Research Funding

Topic	Project Head	Amount Granted
		KEUR
Efficacy and safety of thrombectomy in stroke with extended lesion and extended time window: a randomized, controlled trial (TENSION)	Prof. Dr. Martin Bendszus Dr. Steffen Luntz	2,455
Establishment and Exploitation of a European-Latin American Research Consortium towards Eradication of Preventable Gallbladder Cancer (EULAT Eradicate GBC)	Prof. Dr. Justo Lorenzo Bermejo	2,362
Antibodies against Nogo-A to enhance plasticity, regeneration and functional recovery after acute spinal cord injury, a multicenter European clinical proof of concept trial (NISCI)	Prof. Dr. Norbert Weidner Dr. Steffen Luntz Dr. Tanja Weiss	2,037
Penumbral Rescue by Normobaric O=O Administration in Patients With Ischaemic Stroke and Target Mismatch ProFile: A Phase II Proof-of-Concept Trial (PROOF)	Dr. Steffen Luntz	1,351
Reconciliation of Cohort Data for Infectious Diseases (RECODID)	PD Dr. Thomas Jänisch	1,237
A global alliance for Zika virus control and prevention (ZIKAlliance)	PD Dr. Thomas Jänisch	1,111

Topic	Project Head	Grant	Amount Granted
			KEUR
Hypothalamic Mechanisms of Thermal Homeostasis and Adaptation (Acclimatize)	Prof. Dr. Jan-Erik Siemens	Consolidator Grant	1,903
Dry season P. falciparum reservoir (DrySeasonPf)	Dr. Silvia Portugal	Starting Grant	1,500
Improving health services to prevent heart attacks and strokes: Evidence for interventions (E4I) in large middle-income countries	Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer	Starting Grant	1,492

Topic	Spokesperson	Total Amount Granted
		KEUR
German Center for Cardiovascular Research	Prof. Dr. Hugo Katus	14,500
German Center for Lung Research	Prof. Dr. Markus Mall	13,316
German Center for Infection Research	Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich	13,033
HiGHmed Medical Informatics Consortium	Prof. Dr. Roland Eils Prof. Dr. Christoph Dieterich	9,766
Adaptive Radiotherapy with Ion Beams (ARTEMIS)	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Debus	8,087
SMART-CARE: A systems medicine approach to stratify the relapse of cancer	Prof. Dr. Jeroen Krijgsveld Prof. Dr. Carsten Müller-Tidow Prof. Dr. Petra Knaup-Gregori Prof. Dr. Julio Saez-Rodriguez Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmacher Prof. Dr. Andreas von Deimling Prof. Dr. Sascha Dietrich	4,436
An integrated systems medicine approach to personalized and targeted therapy in leukemia and lymphoma (SYMPATHY)	Prof. Dr. Sascha Dietrich	3,085
Improvement of functional outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed grade II or III glioma with co-deletion of 1p/19q – IMPROVE CO-DEL: a NOA trial	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wick	2,948
DZHK TranslatiOnal Registry for CardiomyopatHies – Plus (DZHK TORCH-Plus)	Prof. Dr. Benjamin Meder	2,509
German Center for Diabetes Research	Prof. Dr. Peter Nawroth	2,250
A randomized open label phase-II Ccinical trial with or without infusion of plasma from subjects after convalescence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in high-risk patients with confirmed severe SARS-CoV-2 disease (RECOVER)	Prof. Dr. Carsten Müller-Tidow	2,150
LeukoSyStem – e:med Junior Research Alliance: Multi-scale, single-cell systems biology of leukemia stem cells in pathogenesis and therapy. Project B1: Single-cell multi-omic and metabolic characterization of leukemic stem cells to elucidate drivers of pathogenesis and therapy resistance at the single cell level leukemia	Dr. Simon Raffel	2,083
National cohorts, health survey 2nd funding phase	Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Prof. Dr. Till Bärnighausen	2,032
Netzwerk Universitätsmedizin COVID-19: B-FAST – Nationwide Research Network Applied Surveillance and Testing	Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager Prof. Dr. Michael Knop Prof. Dr. Till Bärnighausen Dr. Claudia Denkinger Prof. Dr. Georg-Friedrich Hoffmann	1,969
Liposomes as a platform technology for the oral delivery of macromolecular active ingredients (LipOra).	Dr. Philipp Uhl Dr. Max Sauter	1,870
Development of a novel lipid-lowering agent to reduce cardio-vascular risk in hypercholesterolemia and metabolic syndrome (PrimaLiveR)	Dr. Volker Cleeves	1,782
Initial treatment of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children with mycophenolate mofetil vs. prednisone: A randomized, controlled, multicenter trial (INTENT Study)	Prof. Dr. Burkhard Tönshoff	2,018
Competence-oriented learning, teaching and testing in medicine; sub-project Heidelberg Medical Faculty (MERLIN II)	Dr. Andreas Möltner	1,420
Optimizing collaboration between primary care physicians and psychotherapists: A study on the implementation of video consultations (PROVIDE)	PD Dr. Markus Haun	1,286
The intergenerational cycle of family maltreatment: causes and prevention through health and social service interventions – 4 subprojects (UBICA II)	Prof. Dr. Sabine Herpertz Prof. Dr. Svenja Taubner Prof. Dr. Beate Ditzen Dr. Steffen Luntz	1,225
German Biobanks Alliance / BBMRI.de – Heidelberg Site (GBS)	Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmacher	1,198
Research into promoting help-seeking behavior by adolescents with mental problems through the use of new media; central project VCP (Pro-HEAD)	Prof. Dr. Michael Kaess	1,191
Development and evaluation of context-specific interventions to improve health care for asylum seekers (RESPOND)	Dr. Kayvan Bozorgmehr	1,131
Development of the basis for a new understanding of the pathological processes in multiple sclerosis in the brain (NanoPatho) – Subproject: Correlative hierarchical 3D nano tomography	Prof. Dr. Rasmus Schröder	1,076
e:med Junior Research Alliance: MelBrainSys SP B.4: Model-based prediction and experimental validation of novel therapeutic interventions for melanoma brain metastases	Dr. Matthia Karreman	1,069

