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Open Calls
Please refer to the following table for the currently open calls.
For your project application please use the link "Application Instructions" in the table.
| Funding line | Funding blocks | Call for applications | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Partner Laboratory | Translational project: Team of Clinician Scientist (50%) & Medical Scientist (Postdoc) | Application instructions | July 30, 2025 |
| Short term funding Clinician Scientist (4-12 months, 50% research release) | Establishment of methods/start of new project | Currently no open call | --- |
| Pilot experiment or preclinical experiment (to prepare grant applications or publications) | |||
| Clinical study | |||
| Start up funding after parental leave | |||
| Protected research time (50%) Clinician Scientist (2 years) | Clinical study | Application instructions | July 30, 2025 |
| Innovative research project | |||
| Cooperation project with external partner | |||
| Cooperation Medical Scientist (2 years) | Cooperation project with external/internal partner | Application instructions | July 30, 2025 |
| Career Boost Fellowship for advanced MS and CS | Funding for advanced MS and CS for max. 12 months in the maximum amount of € 100,000 to establish scientific independence | Currently no open call | --- |
| Travel Fellowships 2025 | Travel funding of up to 20.000 € for 3 months | Application instructions | July 15, 2025 |
If you have any questions concerning the calls, please feel free to contact Dr. Inga Melzer ( i.melzer@uke.de or msnz@uke.de ) at any time. We are happy to help!
You can also visit us at our event on July 11, 1 pm in Seminar Room 2, N25 to ask questions about the calls and discuss your proposal ideas. More info on our homepage.
An information meeting, in which we will present all current calls for proposals, will take place on July 15, 2025, at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting. We look forward to answering your questions!
UCC Hamburg Research Fellowship
At this point, we would also like to mention the UCC Hamburg Research Fellowship, which allows junior physicians (usually in their second to fifth year of clinical training) to be released from their clinical duties for one year to conduct a cancer-related research project in the laboratory. For further information, please contact Dr. Natascha Kömm (
n.koemm@uke.de ).
CONNECT Grants 2025
To strengthen the joint collaboration with the University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein (UCCSH) and the networking of early career researchers, the CONNECT (Cooperative NORD-Networking for Early Career Teams) grant for early career teams from both locations is being announced for the third time. This initiative is supported by the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein as well as the Mildred-Scheel-Nachwuchszentrum (MSNZ) Hamburg, which is funded by German Cancer Aid.
Find an appropriate partner (Medical or Clinician Scientist) from the respective other location (HH-Kiel or HH-Lübeck) and send us your joint project idea until September 15, 2025. The project idea should ideally be located in one of the research focus areas of UCCH (to be found under " Research ") and UCCSH . Epidemiological projects and projects in health services research are eligible to apply as well as molecular biology-translational projects. The maximum funding per project is € 50,000 (distributed equally between both sites). The project duration is from January to December 2026. Funding of your own position is excluded.
Here, you can find the detailed application instructions and a template for your application.
We are looking forward to receiving your applications! If you need help with the application or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at msnz@uke.de or ucch.science.info@uke.de !