Medical & Clinician Scientist Program (MCSP)

Clinician Scientist

A physisian's compensation position at the home institution is funded to provide time off from clinical work for research of the applicant. The protected research time (specified as a full-time equivalent in the individual funding tracks) can be planned individually as a full-time, part-time or combination model within the program duration of 36 months.

Medical Scientist

The applicant's position at the LMU Klinikum will be funded full-time for 12 months. The funds can be used as a full-time, part-time or combined model. The duration of the program is linked to the respective model.

A supervisory committee, consisting of a clinical supervisor, a scientific supervisor and optionally a personal mentor, provides guidance and support for career development from different perspectives and with different levels of experience:

• The supervisors provide helpful contacts or give valuable insights into professional practice. The focus is on professional and career-related exchange. While the clinical supervisor supports clinical milestones, the academic supervisor supports research goals and academic progress.
• Personal mentoring is non-hierarchical and serves career and personal development. Depending on individual objectives, personal mentors can provide advice, feedback or experience, contacts or key qualifications from the clinical and academic world.
  The mentoring committee is put together individually by the program participant and holds regular feedback meetings.

Individual coaching provides program participants with an additional opportunity for independent, short-term process advice or to reflect on professional and personal goals.

The qualification program with a scope of 40 hours per year is determined individually according to the specific needs and career stage of the program participant. The program should be developed together with the supervisory committee and be based on the MCSP curriculum, which is divided into three areas:

• Scientific continuing education (approx. 16 hours p.a.)
  The area of scientific further training includes further training that deepens one's own field of work or increases the diversity of perspectives, promotion of methodology, subject-specific further training lasting several days (retreats), the teaching of scientific content to students, presentation of one's own results at conferences/congresses/symposia or participation in (supraregional) meetings for young scientists as well as special methods (animal protection, safety of genetic methods, Genetic Diagnostics Act, radiation protection, etc.).
• Continuing medical education (approx. 16 hours p.a.)
  Continuing medical education includes, for example, medical and methodological training in clinics, biometrics and epidemiology, statistics, evidence-based medicine, good scientific practice, medical decision-making processes and competencies, ethics in clinical research, specialist training or the investigator qualification.
• Personal further training (approx. 8 hours p.a.)
  The area of career/level-specific key qualifications includes further training courses such as the acquisition of the

Networking is an important aspect of the MCSP. Medical and Clinician Scientists are encouraged to actively seek dialog with their supervisors, mentors, program participants and beyond. Regular networking meetings, workshops and an annual retreat provide opportunities for this.

The career and project goals, a time and task plan for research and clinical work and the qualification program are set out in a target agreement at the start of the funding period.

Feedback meetings with the supervisory committee and an annual interim/final report provide an opportunity to monitor success and, if necessary, correct course.

The Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF - Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und -planung) accompanies the MCSP funding programs with an external evaluation. Regular online surveys with funding recipients are intended to contribute to the ongoing quality assurance of the programs. Central topics of the survey include the satisfaction of the grantees with the funding elements, adherence to the protected research time, hurdles, career intentions. The contact person at the IHF is Dr. Maike Reimer (Email).

The Medical Scientist Track is aimed at non-physician scientists working in health research at the LMU Hospital in the early stages of their careers.

The promotion of young scientists is intended to give them the opportunity to establish their own research project and thus pave the way to independence in academic medicine. Accompanied by a mentoring and qualification program, an application for external funding (third-party funds, scholarships) will be submitted in the near future.

Application Requirements

• Position (or confirmation of position) as a non-physician research assistant at the University of Munich Hospital
• Submitted dissertation or max. 2 years after doctorate (excluding parental leave/maternity leave, caring for relatives, second degree, etc.)
• Proof of scientific activities, e.g. presentations and posters at international/national conferences, (co-)authorship of peer-reviewed publications
• Motivation to achieve academic independence

Key Data

• Program goal: academic independence
• Program duration: depends on the scope of the position (i.e. at least 12 months if full-time or longer if part-time)
• Thematic focus: open
• Funding provider: Faculty of Medicine
• Funding amount: € 100,000 in total, of which up to € 80,000 personnel funds to finance the position for 12 months (full-time equivalent, can be divided flexibly into full and/or part-time) + up to € 20.000,- consumables incl. VAT.
• Supervision committee: one scientific and one clinical supervisor, optionally (recommended) also a personal mentor

