Else Kröner Memorial Fellowship  2022

Basic data of the distinction

Type of awardScholarship
Awarded byElse Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
Award given toPark, Julien H.
Announced at25/07/2022
Duration of the scholarship01/08/2022 - 31/07/2024
Amount of prize money230000 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 organisationhttps://www.ekfs.de/wissenschaftliche-foerderung/aktuelle-foerderungen/n-acetylmannosamin-als-potentielle-therapie-fuer
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münsterhttps://www.medizin.uni-muenster.de/fakultaet/news/mehr-freiraum-fuer-seltene-erkrankungen-julien-h-park-erhaelt-memorialstipendium-der-ekf-stiftung.html

Scholarship holders from the University of Münster

Park, Julien

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 awardResearch fellowship
Website of the award or committeehttps://www.ekfs.de/wissenschaftliche-foerderung/foerderlinien/stipendien/else-kroener-memorial-stipendien
Zeitraum der Vergabesince 2020