Currently funded projects

Neurocomputational mechanisms of fatigue in Long-COVID and their links to immune activation
Institution: Lübeck University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Social Neuroscience Lab
Applicant: Dr. rer. nat. David Sören Stolz
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Identification and validation of stroke etiology defining discriminative factors with diagnostic implications in thrombus immune cells
Institution: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, LMU Klinikum
Applicant: Dr. Kami Alexander Pekayvaz
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

MedEvac and Emergency medical trainings Ukraine
Organisation: CADUS e.V. – Redefine Global Solidarity
Partner country: Ukraine
Partner organisation in partner country: CADUS, BaseUA, VostokSOS, Artesans ResQ, local EMS (u.A. Lviv, Dnipro), WHO EMT

An adjustable MLL-ENL derived transcription factor for in vitro manufacturing and in vivo application of human phagocytes
Institution: LMU Klinikum
Applicants: PD Dr. med. Christian Wichmann and Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Greif
EKFS funding line: Key project

Advanced engineered organotypic models of fibrosis for pathophysiological studies and for testing novel therapeutic approaches
Institution: Clinic for Rheumatology and Hiller Research Center, University Hospital of Düsseldorf and Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf
Applicant: Dr. Alexandru-Emil Matei
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Influence of hormonal regulatory circuits on antitumor immune responses following radiation therapy
Institution: Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Applicant: Dr. Julius C. Fischer
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Signal-enhanced MRI to democratize cancer diagnostics and staging
Institution: Research Group for NMR Signal Enhancement, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
Applicant: Dr. Stefan Glöggler
EKFS funding line: Translational Research

Differentiation of IGF-I deficiency-related sarcopenia in geriatric patients by endocrinological functional testing
Applicant: Michael Drey
Institution: Universitätsklinikum München (LMU), Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
EKFS funding line: Key Projects

Oral health of centenarians- clinical and sociological cross-sectional examination of oral health, oral health-related quality of life, masticatory function and nutrition
Institution: Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltungskunde, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Applicant: Caroline Sekundo
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Endophenotypes of kidney disease progression at the single cell level
Institution: Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité – University Hospital
Applicant: Dr. Michael S. Balzer
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships