Since 2012, the IZKF Münster has supported a total of 20 research-enthusiastic young doctors in this funding format developed specifically for Clinician Scientists. This funding module provided young clinicians with the opportunity of rotating out of the clinic for 3 years and to work on their own scientific project at a self-selected preclinical or clinical-theoretical institute, to expand their scientific expertise and to take on initial responsibility for a small working group.

In 2022, the IZKF board decided to integrate the successful funding format into the DFG-funded Clinician Scientist program CareerS, which has now been established at the Medical Faculty. The goal is to offer a common career path for doctors in the faculty, in which different funding partners participate.

The SEED.projects that will continue to be funded until December 2023 and 2025 respectively, have been integrated into the CareerS community. As of 2023, the IZKF no longer announces calls for the Clinicial scientist programme format SEED.projects.

Currently funded SEED projects:

• SEED/018/23 - Mitigation of JAM-dependent transendothelial and reverse transendothelial migration (rTEM) of T2DM monocytes/macrophages as a novel strategy to decelerate atherosclerosis development in diabetes mellitus
  Group leader: Dilvin Semo
  Dispatching Clinic: Department of Cardiology I: Coronary heart disease, Cardiac insufficiency and Angiology
  Host Institute: Clinic for anaesthesiology, Surgical intensive care medicine and Pain therapy
  Funding period: 01/2023 - 12/2025

• SEED/019/23 - Surveillance and characterisation of antimicrobial resistance harbouring plasmids
  Group leader: Vincent van Almisck
  Dispatching Clinic: Department of Cardiology I: Coronary heart disease, Cardiac insufficiency and Angiology
  Host Institute: Institute of Hygiene
  Funding period: 01/2023 - 12/2025
• SEED/020/23 - cAIdiology - Artificial Intelligence for Precision Cardiology
  Group leader: Antonius Büscher
  Dispatching Clinic: Department of Cardiology I: Rhythmology
  Host Institute: Institute of Medical Informatics
  Funding period: 01/2023 - 12/2025
• SEED/021/23 - Assessment of the translational potential of Musashi RNA-binding protein inhibition in triple-negative breast cancer
  Group leader: Fabian Troschel
  Dispatching Clinic: Institute of Radiation Therapy Clinic - Radiation Oncology
  Host Institute: Institute of Radiation Therapy Clinic - Radiation Oncology
  Funding period: 01/2023 - 12/2025