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    Here you will find an overview of research-related events tailored to members of the RWTH Aachen University School of Medicine. If you are interested, be sure to check the dates on the respective organizers’ websites.

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    2026

    1. January
      1. 04.01 – Registration deadline for information event 14 January DFG funding: Industry data for research
      2. 05.01 – Registration deadline for information event on January 27: Application submission, finance, and legal matters in HORIZON Europe
      3. 09.01 – Paper of the Month
      4. 10.01 – Deadline William Stern Programm
      5. 11.01 – ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund (for students)
      6. 13.01 – Humboldt Research Professorship
      7. 14.01 – The Heisenberg Programme (in English)
      8. 16.01 – Poster competition 2026: (Inter)national collaborations for cutting-edge medicine from North Rhine-Westphalia
      9. 22.01 – Become a host for international research talent
      10. 27.01 – Application submission, finance, and legal matters in HORIZON Europe
      11. 28.01 – Research data management in DFG applications – what research funders expect
      12. 30.01 – FF-Med
    2. February
      1. 04.02 – Check-up Aachen: How gender-sensitive are we in clinical practice, teaching and research?
      2. 05.02 – Humboldt Research Professorship
      3. 10.02 – The Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
      4. 10.02 – Prospects - The Emmy Noether Programme
      5. 16.02 – Deadline ERS-Calls
      6. 19.02 – Internal Deadline: Karl Heinz Beckurts Preis
      7. 24.02 – Information event: Henriette Herz Scouting Program
      8. 24.02 – Spotlight: Forschung in Alten- und Pflegeheimen - Cluster Medizin.NRW
      9. 24.02 – Else Kröner Memorialstipendien 2026
      10. 27.02 – Deadline KlarText Award
      11. 28.02 – Deutscher Studienpreis
      12. 28.02 – Die Junge Akademie and Volkswagen Foundation: “Best Research Environment” award
    3. March
      1. 01.03 – CSP "Short-term"
      2. 04.03 – Infoveranstaltung: CAPES-Humboldt-Forschungsstipendienprogramm
      3. 11.03 – DFG-Förderangebote für Postdocs
      4. 11.03 – Prospects - DFG-Förderangebote für Postdocs
      5. 14.03 – Deadline: Plus 3 Perspectives (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
      6. 14.03 – Deadline: Exploration Grants (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
      7. 14.03 – Deadline Rise Up! (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
      8. 14.03 – Reichart-Preis 2026
      9. 25.03 – Medizin.NRW 2026 Cluster Conference – Cutting-edge medicine from North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, Europe and the world
      10. 30.03 – PRO-SCIENTIA-Förderpreis 2026
    4. April
      1. 09.04 – Volkswagen Foundation: Live webinar on the funding portfolio
      2. 14.04 – Das Walter Benjamin-Programm
      3. 14.04 – Prospects - Das Walter Benjamin-Programm
      4. 16.04 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
      5. 22.04 – DFG-Webinar: AI in peer review
      6. 27.04 – Vom Forschungsvorhaben zum Drittmittelantrag: Förderorganisationen, Programme und Antragstellung (in German)
      7. 29.04 – Fast Forward Science 2026
    5. May
      1. 05.05 – EU Experience Exchange with a Focus on Proposal Submission
      2. 20.05 – DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs (in English)
      3. 20.05 – Prospects - DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
      4. 20.05 – 6. Jung Symposium „Ausgezeichnete Humanmedizin 2026“
      5. 30.05 – Deadline PEG doctoral prizes
      6. 30.05 – Deadline PEG Science Award
    6. June
      1. 08.06 – Development of small-molecule ERBB4 agonists for the treatment of heart failure
      2. 11.06 – Q & A Volkswagen Foundation: "Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown"
      3. 24.06 – RWTH: DFG-Förderung: Programme und Antragstellung im Überblick (in German)
      4. 24.06 – Online information session: Equal opportunities in DFG funding procedures
      5. 24.06 – Invitation to the themed evening ‘I've started a business’ on 24 June 2026
