Call for Applications for the Career Advancement Program

• Regular calls for submission of proposals and evaluation by the CMMC Executive Board.
• Funding support of 10.800 € for flexible usage for consumables/personnel costs including 800 € travel expenses p.a. for three years plus two years.
• CMMC membership and participation in all CMMC activities.
• Extension of the CAP Funding for additional two years after positive external evaluation.
• If applicable, laboratory and office space will be provided for the specific funding period in the CMMC Research Building.
• Transferable skills training as well as hands-on mentoring options.
• Access to the CMMC infrastructure including administrative support
• For further information, please visit: Career Advancement Program

• A strong interest in disease-oriented research is expected with a focus on molecular mechanisms in the three research areas of the CMMC.
• Eligible candidates have to be members of the University of Cologne also including scientists employed via third party funding and do not hold a professorship (W1/W2/W3 professorship, “Stiftungs- und außerplanmäßige Professur”).
• The candidate has to demonstrate that she/he is on a way of developing a successful career in the field of innovative molecular biomedical research and is not older than 40 years at the time of submitting the application.
• Extramural funding is required: running project funded by the DFG including CRC projects, the German Cancer Aid or ERC funding at the time of submission. Intramural funding is not considered. Junior Research Groups funded by the CMMC or other intramural sources are excluded.
• The submission of a subsequent CAP application is not possible; the maximum CAP funding period is 3 years plus additional 2 years after a positive external evaluation of the CAP progress report.

The CAP applications are evaluated by the members of the CMMC Executive Board and additional members of the Faculty of Medicine and the Science Faculty.

• The research interest of the applicant should be molecular biomedical disease-oriented with scientific originality that integrates in one of the three research areas of the CMMC. The application must be of high scientific quality and should reflect the standards given by the German Research Foundation.
• The research focus of the applicant in the mid-term of his/her academic career should reflect the significance for molecular medicine and sustainability in disease understanding
• Prior scientific achievements of the applicant´s research group have to be demonstrated by the publication record and the acquisition of third-party funds of the applicant in peer-reviewed journals.