	Title	Spokesperson
CRC 1118	Reactive metabolites as the cause of diabetic complications	Prof. Dr. Peter Nawroth
CRC 1129	Integrative Analysis of Pathogen Replication and Spread	Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich
CRC 1158	From nociception to chronic pain: Structural functional features of neuronal pathways and their reorganization	Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner
CRC 1389	Overcoming the resistance to treatment of glioblastomas	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wick
CRC-TRR 83	Molecular architecture and cellular functions of lipid-protein complexes	Prof. Dr. Thomas Söllner
CRC-TRR 156	The skin as sensor and effector organ orchestrating local and systemic immune responses	Prof. Dr. Alexander Enk
CRC-TRR 179	Determinants and dynamics of elimination versus persistance of hepatitis virus infection	Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager
CRC-TRR 209	Liver cancer – new mechanistic and therapeutic concepts in a solid tumor model	Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmacher

	Title	Sites
CRC 873	Maintenance and differentiation of stem cells in development and disease	Heidelberg
CRC 1036	Cellular surveillance and damage response	Heidelberg
CRC 1249	N-heteropolycycles as functional materials	Heidelberg
CRC 1324	Mechanisms and functions of Wnt signaling	Heidelberg
CRC 1366	Vascular control of organ function	Heidelberg
CRC 1425	Heterocellular Nature of Cardiac Lesions: Identities, Interactions, Implications	Heidelberg, Freiburg
CRC-TRR 152	TRiPs to Homeostasis: Maintenance of Body Homeostasis by Transient Receptor Potential Channel Modules	München, Homburg, Freiburg, Heidelberg
CRC-TRR 186	Molecular switch for spatial and kinetic regulation of cellular signal transmission	Heidelberg, Berlin

