MEDICAL DATA SCIENTIST PROGRAMM
Program
Format
Scope of funding
Application
Curriculum
Current
Program
The central goal of the Medical Data Scientist Programm is to foster participating scientists’ development into group or laboratory leaders in the field of medical research. The program is designed for post-doctoral scientists with above-average qualifications who are applying for a research position in the fields of medical informatics, medical bioinformatics, digitalization in medicine, or the medical data sciences at the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine. Participants’ research is accompanied by a mandatory curriculum and mentoring program. Participants are awarded a Heidelberg Medical Data Scientist Certificate confirming their completion of the program.
Format
The funding comprises a maximum of three years of full-time research work to be carried out in a research group based at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg. Within the framework of the research activity, a concrete research project that the selection committee considers to be very good should be worked on.
Scope of funding
Funding of the protected research time (full-time 100%) of the program participants for two years by the Heidelberg Medical Faculty; a further year is funded by the host hospital/institute
Application
Application
Complete applications are to be sent exclusively in electronic form (1 PDF without access restriction) to the Dean's Office for Research (Forschungsdekanat) the Medical Faculty Heidelberg.
If you have not received an acknowledgement of receipt within three working days of submitting your application documents, please contact the Dean's Office for Research (Forschungsdekanat) Office.
Incomplete application documents will not be considered.
The next call for applications for the Medical Data Scientist Programm will be in early 2024.
Guidelines
Application Forms and Templates
Forms
Curriculum
The program provides for an accompanying academic curriculum that takes into account the individual needs of the participants. Within the framework of the curriculum, scientific knowledge and skills as well as key qualifications are to be deepened. Compulsory and elective modules are offered. In total, compulsory and elective modules amounting to at least 30 half days must be completed and documented during the funding period.
Please refer to the curriculum for the specific requirements of the Medical Data Scientist Programm. A selection of the training courses currently available can be found in the annex to the curriculum, which is also linked here.
