or alternatively, for direct project costs.

Beyond financial funding, the Program also offers a personalized qualification program with a focus on advanced grant writing skills that is based on an established framework of courses, lecture series and tandem-mentoring.

Track I and Track II:

Applicants have the possibility to apply for Track I or Track II. The two track procedures (I and II) differ in terms of the source of funding.

• Track I Fellows receive funding by the Hans A. Krebs Medical Scientist Program.
• Track II Fellows must be funded through their own, peer-reviewed research programs. They must provide equivalent funds of at least 45 000 € per year which have been raised by the fellows themselves.

Other framework conditions and offers in terms of qualification, mentoring and networking apply to both, Track I and Track II fellows.

Prof. Dr. Maike Hofmann, Department of Medicine II

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Koch, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The guidelines of the Hans A. Krebs Medical Scientist Program of the Faculty of Medicine and the guidelines for the selection and evaluation process are available on request by E-Mail.

Currently, there is no open call for applications.

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