Topic	Spokesperson	Total Grant
		KEUR
Emmy Noether mTOR abhängige Wachstumskontrolle im Herzen	Dr. Mirko Völkers	1,909
Clinical trail APOS Studie: Antibiotische Prophylaxe zur Vorbeugung von Infektionen nach Orthognather Umstellungsosteotomie	PD Dr. Dr. Oliver Ristow	1,789
Cluster of Excellence CellNetworks Junior Research Group: Viral Infection	Dr. Pierre-Yves Lozach	1,418
Emmy Noether Spatial periodicity of the grid cell: Necessary cellular interactions in development and functional relevance	Dr. Kevin Allen	1,217
Emmy Noether Treatable metabolic weak spots in leukemic stem cells	Dr. Simon Raffel	1,153
Research Group 2407 Exploring Articular Cartilage and Subchondral Bone Degeneration and Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (ExCarBon) TP 03: Bedeutung mechanosensitiver microRNAs für Knorpelfunktion und Pathophysiologie der Osteoarthrose	Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Richter	1,035
individual Research Grant Prospektive Evaluierung residualer Erkrankung als Surrogat für Überlebensendpunkte bei intensiv behandelten Patienten mit akuter myeloischer Leukämie	Prof. Dr. Richard Schlenk	941
Clinical Trail Reduktion der postoperativen Hernienrate nach Laparotomien durch small stitch Bauchdeckenverschluss ohne vs. mit prophylaktischer Netzimplantation (HULC)	Prof. Dr. André Mihaljevic	901
Priority program 1923 Innate Sensing and Restriction of Retroviruses TP 08: Capsid-abhängige Erkennung und Restriktion retroviraler Replikationskomplexe	Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kräusslich	893
Priority program 1923 Innate Sensing and Restriction of Retroviruses; TP 03: Antagonism of host cell restriction and recognition by HIV-1 Nef	Prof. Dr. Oliver Fackler	665
Research Group 2936 Climate change and health in Africa south of the Sahara; TP ZP 01: Development and analysis of population cohorts in Burkina Faso and Kenya	Prof. Dr. Till Bärnighausen	637
individual Research Grant Secondary use of clinical data for research and care – ethical, societal and legal aspects	Prof. Dr. Eva Winkler	615
Research Group 2928 Fluchtmigration nach Deutschland: ein „Vergrößerungsglas“ für umfassendere Herausforderungen im Bereich Public Health; TP 01: Natürliches Experiment zu kontextuellen Einflüssen auf die Gesundheit und Gesundheitsversorgung von Geflüchteten (NEXUS)	Prof. Dr. Kayvan Bozorgmehr	560
individual Research Grant Proteomische und funktionelle Charakterisierung der wachstumsunterdrückenden Wirkung von Galektin-4 in Darmkrebszellen	Dr. Malwina Michalak	538
individual Research Grant Monoallelic expression of proteinuria-associated CUBN variants for renal self-defense.	Prof. Dr. Matias Simons	535
Individual Research Grant MicroRNA regulation of glucocorticoid-induced autophagy and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.	Prof. Dr. Ingrid Herr	533
individual Research Grant Integrative analysis of nuclear division mechanisms in malaria parasite	Dr. Julien Guizetti	532
individual Research Grant Exploring novel molecular mechanisms of TSC22D4 in development of diabetes mellitus	Dr. Bilgen Ekim Üstünel	516

Supporter/Topic	Spokesperson	Total Grant
		KEUR
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Heidelberg concept for the cure of multiple myeloma	Prof. Dr. Hartmut Goldschmidt	12,566
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Exploratory study to identify predictive biomarker signatures in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)	Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäger	5,808
German Cancer Aid: Continued funding of the National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg as part of the oncological centers of excellence funding program	Prof. Dr. Stefan Fröhling	3,000
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Pilot project for the development of personalized cellular immunotherapy in solid cancers.	Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäger	2,879
Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) Improving the care of people with rare diseases by implementing measures consented to in the national action plan (NAMSE) / TRANSLATE-NAMSE	Prof. Georg F. Hoffmann PD Dr. Daniela Choukair	2,428
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Rapid research for diagnostics development in TB network	PD Dr. Claudia Denkinger	2,322
Klaus Tschira Stiftung: Establishment of a sustainable real laboratory for interdisciplinary and translational research in the field of mathematical modeling and simulation in ophthalmology	Prof. Dr. Gerd Auffarth	2,178
Chica und Heinz Schaller Stiftung: Junior research group: Neuron-glia Interactions in neural circuits	Dr. Amit Agarwal	2,123
Forum Gesundheitsstandort Baden-Württemberg: Der Kognitive medizinische Assistent (KoMed) – Klinische Entscheidungsunterstützung durch künstliche Intelligenz auf höchster Datenqualität	Dr. Jan Larmann	2,050
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: DATA 5.0 – Data Acquisition, Translation and Analysis	Prof. Dr. Markus Hohenfellner	2,000
Chica und Heinz Schaller Stiftung: Junior research group: Membrane biology of viral infection	Dr. Petr Chlanda	1,826
Ministerium für Soziales und Integration Baden-Württemberg: ARMED – Augmented Reality assisted, forensic Medical Evidence collection and Documentation	Prof. Dr. Kathrin Yen	1,811
Chica und Heinz Schaller Stiftung: Junior research group: Laboratory of neural circuits and behavior	Dr. Claudio D. Acuna Goycolea	1,785
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Newborn screening – optimization of diagnostic processes	Prof. Dr. Georg F. Hoffmann apl. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Okun	1,785
Chica und Heinz Schaller Stiftung: Junior research group: Stem cell-derived culture models for hepatitis E virus studies	Dr. Viet Loan Dao Thi, Ph.D.	1,780
Joint Federal Committee (G-BA): PRiVENT – Früherkennung und Frühintervention bei Risikopatienten zur Vermeidung von invasiver Langzeitbeatmung	Prof. Dr. Joachim Szecsenyi	1,716
German Cancer Aid: Risiko-adaptierte Prostatakarzinom Früherkennung durch einen Basis-PSA Bestimmung bei jungen Männern von 45 Jahren (PROBASE)	Prof. Dr. Markus Hohenfellner	1,602
German Cancer Aid: Phase I/II Umbrella Study of molecular adapted treatments in combination with radiation therapy for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma without MGMT MGMT Promotor hypermethylation: NCT Neuro Master Match (N2M2)	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wick	1,500
Ministry for Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg: Junior reseach group for pediatric precision oncology	Prof. Dr. Stefan Pfister Dr. Kristian Pajtler	1,499
Ministry of Social Affairs Baden-Württemberg: ZPM-Netzwerk BW – Ausbildung einer regionalen Versorgungsstruktur der Personalisierten Medizin in Baden-Württemberg	Dr. Carolin Plöger	1,452
Joint Federal Committee (G-BA): Mind: Pregnancy – Online-basierte Achtsamkeitsintervention zur Stärkung psychischer Stabilität von Schwangeren und Förderung einer physiologischen Geburt	PD Dr. Stephanie Wallwiener	1,370
Joint Federal Committee (G-BA): ULCUS CRURIS CARE – Etablierung eines patientenorientierten, evidenzbasierten Versorgungskonzeptes für die Therapie des Ulcus cruris venosum in Hausarztpraxen mit praxisbasiertem Case-Management durch Medizinische Fachangestellte (VERAH) und Nutzung moderner IT-Unterstützung	Prof. Dr. Joachim Szecsenyi	1,367
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: 2D-Druck von Arnzeimitteln für Kinder und Jugendliche	Prof. Dr. Walter Haefeli Prof. Dr. Georg F. Hoffmann	1,360
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Neugeborenenscreening Langzeit Schul- und Jugendalter II	Prof. Dr. Stefan Kölker	1,213
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: Further development of newborn screening	Prof. Dr. Georg F. Hoffmann	1,160
Federal Joint Committee (G-BA): Ensuring continuity of care: patient-oriented referral and discharge management in primary care practices and hospitals	Prof. Dr. Joachim Szecsenyi Prof. Dr. Meinhard Kieser	1,113
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung: PACMAN – Intravenous vs. epidural analgesia to reduce the incidence of gastrointestinal complications after elective pancreatoduodenectomy.	Dr. Philipp Knebel	1,079
Federal Joint Committee (G-BA): Participation-related goal achievement through remedies and equipment with mobility-restricting paralysis syndromes (NeuroMoves)	Prof. Dr. Norbert Weidner PD. Dr. Rüdiger Rupp Prof. Dr. Michael Wensing	1,054
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung: Else Kröner-Research Schools: Heidelberg Research School for Neurooncology	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wick	1,000

