KLS Young Scientist Programme
Annually, call starts in December
The call for proposals for the KLS Young Scientist Programme 2021 is now open until January 31, 2021. Please read the poster for details.
Poster 2021 (pdf)
Application form 2021 (pdf)
Prizes:
- Early Stage postdocs (0-4 years after PhD)
- Experienced postdocs (0-6 years after PhD)
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 2020
|
Name |
Title |
Support |
| Category: Early Stage Postdoc | ||
|
Dr. Louise Thingholm AG Franke |
Role of bacterial dysbiosis and translocation for liver damage and outcome of gastric bypass operation |
9.000 € |
|
Dr. Mohammed Zidane AG Thaller |
Identification And characterization of NRF2 Signaling Pathway Polymorphisms Associated With The Natural Variation In Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress Response | 10.000 € |
Cytegory: Experienced Postdoc
Was not awarded
Winners 2019
|
Name |
Title |
Support |
| Category: Early Stage Postdoc | ||
|
Dr. Montserrat Torres Oliva AG Franke |
Differences in centriole elongation could explain body size adaptation in Svalbard reindeer |
10.000 € |
|
Dr. rer. Nat. Matthias Voss AG Rose-John |
Systematic analysis of proteolysis-dependent secretion of Golgi-resident enzymes |
5.000 € |
|
Dr. Alejandra Zárate-Potes AG Schulenburg |
Natural variation in a master transcriptional regulator potentially mediates strainspecific responces with a natural pathogen |
5.000 € |
| Category: Experienced Postdoc | ||
|
Dr. Julia Keppler AG Schwarz, |
Analyzing structural characteristics of pathological and functional amyloids
|
18.000 € |
Winners 2018
| Name | Title | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Category: Junior Postdocs | ||
| Julia Johnke AG Schulenburg |
Identification and characterization of rare species in the C. elegans microbiome using metagenomics | 5,000 € |
| Steffen Riethmüller AG Alban |
Untersuchung molekularer Mechanismen neuer Faktor XIa inhibierender sulfatierter Glykane mittels Bio-Layer-Interferometrie | 5,000 € |
| Christian Wöhle AG Dagan |
Metaorganisms and phototrophy in the dark: A non-photosynthetic role of temporal plastid endosymbiosis? | 5,000 € |
| Category: Experienced Postdocs | ||
| Corinna Bang AG Franke |
Uncovering changes in microbial gut composition upon immune therapies in MS patients | 20,000 € |
| Meike Stumpp AG Leippe |
Gastro-intestinal health: the balance between gut microbes and gastric pH in two basal deuterostome models | 24,640 € |
