The Collaborative Seed Grant Program of the Heidelberg Medical Faculty is a project and networking funding program for outstanding, experienced natural scientists and outstanding, experienced research physicians at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty. The central aim of the Collaborative Seed Grant Program is to promote new, collaborative research concepts from different areas of specialization in biomedicine through start-up funding, thereby strengthening the networking of scientists at the Faculty of Medicine and building interdisciplinary bridges. The target group of this program are research group leaders and scientists/doctors working in science and/or clinical practice at the level of experienced postdocs, generally between four and eight years after completing their doctorate.

Funding is available for joint research projects involving two researchers from different specializations and/or institutes/clinics of the Heidelberg Medical Faculty. Projects that combine preclinical and clinical research can also be funded.

The funding period is two years with a maximum funding amount totalling up to 150,000 euros per project. The funds can be used to finance personnel, material, travel and publication costs as well as fees for the use of core facilities in an appropriate amount.

Complete applications are only to be submitted in electronic form as one PDF file without access restrictions by no later than Friday, 23 January 2026

to the Forschungsdekanat (Dean's Office for Research) of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg at forschungs.dekanat(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de.

• Program Bylaws (German Text)
• Application Guidelines (German Text)