Application

Admission procedure:

• Written application
• Review of the application by independent experts
• Project presentation as part of an assessment colloquium

Application deadlines (annual) and start of funding:

• June 15 (start of funding in the 1st quarter of the following year)
• December 15 (start of funding in the 3rd quarter of the following year)

Application procedure:

• Details on how to apply can be found in the download documents listed below. If you have any questions, please contact the MCSP office.
  Merkblatt (Information Sheet) (PDF, 255 KB)
  Antragsunterlagen (Application Documents (ZIP, 905 KB)

• Funded projects should start at the beginning of the funding period.
• Incomplete applications or applications not submitted on time cannot be considered.
• As a rule, only one-time funding is provided by the LMU Faculty of Medicine and therefore only a one-time application for FöFoLe start-up funding or the MCSP is possible. If FöFoLe start-up funding has already been obtained, particular attention will therefore be paid to the results of the already funded project, which may have to be mentioned in the preliminary work and presented in a brief summary.
• In principle, additional third-party funding is welcomed, although double funding must be ruled out.

The MCSP Clincian Scientist Track is aimed at physicians with a doctorate at the LMU Klinikum during their specialist training who are not yet established as scientists.

Application Requirements

• During specialist training (from the 12th month at the earliest, the specialist examination must not yet have taken place at the time of application)
• Position or confirmation of position as a physician at the LMU Clinic
• Completed doctorate (proof of doctorate and, if applicable, proof of license to practice medicine in Germany in the case of a doctorate obtained abroad)
• As a rule, applicants must not have reached the age of 35 at the time of application (parental leave, care of relatives, federal or social service, double degree or training may be taken into account)
• Proof of scientific activities (e.g. presentations and posters at conferences, co-authorship/authorship of peer-reviewed publications)
• Willingness to possibly extend specialist training if the research time is not or only partially recognized by the state medical association

Key Data

• Program duration: 36 months
• Program objective: scientific independence
• Thematic focus: open
• Protected research time: 15 months full-time equivalent (can be flexibly divided into full and/or part-time during the program duration)
• Change of institution: optional: stay at home institution - or - change to basic research group / institution within the Faculty of Medicine)
• Funding provider: Faculty of Medicine
• Scope of funding: Physician compensation position TV-Ä1 up to max. € 107,500 at the home institution to finance the 15 months of protected research time
  Material resources up to EUR 19,000 for the funded person
• Supervision committee: one scientific and one clinical supervisor, optionally (recommended) also a personal mentor

Application

Application deadlines (annual) and start of funding:

• June 15 (start of funding in the 1st quarter of the following year)
• December 15 (start of funding in the 3rd quarter of the following year)

Admission procedure:

• Written application
• Review of the application by independent experts
• Project presentation as part of a review colloquium

Application procedure:

• Details on the application process can be found in the download documents listed below:
  Antragsunterlagen (Application Documents) (ZIP, 1,059 KB)
  Merkblatt (Information Sheet) (PDF, 302 KB)
• Incomplete applications or applications not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
• Funded projects should start at the beginning of the funding period and result in a scientific publication. An extension of the funding period is possible, e.g. for the care of relatives or in the event of prolonged illness.
• In principle, additional third-party funding is welcome, although double funding must be ruled out.
• As a rule, only one-time funding is provided by the LMU Faculty of Medicine and therefore only a one-time application for FöFoLe start-up funding or the MCSP (exception: Advanced Track) is possible. If FöFoLe start-up funding has already been obtained, particular attention will therefore be paid to the results of the previously funded project, which may have to be mentioned in the preliminary work and presented in a brief summary.

The Advanced Track is a personalized career support for scientists at the habilitation stage after successfully passing the specialist examination.

