What?
The primary mission of the UCCSH Research Center is to foster the advancement of fundamental and pre-clinical scientific breakthroughs in the field of cancer research and ultimately endorse their translation into the clinic.
In support of this mission, we are excited to announce the next round of UCCSH Twinning Grants:
Two cross-campus teams of researchers from UKSH Kiel and Lübeck, receive a start-up funding of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein (with subject to approval of funds) of €25,000 to carry out innovative six-month cancer research projects including projects leading to translational clinical trials.
Start your UKSH cross-campus research team and submit your joint proposal by January 31st 2026!
What are the criteria for participation?
Twinning Grant Team
Each team must include at least one member from each of the two UKSH Campuses (Lübeck and Kiel).
Oncology
The proposed project must be oncology-related and adress a topic within one of the five UCCSH Research Programs or HCR in Oncology:
Metastasis & Dissemination
Biomarkers & Minimal Residual Disease
Immunotherapy & Tumor Immunology
Inflammation & Cancer
Precision Oncology & Treatment Resistance
Or
Health Care Research in Oncology
We particularly encourage interdisciplinary collaborations between wet lab and dry lab investigators as well as clinics and core facilities.
Qualifications
Only postdoctoral applicants are eligible. Please note that professors with a structure-forming professorship are excluded from this funding application. We strongly encourage proposals from early career researchers.
What to hand-in and how to submit your work?
Twinning Grant study proposal
Please use the Twinning Grant proposal template linked below. The application should be written in English, Calibri font 11 pt with single line spacing, and should not exceed 4 pages excluding references. Please specify which UCCSH research program your proposal addresses.
CV
Please provide a short CV of all applicants (max. 1 page each)
Submission
Please email your CV and Twinning Grant Proposal to science.uccsh@uksh.de as one single PDF file.
What's the timeline?
Announcement
December 12th, 2025
Submission Deadline
January 31st, 2026
Decision Announcement
March 3rd, 2026
Funding Period
April 1st – September 30th, 2026
More questions?
Mail to science.uccsh@uksh.de