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Translational Research Projects
Translating research into practice: The direct application of new research findings to benefit human health and well-being was always a primary objective of Else Kröner, the founder of the EKFS foundation.
Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine
Each year the EKFS presents the 'Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine' in recognition of special humanitarian commitment and involvement.
Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine 2018
22 November: EKFS honours Project by Apotheker ohne Grenzen Deutschland e.V. (“Pharmacists without Borders Germany”) in a Buenos Aires slum with an award.
Special Projects
Among other projects, EKFS funds a variety of special projects such as the Else Kröner Fellowship im Deutschen Schülerstipendium. A call for proposals for hospital hygiene was issued at the beginning of 2020.
Humanitarian Award before 2020
A look back at the Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine from 2016 to 2019, as well as at the earlier award years 2010, 2012 and 2014.
Else Kröner Fresenius Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine 2016
The Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS) foundation presented the Award for Development Cooperation in Medicine 2016 to project coordinator Dr Carsten Krüger, with State Secretary Thomas Silberhorn and Dr Auma Obama attending.
Register and Research Repositories
The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation funds individual, globally unique registers as an important research resource and a contribution to the investigation of, in some cases, rare diseases.
Currently Funded Projects
In this project database you can obtain information about selected funding projects and the project partners working with EKFS. All of the texts were written by the respective project partners. Projects from all specialized fields of medicine are supported. Multiple filter settings are possible.
Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research
The international research prize intends to enable breakthroughs in biomedical research. It is awarded in changing fields of biomedicine that are highly relevant and promising.
Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2017
The neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Karl Deisseroth (45) of Stanford University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA, is the recipient of the 4 million euro Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2017.