Application Requirements

• Completed specialist training
• Position or confirmation of position as a doctor at the LMU Clinic
• Habilitation qualification or equivalent achievements
• Outstanding and continuous scientific activity
• Own third-party funding

Key Data

• Thematic focus: open
• Change of institution: optional (stay at home institution or change to a basic research group/institution within the Faculty of Medicine)
• Program duration: 36 months
• Program objective: Appointment
• Funding provider: Faculty of Medicine
• Scope of funding: the home institution receives a compensatory position up to TV-Ä3 for 18 months
• Protected research time: 18 months (can be flexibly divided into full and/or part-time during the program period)
• Supervision committee: one scientific and one clinical supervisor at management level, optionally (recommended) also a personal mentor

Application

Admission procedure:

• Outline phase (pre-selection based on the project outline application)
• Full application phase (full project application with review by independent experts and review colloquium)

Application deadline and start of funding:

• Annually on June 15 (funding begins in the 1st quarter of the following year)

Application documents and modalities:

• Details on how to apply can be found in the download documents listed below. If you have any questions, please contact the MCSP office.Information sheet
  Merkblatt (Information Sheet) (PDF, 210 KB)
  Antragsunterlagen (Application Documents) (ZIP, 617 KB)

• Incomplete applications or applications not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
• A tandem application (two clinician scientists for one grant) is possible.
• Funded projects should start at the beginning of the funding period and result in a scientific publication. An extension of the funding period is possible, e.g. for the care of relatives or in the event of prolonged illness.
• In principle, additional third-party funding is welcome, although double funding must be ruled out.
• Applications can also be submitted for previous intramural funding from the LMU (FöFoLe start-up funding or MCSP).

Associated Clinician Scientists are accepted into the MCSP network and can attend the MCSP events. 14.4 months of protected research time (full-time equivalent) must be funded by external funding or the home institution in order to be accepted as an Associated Clinician Scientist.

An application for admission as an associated Clinician Scientist can be submitted at any time. Please contact the MCSP office regarding the required documents. The MCSP board will decide on admission after individual examination of the application.

MCSP Advanced Clinician Scientist Track

• Beyer, Georg, PD Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II
• Buchheim, Judith-Irina, Dr. med., Klinik für Anästhesiologie
• Gersing, Alexandra, PD Dr. med., Institut für diagnostische und interventionelle Neuroradiologie
• Kaufmann, Elisabeth, PD Dr. med., Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Köglsperger, Thomas, PD Dr. med., Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Nußbaum, Claudia Franziska, PD Dr. med., Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital
• Saller, Thomas, PD Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Schwerd, Tobias, PD Dr. med., Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital
• Tiedt Steffen, PD Dr. med., Institut für Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung

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MCSP Advanced Clinician Scientist PRIME Booster-Award

• Herrmann Florian, PD Dr. med., Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Hübner Max, Dr. med., Ph.D., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Kaiser Rainer, PD Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Thienel Manuela, PD Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• von Falkenhausen Aenne, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track FöFoLe+

• Albantakis, Laura, Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Bulubas, Lucia, Dr. med., Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Burkhardt, Gerrit, Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Chelariu-Raicu, Anca, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
• Clanner-Engelshofen, Benjamin, Dr. med. Dr. rer. biol. hum., Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie
• Frommherz, Leonie, Dr. med., Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie
• Gerhardt, Maximilian-Joachim, Dr. med., Augenheilklinik und Poliklinik
• Gmeiner, Jonas, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Häbe, Sarah, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III
• Hirschberger, Simon, Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Hofmann, Felix O., Dr. med., Klinik für Allgemein, Viszeral und Transplantationschirurgie
• Jurmeister, Philipp, Dr. med., Pathologisches Institut
• Keidel, Leonie, Dr. med., Augenklinik und Poliklinik
• Klaus, Richard, Dr. med., Dr.von Haunersches Kinderspital
• Knoblauch, Mathilda Marie, Dr. med., Allgemein-, Viszeral und Transplantationschirurgie
• Schmidt, Vanessa, Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie
• Simon, Johanna-Maria, Dr. med., Muskuloskelettales Universitätszentrum
• Tamalunas, Alexander, PD Dr. med., Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Tomas, Lukas, Dr. med. univ., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track Methiphys

• Unterrainer, Lena, PD Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin

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MCSP Medical Scientist Track

• Antons, Melissa, Dr. med. vet., Deutsches Schwindel- und Gleichgewichtszentrum
• Heindl, Steffanie, Dr. med., lnstitut fur Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung
• Hildebrand, Johannes, M. Sc., Med III, Experimentelle Leukämie- und Lymphomforschung (ELLF)
• Kroll, Janina, Kinderklinik und -poliklinik im Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital
• Lindberg, Eric Lars-Helge, Dr. rer. nat., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Rek, Stephanie, Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc., Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Rojczyk, Philine, M.Sc., Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie
• Zatcepin, Artem, Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track Assozierte Programme