      6. 25.06 – The Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
      7. 25.06 – Prospects - The Emmy Noether Programme
      8. 29.06 – Medizin.NRW Cluster: Snapshot “Funding for clinical research and trials”
    7. July
      1. 02.07 – Probevorträge: Translationale Analyse in der Neurobildgebung, Universitätsprofessur (W2)
      2. 06.07 – Probevorträge: Audiologie, Universitätsprofessur (W2)
      3. 07.07 – ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced Grants & Synergy Grants in Horizon Europe
      4. 07.07 – Lehre für die Habilitation und für die apl.-Professur
      5. 07.07 – Neurowissenschaftliches Seminar: CAA/Zerebralen Mikroangiopathie
      6. 08.07 – Webinar: Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
      7. 13.07 – Promotionsförderung des Cusanuswerks
      8. 16.07 – BUVEBA Regional Congress: Quality Initiative for Clinical Trials – North Rhine-Westphalia
      9. 16.07 – Q & A Volkswagen Foundation: "Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown"
      10. 21.07 – Deadline Preproposal "Translational Research on Cancer Metabolism: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment"
      11. 30.07 – Funding for a research project in cleaning technology
      12. 31.07 – Summer School 2026 "GenDeCT 2.0 - Gender-sensitive ­inclusive design of clinical trials" Application Deadline
    8. August
      1. 06.08 – Information event: Henriette Herz Scouting Program
      2. 09.08 – BMFTR: Innovative data analysis for women’s health and gender-sensitive medicine
      3. 12.08 – Information event: CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Program
      4. 15.08 – Paul Martini Early Career Award Clinical Research 2026
      5. 15.08 – Registration Deadline: 5th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference – Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026
      6. 17.08 – Young Researchers’ Award for Gender-Sensitive Medicine
      7. 20.08 – BMFTR: e2Health – In silico-Forschung für die Medizin der Zukunft
      8. 31.08 – Daimler and Benz Foundation: Funding for research projects in the disciplines of computer science, applied mathematics, and biosciences
      9. 31.08 – From Research Project to External Funding Application: Funding Organizations, Programs, and the Application Process
      10. 31.08 – Prospects - The Walter Benjamin Programme
    9. September
      1. 04.09 – RWTH Young Academics Day 2026
      2. 07.09 – Coscine – more than free quota!
      3. 14.09 – Deadline Abstracts: 3. Bochumer Symposium für Diversitätsmedizin
      4. 15.09 – 5th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference – Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026
      5. 15.09 – Jung Career Advancement Award 2027
      6. 15.09 – Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation: Exploration Grants
      7. 15.09 – Fotowettbewerb DFG-Kalender
      8. 15.09 – Support for Regulatory Consultations for Translational Projects in Medicine
      9. 15.09 – ERS - Theodore von Kármán Fellowship – visiting scholars program for incoming international researchers
      10. 15.09 – ERS - Theodore von Kármán Fellowship – visiting scholars program for outgoing researchers
      11. 15.09 – ERS - IDEA-League Fellowships 2027
      12. 17.09 – GAIN26: Digital Workshop Event
      13. 21.09 – SciCoCo.nrw 2026
      14. 22.09 – Prospects - DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
      15. 23.09 – BMFTR: Klinische Validierungsstudien von In silico-Methoden im Forschungs- und Förderkonzept „e2Health – In silico-Forschung für die Medizin der Zukunft“
      16. 24.09 – 5. Vernetzungsveranstaltung „FDM in Studium und Lehre“
      17. 24.09 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
      18. 28.09 – Snapshot on “Funding Opportunities from Foundations”
      19. 30.09 – Daimler and Benz Foundation: 2027 Scholarship program for the promotion of postdocs and junior professors
      20. 30.09 – DFG-Communicator Prize2027
    10. October
      1. 01.10 – Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
      2. 01.10 – Automating (Meta)Data Transfer to Coscine
      3. 01.10 – Change the Universe - lost in space !?!
