Research Commission
With the establishment of the BONFOR program, the Medical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn has created a valuable instrument for targeted in-house research funding. Both clinically applied and practice-oriented research as well as medical basic research are funded on equal terms. The decisive factor for funding is the scientific quality of the applications within the framework of the BONFOR funding criteria.
The BONFOR SciMed Commission decides on the BONFOR-funded doctoral scholarships, funding applications for all other instruments are dealt with in the meetings of the BONFOR Research Commission.
BONFOR-Research Commission
The BONFOR Research Commission establishes the guidelines for the funding instruments. In its meetings, it decides on the use of the funds made available and gives funding recommendations on the basis of expert opinions and according to application reviews.
Members of the BONFOR Research Commission
The Dean of the Medical Faculty, a group elected by the Dean's Office consisting of professors, scientific staff and student representatives working full-time at the Medical Faculty, as well as a chairperson and a deputy chairperson elected from this group.
The university professors in the commission should have many years of experience in the management of scientific working groups, in the acquisition of third-party funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) or comparable organizations, and in research assessment. The scientific staff members of the commission are expected to show above-average commitment to research. When appointing members to the committees, it is ensured that the aspects of clinical-applied research and basic sciences are adequately represented.
Chairperson
Prof. Sven Wehner (Department of General, Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery)
Vice chairperson
Prof. Anja Schneider (Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Disorders)
Prof. Thomas Becker (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
PD Svenja Beisel-Memmert (Polyclinic for Orthodontics)
Prof. Regina Betz (Institute of Human Genetics)
Prof. Sandra Blaess (Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology)
Prof. Henning Boecker (Clinic and Polyclinic for Nuclear Medicine)
Prof. Kaan Boztug (Clinic for Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology)
Prof. Peter Brossart (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III)
Prof. Volker Busskamp (Department of Ophthalmology)
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Essler (Department of Nuclear Medicine)
Prof. Natalio Garbi (Institut für Experimentelle Immunologie)
Prof. Matthias Geyer (Institute of Structural Biology)
Prof. Christian Henneberger (Institute of Cellular Neuroscience I)
Prof. Ulrich Herrlinger (Department of Neurooncology, Center of Neurology)
Prof. Marc Hübner (Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology)
Prof. Stephan Jonas (Institute of Digital Medicine)
Prof. Stephanie Jung (Institute of Cardiovascular Immunology)
Prof. Sven Klaschik (Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine)
Prof. Lukas Kunz (Department of Epileptology)
Prof. Alexandra Klotz (Department of Neuropediatrics & Social Pediatric Center)
Prof. Peter Krawitz (Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics)
Prof. Stefanie Kürten (Institute of Anatomy)
Prof. Jennifer Landsberg (Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology)
Prof. Felix Meissner (Institute of Innate Immunity)
Prof. Jacob Nattermann (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic I)
Prof. Georg Nickenig (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II)
Prof. Gabor Petzold (Department of Vascular Neurology, Center of Neurology)
Prof. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel (Center of Neurology, Department of Neuroimmunology)
Prof. Alexander Radbruch (Department of Neuroradiology)
Prof. Wilhelm Röll (Department of Cardiac Surgery)
Prof. Tobias Rose (Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognitive Research)
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Kfm. Heiko Rühl (Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine)
Prof. Matthias Schmid (Institute of medical Biometry, Computer Science and Epidemiology)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Schoch McGovern (Institutes of Cellular Neurosciences II)
Prof. Hubert Schorle (Department of Developmental Pathology)
Prof. Eva Schulte (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Prof. Valentin Schäfer (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology)
Prof. Ina Maja Vorberg (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn)
Prof. Kerstin Wilhelm-Jüngling (Institute for Neurovascular Cell Biology)
Prof. Christoph Wilhelm (Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology)
Dr. Johannes Chang ( Medical Clinic and Polyclinic I)
Dr. Maximilian Funken (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II)
Dr. Aylin Mehren (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Jan Antoine Dauvergne
Johanna Klein
PD Dr. lldikó Rácz
SciMed-Commission
The BONFOR doctoral scholarship (funding instrument 4) is integrated into the study-accompanying SciMed doctoral collegium of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn under the name SciMed doctoral scholarship.
Members of the BONFOR SciMed Commission
The awarding of BONFOR-funded doctoral scholarships is decided by the BONFOR SciMed Commission established for this purpose, whose members perform tasks accompanying the doctorate (mentoring, midterm evaluation) in addition to reviewing and deciding on applications.
Funding requests for all other instruments will be addressed at BONFOR Commission meetings.
Chairperson
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hölzel (Institute of Experimental Oncology)
Vice chairperson
Prof. Dr. med. Albert J. Becker (Institute of Cellular Neurosciences II)
Prof. Tobias Bald (Institute of Experimental Oncology)
Prof. Dirk Baumjohann (Medical Clinic an Polyclinic III für Oncology, Heamatology, Immunooncology and Rheumatology)
Prof. Sandra Blaess (Institute for Reconstructive Neurobiology)
Prof. Henning Boecker (Clinic and Polyclinic for Nuclear Medicine)
Prof. Dagmar Dilloo (Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology)
Prof. Bernardo Franklin (Institute for Innate Immunity )
Prof. Matthias Geyer (Institute for Structural Biology)
Prof. Christian Henneberger (Institute of Cellular Neurosciences I)
PD Dr. Niklas Klümper (Department of Urology and pediatric Urology)
Prof. Glen Kristiansen (Institute of Pathology)
Prof. Björn Krüger (Department of Epileptology)
Prof. Stefanie Kürten (Anatomical Institute)
Prof. Jennifer Landsberg (Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology)
Prof. Veronika Lukacs-Kornek (Institute for Experimental Immunology)
Prof. Radoslaw Nowak (Institute of Structural Biology)
Prof. Benjamin Odermatt (Institute of Anatomy)
Prof. Katrin Paeschke (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III - Haematology-Oncology)
Prof. Aleksandra Pandyra (Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology)
Prof. Gabor Petzold (Department of Vascular Neurology)
PD. Dr. Julika Pitsch (Department of Epileptology)
Prof. Stefanie Poll (Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research)
Prof. Alexander Radbruch (Department of Neuroradiology)
PD Dr. Theodor Rüber (Department of Epileptology)
PD Dr. Hemmen Sabir (Department of Neonatology at the Center for Children's Medicine)
Prof. Philipp Sasse (Physiological Institute I)
Prof. Martin Schlee (Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology)
Prof. Jonathan Schmid-Burgk (Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology)
PD Dr. Matthias Schneider (Department of Neurosurgery)
Prof. Susanne Schoch McGovern (Institute of Cellular Neuroscienes II)
Prof. Hubert Schorle (Department of Developmental Pathology)
Prof. Ulrich Schweizer (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Prof. Marieta Toma (Institute of Pathology)
Prof. Dagmar Wachten (Institute of Innate Immunity)
Prof. Michael Wenzel (Department of Epileptology)
Prof. Christoph Wilhelm (Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology)
Prof. Sebastian Zimmer (Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II)
Karoline Klasbrummel