• Adolph, Louisa, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Bader, Felix, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Becker-Dettling, Fiona, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Blobner, Jens, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Heithorst, Nadine, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Hölz, Hannes Leon, Dr. med., Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital
• Landmesser, Patricia, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Li, Mehring Sophie, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Macke, Lukas, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II
• Mareljic, Nicola, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II
• Rejeski, Kai, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Rösgen, David, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Schmidbauer, Moritz, Dr. med., Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Sigl, Sebastian, Dr. med., Dr. Haunersches Kinderspital
• Stock, Sophia, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Woll, Mira, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Zöllinger, Isabell, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin

MCSP Advanced Clinician Scientist Track

• Dashkevich, Alexey, PD Dr. med., Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Greif, Philipp, Prof. Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III
• Hohenester, Simon, PD Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II
• Michel, Sebastian, PD Dr. med., Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Schneider-Pils, Susanne, Prof. Dr. med., Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Schulte, Eva-Christina, Dr. med., PhD, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie + Institut für Psychiatrische Phänomik und Genomik
• von Baumgarten, Louisa, Prof. Dr. med., Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track FöFoLe+

Gothe Florian, Dr. med., Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital

• Liebchen Uwe, Dr. med., Klinik für Anästhesiologie
• Raabe Florian, Dr. med., Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
• Reinhard Matthias, Dr. med. M.Sc. Psych., Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track Metiphys

• Albani, Adriana, Dr. med., PhD, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
• Beyer, Leonie, Dr. med., Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
• Fernandez, Isi E., Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V
• Flach, Susanne, Dr., Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals- Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde
• Hoffmann, Adrian, Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Käsmann, Lukas Tobias, Dr. med., Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
• Leuschner, Gabriela, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V
• Seibt, Tobias, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
• Tomasi, Roland, Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie

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MCSP Medical Scientist Track

• Rabe, Moritz, Dr. rer. nat., Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
• Winklmeier, Stephan, Dr. rer. nat., Institut für Klinische Neuroimmunologie

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track Assozierte Programme

• Blumenberg, Viktoria, Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Braun, Leah, Dr. med., RISE - Rare Important Syndromes in Endocrinology
• Bücklein, Veith, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy
• Nowotny, Hanna Franziska, RISE - Rare Important Syndromes in Endocrinology
• Kosilek, Robert, Dr. med., Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
• Reischer, Anna, Dr. med., Else-Kröner-Fresenius Forschungskolleg Cancer Immunotherapy

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MCSP Clinician Scientist Track PRIME

• Büch Joscha, Dr. med., Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Fischer Maximilian, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Herrmann Florian, Dr. med., Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Hübner Max, Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Kaiser Rainer, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Krächan Angelina, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Löw Kornelia, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Meister Sarah Verena, Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
• Müller Martin, Dr. med., Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• Oberhoffer Felix Sebastian, Kinderkardiologie und Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin
• Pekayvaz Kami, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Scherer Clemens, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Schneider Holger, Dr., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
• Schüttler Dominik, Dr., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Sirtl Simon, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik II
• Thienel Manuela, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Tiedt Steffen, Dr. med. PhD, Institut für Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung
• Tomsits Philipp, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Vogel, Frederick, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
• von Falkenhausen Aenne, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
• Zimny Sebastian, Dr. med., Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II

• Illmer, Stefanie, M.A. (Head Office & Program Coordination)
• Schmidt, Angelica, Dipl. soz. (Research assistant)
• Clara Darchinger (Student assistant)

• Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Endres,
  Dean of Research &
  Director of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology
• Prof. Dr. med. Peter Falkai,
  Chairman of the MCSP-Selection Comitee &
  Medical Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
• Prof. Dr. med. Nikolaus Plesnila,
  Chairman of the FöFoLe-Kommission &
  Professor für Experimental Stroke Research at the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research
• Prof. Dr. med. Marion Subklewe,
  Spokesperson of the MCSP &
  Head of the Working Group "Translational Cancer Immunology" at the Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III

• PD Dr. med. Thomas Saller, Klinik für Anaesthesiologie
• PD Dr. med. Lena Unterrainer, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
• PD Dr. med. Alexander Tamalunas, Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik
• Dr. med. Vanessa Schmidt, Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie

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