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Advancing research. Helping people.
The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) was founded in 1983 by the entrepreneur Else Kröner, née Fernau, and appointed as her sole heir. The non-profit foundation is dedicated to the funding and advancement of medical research, and actively supports humanitarian projects.
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Child in a clinic
Advancing research. Helping people.
The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) was founded in 1983 by the entrepreneur Else Kröner, née Fernau, and appointed as her sole heir. The non-profit foundation is dedicated to the funding and advancement of medical research, and actively supports humanitarian projects.
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Else Kröner bei der Eröffnung des Werks St. Wendel.
Advancing research. Helping people.
The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) was founded in 1983 by the entrepreneur Else Kröner, née Fernau, and appointed as her sole heir. The non-profit foundation is dedicated to the funding and advancement of medical research, and actively supports humanitarian projects.
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Else Kröner Excellence Grants
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New funding program to attract US-based medical researchers
Anastasia Khvorova together with Julia Alterman, PhD, assistant professor of RNA therapeutics and Katherine Gross, MD/PhD student
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Interview with Prof. Dr. Anastasia Khvorova – Winner of the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025
Während ihres Studiums arbeitete Else Fernau (Kröner) in der Hirsch-Apotheke. Um 1950.
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Presseeinladung für Kultur und Geschichte: Festveranstaltung zum 100. Geburtstag von Else Kröner mit der Verleihung des Else Kröner Fresenius Preises für Medizinische Forschung 2025
Prize for Medical Research 2025: Anastasia Khvorova
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Invitation to the press - Announcement of the 2025 research prize winner: The 2025 Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research goes to RNA therapeutics for treating Huntington's disease
Dr. Angela Schulz, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Shining a Spotlight on Childhood Dementia: New Clinician Scientist Professorship for Rare Diseases
Clinician Scientist Professorships
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Four new Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Professorships facilitate highest-caliber medicine in cases of cancerous, kidney and cardiometabolic diseases
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Current Call for Proposals

Scientific Funding

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Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Professuren 2025 (only available in German)
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Else Kröner Excellence Grants 2025
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Else Kröner Promotionskollegs 2025 (only available in German)
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Humanitarian Funding

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From the projects

Scientific Funding
Estrogen counteracts increased infarct size and cardiac remodelling in post-menopause women with T2D and MI
Chest Area
Estrogen counteracts increased infarct size and cardiac remodelling in post-menopause women with T2D and MI
Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Atherosclerosis
Chest Area
Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Atherosclerosis
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Humanitarian Funding
Sustainable strengthening of community-based TB and HIV care in Madagascar
Infectiology
Sustainable strengthening of community-based TB and HIV care in Madagascar
Leprosy Case Detection and Assessing Stigma & Mental Health in Potential hotspot areas in Ethiopia (LeAP-Ethiopia)
Infectiology
Leprosy Case Detection and Assessing Stigma & Mental Health in Potential hotspot areas in Ethiopia (LeAP-Ethiopia)
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Events

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9. Else Kröner-Symposium "Translational Immunology – From Target to Therapy"
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Prize Ceremony: Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025
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