Funding of junior consortia in the funding priority "Future eHealth"
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) funds interdisciplinary junior consortia: postdocs from STEM fields and medicine develop innovative in silico approaches for health research. Project outlines must be submitted by 15.12.2025.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Funding of junior consortia in which scientifically outstanding postdocs develop innovative in-silico methods and analytical tools for biomedical research interdisciplinarily at at least two German universities, in order to generate revenues through publications and third-party funding for further research and career paths.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel expenses
- Material costs
- Travel expenses
- Project-related investments
- Project flat rate (20%)
Non-eligible expenses
- Expenses for ethics approval
- Expenses for basic equipment
Eligible to apply
- Educational Institutions
Funding requirements
- Interdisciplinary collaborative projects at a minimum of two different universities
- Led by scientifically outstanding postdocs
- Subprojects from STEM subjects, medicine, or eHealth-relevant disciplines
- Minimum of three and maximum of four subproject leaders
- Application submission through universities based in Germany
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Documents required for application
- Project outline
- Guidelines/Application form
- CVs of subproject leaders
- Cooperation agreement
- Financial plan
Evaluation criteria
- Suitability for the funding purpose
- Degree of innovation and translational potential
- Interdisciplinary collaborative structure
- Methodological and scientific quality
- Feasibility and data availability
- Adequacy of financial planning
- Scientific expertise of the subproject leaders
Description
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) supports interdisciplinary junior consortia at several German universities through the funding guideline “Future eHealth”. The goal is the development of innovative in-silico approaches and analytical tools for biomedical research. The initiative targets outstanding postdoctoral researchers from mathematics, computer science, biology, and medicine, who collaboratively implement three to four subprojects at a minimum of two locations. Within 36 months, new computer-assisted methods are to be established to advance insights in prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. Funding is provided as a 100% non-repayable grant for personnel, material and travel expenses, as well as project-related investments, including a 20% flat rate. Project outlines must be submitted online by December 15, 2025.
Only research consortia of public or state-recognized educational institutions in Germany are eligible for funding. Eligible to submit are universities that, together with scientifically qualified postdoctoral researchers, present a coherent concept and a cooperation agreement. Each working group is led by a postdoctoral researcher, so that three to four subproject leaders collaborate interdisciplinarily. A prerequisite is a networked data base as well as methodological integration of STEM and medical disciplines. The submitted outlines must comply with the formal requirements of the DLR Project Management Agency. Selected consortia qualify based on innovation content, translational potential, and collegial structure for a second application stage, in which the detailed project outline is supplemented by a formal funding application.