Funding
Alliance +Program
Springboard for outstanding Alliance junior research group leaders to professorships
The Alliance +Program supports outstanding junior research group leaders at the end of their first third-party-funded phase by extending their research group for up to three years. The funding gives awarded junior research group leaders more time to strengthen their scientific profiles, advance their own research in the Alliance and apply for professorships.
Application
Please note that the program is highly competitive. Successful applicants receive up to 250.000 euros per year for a period of up to three years. Funding can be used for the applicant’s own position and additional positions (postdoc, technician, other), as well as for material and travel expenses.
The Alliance has a particular interest in promoting junior group leaders who drive projects with strong transfer potential to foster the utilization of research results in medical applications, diagnostic and therapeutic agents and medical devices. The Alliance funds basic science and applied research projects in the fields of cancer research, cardiovascular research, neuropsychiatric diseases, genomics, synthetic immunology, molecular engineering, medical technologies, and novel applications of AI approaches in health research and the life sciences.
Application is open to independent Junior Group Leaders at Alliance institutions only.
The Alliance +Program Call is now open.
Apply by September 15, 2025.
Contact
Dr. Ulrich Müller
Email: programs [at] health-life-sciences.de
Phone: +49 6221 54 15958
Awardees
Decoding the structural and metabolic plasticity of astrocytic mitochondria in the brain (AstroMitos)
Amit Agarwal, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
From Biological Understanding to Synthetic Solutions: Advancing Muscle Tissue Engineering
Josephine Bageritz, Heidelberg University
Investigating cellular and molecular mechanisms promoting cardiomyocyte invasion of fibrotic scar tissue
Arica Beisaw, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Understanding the molecular determinants of malaria parasite proliferation and targeting them with chemotherapeutics
Markus Ganter, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
The choroid plexus: an underestimated multifunctional player of the brain capable of breaching the central nervous system barriers
Annarita Patrizi, DKFZ
Correcting maladapted vasculature to ameliorate fatty liver diseases. (Vasculo-Correct)
Mahak Singhal, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
RNA splicing in the heart; changing parts and performance
Maarten van den Hoogenhof, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University