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INSTITUT FÜR MEDIZINISCHE MIKROBIOLOGIE
The interface between two worlds –
research at a university AND a Helmholtz Research Centre
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dunja Bruder
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene,
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg &
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig
DocDay, 30.06.2016
Some facts regarding my CV
1990-1996
Studies in Biotechnology, TU Braunschweig
1996-1999
PhD Thesis in Molecular Immunology, HZI Braunschweig
1999-2006
Postdoc in Mucosal Immunology, HZI Braunschweig
1999-2005
Several research stays abroad (Institut Neckar, Paris, France; Harvard Medical
School, Bosten USA; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA)
since 2006
Head of the Research Group Immunregulation, HZI Braunschweig
since 2011
Professor for Infection Immunology, OVGU Magdeburg
After finishing my studies I spent roughly 15 years at the Helmholtz Centre
for Infection Research (HZI) before I went back to a University!
Non-university research organizations in Germany
Stand 2007
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Six Research Fields: Energy, Earth and
Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and
Transport, Key Technologies plus Matter
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Six Research Fields: Energy, Earth and
Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and
Transport, Key Technologies plus Matter
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
established in 1995
18 autonomous research centres with
~ 38.000 employes
Annual funding ~ 3.6 billions
(9:1 split between Federal and state authorities)
~ 30% third-party funding
Six Research Fields: Energy, Earth and
Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and
Transport, Key Technologies plus Matter
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
established in 1995
18 autonomous research centres with
~ 38.000 employes
Annual funding ~ 3.6 billions
(9:1 split between Federal and state authorities)
~ 30% third-party funding
attractive internal funding programs
Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups
W2/W3 program for excellent female scientists
Helmholtz Alliances
Virtual Institutes
Six Research Fields: Energy, Earth and
Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and
Transport, Key Technologies plus Matter
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
established in 1995
18 autonomous research centres with
~ 38.000 employes
Annual funding ~ 3.6 billions
(9:1 split between Federal and state authorities)
~ 30% third-party funding
attractive internal funding programs
Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups
W2/W3 program for excellent female scientists
Helmholtz Alliances
Virtual Institutes
Program-oriented funding (POF)
Six Research Fields: Energy, Earth and
Environment, Health, Aeronautics, Space and
Transport, Key Technologies plus Matter
Program-oriented funding (POF)
established in 2001 as a part of a reform to restucture the Helmholtz
research strategy
Helmholtz Association does not invest in individual institutions but
spreads its resources across the centres via research programs that
compete with one another for program-oriented funding
Strategic evaluation by international and independent experts
On the basis of the experts´ assessment, the state and the federal
goverments make deciciens on how much funding to give to each
program
What does POF mean for scientists working at a Helmholtz Centre ??
Research at Helmholtz Centres versus Universities
not
limited
eligible for a
eligibility to
leadership
apply for DFG
position in SFBs,
grants
GRK, etc.
research
focus is
developed
top down!
individual
research
priorities
„controlled“
research
activities
freedom
of research
fully eligible
for any
kinds of
DFG grants