      4. 05.10 – Science Break with Thomas Perlmann
      5. 07.10 – Fulbright Scholarships: Research & Teaching
      6. 07.10 – Prospects - The Heisenberg Programme
      7. 07.10 – Fulbright Scholarships: Doctoral Program
      8. 07.10 – Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff: Herausforderungen einer fairen Gestaltung von KI
      9. 08.10 – DFG-Schreibwerkstatt (Deutsch)
      10. 08.10 – SEMERA Keynote
      11. 12.10 – Erfolgreiche Antragstellung für Verbundprojekte in Horizont Europa
      12. 15.10 – Klinz-Stiftung: Forschung im Bereich humaner adulter Stammzellen
      13. 15.10 – Cardiorenal Seminar: "Indoxyl sulphate as a trigger for aortic diseases.”
      14. 26.10 – 3R Animal Welfare Prize of the Faculty of Medicine
      15. 28.10 – Deadline: COST Action
      16. 29.10 – ME3T: Guest Lecture - Elias Barriga
      17. 29.10 – Symposium Kinases & Kinomics
      18. 29.10 – SEMERA Keynote
    11. November
      1. 02.11 – Exzellenz durch eine genderbewusste Perspektive
      2. 03.11 – Workshop: Stammzellforschung, Zell- und Gentherapie in NRW
      3. 03.11 – Workshop: Stem Cell Research, Cell and Gene Therapy in North Rhine-Westphalia
      4. 03.11 – Medizin.NRW Stakeholder-Workshop: Stammzellforschung, Zell- und Gentherapie in NRW
      5. 03.11 – MI(N)T-Geschmack – Dein Karrieretasting mit Unternehmen der Region
      6. 04.11 – 3. Bochumer Symposium für Diversitätsmedizin
      7. 04.11 – FAIRe Daten durch Publikation
      8. 04.11 – Leuchtturm-Forum (Cluster Medizin.NRW)
      9. 04.11 – FAIRe Daten durch Publikation (RDM II – modular, German)
      10. 04.11 – Medizin.NRW Leuchtturm-Forum: Schnittstellen, Perspektiven, Handlungsfelder
      11. 05.11 – AHM-Workshop „KI-Tools – von der Versorgungspraxis in die Lehre“
      12. 06.11 – G3-Kongress: Perspektiven der geschlechtersensiblen Medizin in Versorgung, Forschung, KI und Lehre
      13. 09.11 – Medizin.NRW Snapshot: Venture Capital
      14. 10.11 – NRW Research Data Day
      15. 10.11 – Medizin.NRW Spotlight Klimawandel und Gesundheit in NRW
      16. 16.11 – Medica 2026
      17. 17.11 – Vergütung und Leistungszulangen nach TV-L für Wissenschaftlerinnen – Verhandlungsspielräume nutzen und dem Gender-Pay-Gap entgegenwirken
      18. 19.11 – Management und Bearbeitung von Datenmanagementplänen mit RDMO
      19. 19.11 – Management und Bearbeitung von Datenmanagementplänen mit RDMO (RDM II – modular, German)
      20. 19.11 – SEMERA Keynote
      21. 20.11 – EuRoSa symposium - Surgery meets Technology
      22. 23.11 – RWTH Innovation Award 2026
      23. 24.11 – Geschlechtersensible Medizin: BMFTR-Fachtagung „Mind the Gap“
      24. 26.11 – 3R Kompetenznetzwerk NRW 4th Annual Meeting
      25. 26.11 – Symposium: Qualitätsoffensive Klinische Studien – NRW 2026
      26. 30.11 – Nachwuchsakademie „TransFER – Hämotherapeutische Forschung"
      27. 30.11 – Brigitte-Gilles-Prize 2026
    12. December
      1. 01.12 – CSP Short term Programm of the Medical Faculty
      2. 02.12 – Frauen erfinden – Dein Weg von der Idee zum Patent
      3. 09.12 – Paul Martini Prize 2027
      4. 11.12 – Augsburger Wissenschaftspreis für interkulturelle Studien 2027
      5. 11.12 – Prospects - Das Emmy Noether Programm
      6. 21.12 – Projektförderung Stiftung für therapeutische Forschung