German Research Foundation (DFG):

  • Impact of soluble Flt-1 on endothelial cell activation and its implications in leukocyte adhesion and microvascular dysfunction in ischemia-reperfusion injury (SE 2824/3-1, 2019-2022)

  • Soluble Flt-1 in chronic kidney disease: sites of production, regulation and direct effects on heart vascularization in the rat 5/6 nephrectomy model (BR 2262/3-1, 2011-2013)

Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (Bad Homburg, Germany):

  • Cellular therapy with bone marrow-derived cells in chronic kidney disease-associated heart injury (2013/A41, 2013-2016) 

  • Cardiovascular disease in an animal model of kidney disease: the role of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (sFlt1) and calcineurin inhibitors (P38/09 // A55/09, 2009-2011)

Dr. Werner Jackstädt Foundation (Wuppertal, Germany):

  • The association of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt1) with adverse clinical outcomes following in-hospital acute kidney injury (AK) (2022-2024)

Innovative Medical Research (IMF; Münster, Germany):

  • Phosphate-induced metabolic reprogramming of macrophages as a driver of inflammation in chronic kidney disease (BO 112604, 2026-2029)

  • The role of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) on monocyte/macrophage activation (SE 211808, 2018-2019)

  • Elevated sFlt-1 levels after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury: regulations and implications (DI 111406, 2014-2017)

  • Diabetes and Angiogenesis: different responses to endothelin-1 (ET-1) and vascular endothelial growth facotr (VEGF) and the role of hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1) (DI 220801, 2009)

CareerSupport modules at the Faculty of Medicine Münster (Germany):

  • CareerS Starter: The role of hyperphosphatemia in endothelial inflammation (Göran R. Boeckel, 2023-2024)

  • CareerS Boost: The role of hyperphosphatemia in endothelial inflammation (Göran R. Boeckel, 2024-2025)

German Society of Nephrology (DGfN):

  • The role of sFlt-1 in renal and cardiovascular remodeling in chronic kidney disease (2012).