Else Kröner Memorial Fellowship 2022
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Scholarship
Awarded by: Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
Award given to: Park, Julien H.
Announced at: 25/07/2022
Duration of the scholarship: 01/08/2022 - 31/07/2024
Amount of prize money: 230000 EUR
About the distinction
Projekt: N-Acetylmannosamin als potentielle Therapie für Golgi-Homöostasestörungen Golgi-Homöostasestörungen sind schwerwiegende Stoffwechselerkrankungen aus der Gruppe der Congenital disorders of glycosylation. Im Rahmen des Projektes werden die ursächlichen Pathomechanismen untersucht und ein potentielles Therapeutikum am Zellmodell geprüft. Die Untersuchungen haben das Potential, als Grundlage für die Behandlung häufiger Erkrankungen des zentralen Nervensystems zu dienen.
Link to the press release of the awarding organisation: https://www.ekfs.de/wissenschaftliche-foerderung/aktuelle-foerderungen/n-acetylmannosamin-als-potentielle-therapie-fuer
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münster: https://www.medizin.uni-muenster.de/fakultaet/news/mehr-freiraum-fuer-seltene-erkrankungen-julien-h-park-erhaelt-memorialstipendium-der-ekf-stiftung.html
About the award
Significantly advancing an especially promising medical research project by releasing these physicians from clinical responsibilities for a period of two years: The above is intended to be used towards laying the cornerstone for scientific self-reliance and a career as clinician scientist. Once again this year, the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung is dedicating one competitive call for applications to funding for young medical researchers.Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships are individual fellowships for young physicians in further education, who wish to implement a two-year project. The scholarship is endowed with a total of €230,000, of which up to 80% can be used to finance the company's own collectively agreed salary. Six fellowships are awarded nationwide throughout Germany. Interested physicians are asked to apply in person.
Type of award: Research fellowship
Website of the award or committee: https://www.ekfs.de/wissenschaftliche-foerderung/foerderlinien/stipendien/else-kroener-memorial-stipendien
Zeitraum der Vergabe: since 2020