The Clinician Scientist Program focuses on young physicians who have undergone the first few years of residency training and who can prove a strong interest in research. Funding for the clinician scientists admitted into the program is provided for a period of three years. The funding recipients involved in the program receive 75 % of their financing from clinical budget (for the clinical part) and another 25% from the faculty.

The Clinician Scientist Program, firstly, consists of the implementation of the clinician scientist’s own research project, which requires significant exemption from clinical obligations. Secondly, the program includes an accompanying training curriculum. The program also includes a compulsory mentoring, which should contain an equal balance of clinical resident and clinical research subjects.

For further information please contact Dr. Katrin Klempahn

For (post)doctoral students from non-medical fields (eg. PhD program for non-physicians, including biology, chemistry, psychology, etc.) of the UKE, the dean's office tenders staff positions (value E13) with a maturity of max. one year. These transition fundings, following the doctoral thesis (post doc positions), are addressed to highly qualified graduate students who are in the last third of the doctoral project or who have already submitted the dissertation.
The aim of this program is to support young researchers in preparing an external funding request and support the publication of further project results.
The full tender with hints how to apply can be found here.

Applicants undergo a two-stage selection process. First, the proposals are examined by the
Faculty of Medicine; scientists whose applications are evaluated positively will be invited as a second step to a colloquium.

The programme is currently being evaluated and will not be announced this year.

For questions on this scheme, please contact Dr. Katrin Klempahn from the Vice-Deanery for research.

The Faculty of Medicine offers young scientists the opportunity to gain experience in the independent handling of research projects within the scope of a thematically and time-limited funding. With a total of up to 60,000 euros, the Medical Faculty supports research project proposals, selected in a competitive, expert-based procedure.

It is expected that, following this initial funding, the results of the research work are published and researchers are able to apply for subsequent external funding.

For further information please contact Dr. Anne Wulf

The Faculty of Medicine is committed to the promotion of women with the aim of equal representation at all levels of education and employment. An anchored in the women's advancement plan of the Medical Faculty measure is the provision of balancing authorities if a woman has successfully habilitated.

On application, the institution at which the woman has not given her habilitation services, provided a ½ point for a scientist for a period of 18 months. This site is intended to enable the next woman the further academic qualification. The application must be made within six months after successful completion of the habilitation procedure, the place to be occupied in a timely manner in order to ensure continuity of funding female scientists.

For further information please contact the Equal Opportunities Office.

The resources available for "initial funding research" are mainly used for preparations of collaborative research projects, such as those funded by the DFG, EU, BMBF, or the city of Hamburg. Research projects allowed for funding should be embedded in the key research areas or potential areas of the UKE. As part of the initial funding either costs for personnel or equipment / consumables can be covered.
The formless application, directed to the dean's office attn: Dr. Kirsten Hennings, should provide information about the research project, giving the concept of this project and all the requested personel and material costs.

For more information on this funding the respective guidelines can be downloaded from the intranet area.