Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
About the funder
The Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) is a non-profit foundation under civil law, founded in 1983 by entrepreneur Else Kröner, and headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. As the largest shareholder of the healthcare corporation Fresenius, the foundation derives almost all its income from dividends and uses these funds in accordance with its statutes to promote medical science and support humanitarian aid projects. To date, approximately 2,800 projects have been funded, with a current annual funding volume of around 60 million euros.
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Mission & Vision
"Promoting research. Helping people." – The EKFS aims to increase knowledge about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases by supporting outstanding research projects in the medical-scientific field and through humanitarian funding programs, while making the results accessible to the public at all times.
Target groups
The scientific funding programs of the EKFS are aimed at physicians who wish to combine research and clinical practice (clinician scientists), at early-career researchers in medicine, as well as at researchers with key projects that promise breakthroughs in diagnosis and therapy. In the humanitarian sector, non-profit organizations and initiatives are supported that implement global health and education projects and assist disadvantaged communities.