KLS Young Scientist Programme
Annually, call starts in December
The call for proposals for the KLS Young Scientist Programme 2019 is now open until January 31, 2019. Please read the poster for details.
Poster 2019 (pdf)
Application form 2019 (pdf)
Prizes:
- Early Stage postdocs (0-4 years after PhD): 10,000€
- Experienced postdocs (0-6 years after PhD): 25,000€
Eligibility:
- For Early Stage Postdocs: Application 0 to 4 years after having obtained the doctoral degree (date of document is determinant)
- For Experienced Postdocs:
- Application 0 to 6 years after having obtained the doctoral degree (date of document is determinant)
- Previous submission of at least one application for a project grant concerning a different research project to the DFG or a similar funding body
- The postdoc needs to work in the laboratory of a KLS member PI
- The research should be conducted in a research area of KLS and address a life science topic
Criteria:
- Quality of the research project
- Innovative research idea
- Feasibility of proposed timeline
- Interdisciplinary project and applicant. Applicants should demonstrate knowledge from different KLS-relevant research areas.
Winners 2018
We are happy to announce the winners of the KLS Young Scientist Programme 2018:
| Name | Affiliation | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Category: Junior Postdocs (up to 5,000 €) | ||
| Julia Johnke | Evolutionary Ecology Genetics (Prof. H. Schulenburg), Zoological Institute | 5,000 € |
| Steffen Riethmüller | Pharmaceutical Biology (Prof. S. Alban), Pharmaceutical Institute | 5,000 € |
| Christian Wöhle | Genomic Microbiology (Prof. T. Dagan), Institute of Microbiology | 5,000 € |
| Category: Experienced Postdocs (up to 25,000 €) | ||
| Corinna Bang (Co-Applicant: Klarissa Stürner) | Gentics and Bioinformatics (Prof. A. Franke), Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology | 20,000 € |
| Meike Stumpp | Comparative Immunobiology (Prof. N. Leippe), Zoological Institute | 24,640 € |
