Currently funded projects

N-acetylmannosamine as potential therapy for Golgi homeostasis disorders
Institution: Department for Children and Adolescents – General Pediatrics, Münster University Hospital
Applicants Dr. Julien H. Park
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships

Emotional burden and course of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease – longitudinal digital assessment of symptoms of anxiety, depression and medical outcomes of the child
Institution: Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin Klinik für Angeborene Herzfehler/Kinderkardiologie, Berlin
Applicant: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Constanze Pfitzer
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Role of NFAT5 & impaired endometrial blood vessel development.
Applicant: Dr. Madhuri S. Salker
Institution: University Hospital Tübingen, Women’s Health Research Institute
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Use of different CPAP-levels in the delivery room and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in very preterm infants – a randomized multicenter trial
Institutions: Department of General Pediatrics & Neonatology, Center for Pediatrics and Youth Medicine, Justus Liebig University of Giessen
Applicant: Dr. Markus Waitz
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

"This one drink!?" The invisible developmental consequences of intrauterine alcohol exposure: A longitudinal multi-level study in childhood and adolescence based on a meconium ethanol metabolite
Institutions: Children and Youth Department for Mental Health, Women's Hospital and Adult Psychiatry at Erlangen University Hospital
Applicant: Dr. Anna Eichler
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Light in - Sound out. New non-invasive biomarkers in pediatrics
Institution: Kinder- und Jugendklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Applicant: Ferdinand Knieling
EKFS funding line: Else Kröner Memorial Fellowship

REPRODOMICS project – Deciphering galectin-1 signalling in preeclampsia: insights from metabolomics
Institution: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC)
Applicant: Dr. Nancy Freitag
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Fetal programming: Evaluation of cardiovascular remodeling in late-onset small-for-gestational-age fetuses and prediction of adverse birth and intermediate-term cardiovascular outcome- CURIOSA study
Institution: Frauenklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München
Applicant: PD Dr. Silvia M. Lobmaier
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications

Innovative gene therapy concepts for Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease (MSMD)
Institution: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Experimentelle Hämatologie
Applicant: PD Dr. Nico Lachmann
EKFS funding line: First and Second Applications