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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.

    Please feel free to report any additional relevant events or errors to forschungsdekanat@ukaachen.de 

    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 – ERS - Theodore von Kármán Fellowship – visiting scholars program for incoming international researchers
      9. 15.09 – ERS - Theodore von Kármán Fellowship – visiting scholars program for outgoing researchers
      10. 15.09 – ERS - IDEA-League Fellowships 2027
      11. 17.09 – GAIN26: Digital Workshop Event
      12. 21.09 – SciCoCo.nrw 2026
      13. 22.09 – Prospects - DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
      14. 23.09 – BMFTR: Klinische Validierungsstudien von In silico-Methoden im Forschungs- und Förderkonzept „e2Health – In silico-Forschung für die Medizin der Zukunft“
      15. 24.09 – 5. Vernetzungsveranstaltung „FDM in Studium und Lehre“
      16. 24.09 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
      17. 28.09 – Snapshot on “Funding Opportunities from Foundations”
      18. 30.09 – Daimler and Benz Foundation: 2027 Scholarship program for the promotion of postdocs and junior professors
      19. 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. 07.10 – Fulbright Scholarships: Research & Teaching
      5. 07.10 – Prospects - The Heisenberg Programme
      6. 07.10 – Fulbright Scholarships: Doctoral Program
      7. 08.10 – SEMERA Keynote
      8. 12.10 – 3R Animal Welfare Prize of the Faculty of Medicine
      9. 15.10 – Klinz-Stiftung: Forschung im Bereich humaner adulter Stammzellen
      10. 28.10 – Deadline: COST Action
      11. 29.10 – SEMERA Keynote
    11. November
      1. 03.11 – Workshop: Stammzellforschung, Zell- und Gentherapie in NRW
      2. 03.11 – Workshop: Stem Cell Research, Cell and Gene Therapy in North Rhine-Westphalia
      3. 04.11 – 3. Bochumer Symposium für Diversitätsmedizin
      4. 04.11 – FAIRe Daten durch Publikation
      5. 04.11 – Leuchtturm-Forum (Cluster Medizin.NRW)
      6. 06.11 – G3-Kongress: Perspektiven der geschlechtersensiblen Medizin in Versorgung, Forschung, KI und Lehre
      7. 10.11 – NRW Research Data Day
      8. 16.11 – Medica 2026
      9. 19.11 – Management und Bearbeitung von Datenmanagementplänen mit RDMO
      10. 19.11 – SEMERA Keynote
      11. 24.11 – Geschlechtersensible Medizin: BMFTR-Fachtagung „Mind the Gap“
    12. December
      1. 11.12 – Prospects - Das Emmy Noether Programm