Program	Goal/Content	Support
MD/PhD	Structured doctoral program in biology, natural sciences and clinical work for students of human medicine and dentistry after they have completed the first part of the state examination in medicine or the preliminary dental medicine examination	4 newly admitted students
Physician Scientist	Protected research time with simultaneous relief from clinical work for physicians who have obtained their doctorates. Three-year program, the Medical Faculty finances two years of research time. The third year is for clinical advanced training and is financed by the department.	13 places approved
Rotation Jobs Dentistry	Support for junior researchers in dentistry	3 place approved
Curriculum Clinical Research	Modular qualification program for co-workers who are involved in the implementation of clinical trials.	Absorption of the qualification costs
MEDISS (Medical Structured Scientific Program)	Faculty-wide, structural doctoral program to support the academic exchange with experienced scientists, good scientific practice, and specialized courses	For all medical and dental PhD students

Program	Goal/Content	Support
Olympia Morata	Postdoctoral qualification program qualified female researchers/physicians; protected research time: 2 years, 50 % of the position	6 approvals
Rahel Goitein-Straus	Support for the transition of female physicians/researchers to their first independent research work; protected research time: 1 year, 50 % of the position	5 approvals
Short-Term Grants	Support for research activities by women during or even after their residencies; protected research time: 3-6 months	7 approvals
Mentoring Program	For female researchers and physicians with modular management training and competency seminars as well as mentoring by experienced leaders	10 participants

Program	Goal/Content	Support
"Third-Party Funding“ Bonus Program	Researchers will receive a bonus for the acquisition of third-party funding for biomedical projects, which were awarded in a recognized evaluation procedure	About 4.24 m €
Bonus Program Leading Publications	Bonus for publications on research results which were predominantly developed at a facility of the Medical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg	About 200 K €
Research/ Investment Funds	Strengthening of research infrastructure. In 2020, the focus was on large-scale research equipment

Annual Report 2020

Services

EU Research Grants

Ongoing ERC Grants in 2020

Research Grants from the German Federal Government

Participation in five German Health Research Centers

Collaborative Research Centers of the German Research Foundation

Other major German Research Foundation projects

Projects with other sponsors

Junior Development Programs at the Faculty of Medicine

Gender Equality

Internal Research Support Programs