- Phillip Grote
- Thomas Hanke
- Ann-Christin Hau
Discovery & Development
The primary objective of this program is to address excellent hypotheses on basic biological mechanisms of tumorigenesis, progression, diagnosis, and therapy. For example, the proposed projects elucidate the molecular mechanisms of applied or new therapies, define potential target structures in tumors, identify oncogenic mutations, or serve model and method development to expand the repertoire of diagnostic assays, innovative technologies, and preclinical models. In the medium to long term, these projects can lead to a disease-specific clinical translation program.
D&D projects are advertised annually internally and funded by the FCI in the sense of a start-up aid. They should always demonstrate a long-term perspective, which will allow them to attract additional research funding in the future.
Call for proposals – D&D funding 2024 –
We are pleased to announce this year´s Call for the Discovery & Development Program of the Frankfurt Cancer Institute.
Scientists holding a non-tenured group leader position with an affiliation of the FCI partner sites are invited to submit research proposals for funding with a focus on:
- excellent and innovative hypothesis-driven projects addressing molecular mechanisms of all aspects of cancer and
- excellent and innovative projects dedicated to method development to broaden the repertoire of diagnostic assays and novel tools for the Frankfurt cancer community.
To apply, please request the guidelines and application form: schmitz@fci.health
Deadline for application: September 15th, 2023
Project Start: January 1st, 2024
Recipients D&D funding 2023
- Katharina Imkeller
- Konstantinos Kokkaliaris
- Hannah Uckelmann
- Paul Ziegler
Recipients D&D funding 2022
- Canan Arkan
- Jelena Bozilovic
- Thomas Broggini
- Anjali Cremer
- Katharina Filipski
- Lina Herhaus
- Patrizia Malkomes
- Hind Medyouf
- Kuan-Ting Pan
- Lisa Sevenich
- Frederic Thalheimer
- Paul Ziegler
Recipients D&D funding 2021
- Canan Arkan
- Christian Brandts
- Xinlai Cheng
- Ivan Dikic
- Patrick Harter
- Koraljka Husnjak
- Madina Karimova
- Daniela Krause
- Valentina Minciacchi
- Laura Moser
- Stefan Müller
- Christian Münch
- Michael Rieger
- Michael Ronellenfitsch
- Evelyn Ullrich
- Jonas Vischedyk
- Winfried Wels
Recipients D&D funding 2020
- Canan Arkan
- Christian Brandts
- Ivan Dikic
- Fabian Finkelmeier
- Andreas Joerger
- Manuel Kaulich
- Stefan Knapp
- Sebastian Koschade
- Daniela Krause
- Hind Medyouf
- Valentina Minciacchi
- Christian Münch
- Albrecht Piiper
- Eugen Proschak
- Michael Rieger
- Michael Ronellenfitsch
- Lisa Sevenich
- Shabnam Shaid
- Dieter Steinhilber
- Winfried Wels
Recipients D&D funding 2019
- Canan Arkan
- Verawan Boonsanay-Michel
- Christian Buchholz
- Carmen Döbele
- Volker Dötsch
- Henner Farin
- Emmanouil Fokas
- Patrick Harter
- Björn Häupl
- Mike Heilemann
- Manuel Kaulich
- Stefan Knapp
- Daniela Krause
- Hind Medyouf
- Christian Münch
- Marina Pesic
- Eva Rettinger
- Michael Rieger
- Rajkumar Savai
- Constanze Schneider
- Frank Schnütgen
- Lisa Sevenich
- Evelyn Ullrich
- Thomas Vogl
- Andreas Weigert
- Winfried Wels