15.06.2012 - (idw) Universitt Ulm

The International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm is overwhelmed with joy and relief: The extremely successful institution will continue to receive funding from the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments in the coming five years. Today, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has announced in Bonn that the Graduate School will be supported with 1.8 million Euros annually. The deciding conference of the jury consisting of DFG-representatives, officers from the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) as well as from the Federal Republic and the 16 states had preceded the announcement. The University of Ulm was competing with 38 graduate schools already supported by the Excellence Initiative and 25 new applicants. Over the last years, the Graduate School has considerably contributed to the profile of the University of Ulm and will continue to do so in the future. The same holds true for the national and international visibility of our University, says Professor Karl Joachim Ebeling, President of the University of Ulm. He believes that the institution will continue to have positive effects on scientific accomplishments that are already remarkable in biomedical research.

Professor Thomas Wirth, Dean of the Medical Faculty, stresses comparable aspects in his reaction to the good news: The funding by the Excellence Initiative has already contributed to the increased quality of our scientific training program as well as the capability of biomedical research at the University of Ulm. Thanks to the re-approved funding, we are glad to continue on this road to success. The Graduate Schools spokesman, Professor Michael Khl, underlines that the institution has considerably contributed to the internationalization of the University of Ulm. In this context, Khl mentions international supervisors of the PhD-students, annual international Spring and Fall Meetings, a global network of partner-universities and the introduction of international double-degrees. We will continue to pursue internationalization, promises the institutions director. The recent decision is a milestone for the Graduate School and the University of Ulm, says the managing director, Dr. Dieter Brockmann. We are glad that our concepts have convinced the international top-class jury.

Further Information:

Prof. Dr. Michael Khl Spokesman of the Graduate School Tel.: 0731-500-23283 Email: michael.kuehl@uni-ulm.de

PD Dr. Dieter Brockmann Managing director Tel.: 0731-500-22026 Email: dieter.brockmann@uni-ulm.de jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $("fb_share").attr("share_url") = encodeURIComponent(window.location); });

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International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine: Success in German Excellence Initiative