Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation

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The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation is a charitable foundation in Heidelberg, Germany. Established[ when? ] by the scientists Chica Schaller and Heinz Schaller (co-founder of Biogen), its main objective is to support young scientists within the Heidelberg Science Community [1] [2]

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The Annual Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award

With its 100,000€↑ prize money this yearly award is one of the highest awards for junior scientists in Germany. If more than one awardee is selected, each laureate receives the full sum.

Laureates [3]
YearLaureateAffiliation at the time of Award
2017Theodore Alexandrov [4] EMBL
2017Marike Essers [4] DKFZ
2016Matthias Fischer [5] MPIMF
2015Edward Lemke [6] [7] EMBL
2015Haikun Liu [8] DKFZ
2014 Jan Korbel [9] EMBL
2014Brian Luke [9] ZMBH (Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg)
2012John Briggs [10] EMBL
2011Anton Meinhart [11] MPIMF
2011Michael Platten [11] Heidelberg University and DKFZ
2010Andreas Fischer [12] Heidelberg University and DKFZ
2009Gerhard Schratt [13] Heidelberg University
2008Tobias Dick [14] DKFZ
2007Victor Sourjik [15] ZMBH
2006 Matthias Kneussel [16] ZMNH
2006Kai Matuschewski [16] Heidelberg University
2005 Rohini Kuner [17] Heidelberg University

Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Groups

Since 2012 the Foundation funds Schaller Junior Research groups at the University of Heidelberg and DKFZ. Initially five groups were funded for a period of five years with the possibility of a two-year extension.

In Fall 2017 four new group leaders were selected by the interdisciplinary committee.

Chica and Heinz Schaller Endowed Chair

Between 2002 and 2012 the Foundation Ralf Bartenschlager held the chair for Molecular Virology before being appointed full professor at the University of Heidelberg [23] [24]

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