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Dr. med. Livius Penter, internist, and Dr. med. Jana Ihlow, pathologist, are fellows in the Clinician Scientist Program researching how allogeneic stem cell transplants and immunotherapeutic strategies can be used to treat acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The Brigitte and Dr. Konstanze Wegener Foundation is now funding their joint project beginning…

On April 8, 2025, the kick-off meeting of the first fellows of the nTTP-GCT program took place in Berlin. In an informal atmosphere, the fellows exchanged ideas and were informed about the program components and aims of the National Strategy for GCT. A successful start for the GCT funding of translational talents!

Together with the Biomedical Innovation Academy of the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), Stiftung Charité 2024 has developed two new funding programs. The first fellows have now been selected.

Applications for the SPARK-BIH funding programme 2025 are open from now until 7 July 2025. Scientists and clinicians from BIH and Charité at all career levels are invited to apply.

The TransferAllianz e.V. has published a position paper that is intended to provide the new federal government with impulses for optimal transfer promotion in Germany. Three specific measures are intended to support knowledge and technology transfer in Germany and strengthen Germany as a location for innovation.

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) now have fixed standard terms for spin-offs. These define binding key points for spin-off projects, particularly with regard to participation and licensing of intellectual property. Clear, consistent framework conditions create transparency, bindingness, and planning…

Researchers with backgrounds in both metaresearch and trustworthy AI in healthcare participated in the Volkswagen Stiftung workshop From Principles to Practice: Innovating Trustworthy AI through Meta-Research, held in Hanover from February 19 to 21.

Researchers at all stages of their careers, as well as institutions across all disciplines, are invited to apply for, or nominate colleagues for the prestigious, international €350,000 Einstein Foundation Award—the only award dedicated to recognizing exceptional contributions to advancing the rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency of…