Clinician Scientists

About the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine is one of the four founding faculties of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. With its non-clinical facilities and the research and teaching area corresponding to the organizational units of the University Hospital, it is one of the largest medical training and research institutions in the state of Baden-Württemberg. 

Tübingen is one of the world’s leading science locations in the fields of

• Neurosciences - Neurosensorics, cognition, neurodegeneration, neurorehabilitation
• Immunology and Oncology – Immunotherapy, molecular biological diagnostics and systematic immune reactions
• Infection research – Bacterial cell envelope, malaria, staphylococci, as well as gastrointestinal and viral infections
• Diabetes and Vascular Medicine- Risk factors, personalized therapy, prevention, diabetes and tumor growth

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tübingen is looking for excellent, highly motivated Clinician Scientists (up to eight positions) for participation in the new German Research Foundation-funded Clinician Scientist Program Medical Innovation through Interdisciplinarity Clinician Scientist program (MINT-CS). The goal is to support the qualification of scientifically and clinically competent physicians of all disciplines in basic and translational research.

About the program

Clinician scientists are translationally trained physicians who at the same time pursue a structured and long-term scientific career. A significant hurdle lies in the "researching clinician" career path. There is rarely any time left over after the daily clinical tasks are completed. As a result, there are not enough clinician scientists.

The MINT-CS program supports eight participants with personnel resources (fixed share of 50% of the total working time for scientific work, the remaining 50% will be covered by the host clinical department)) and flexible funds (3.000 Euro per year). The first phase of the program will start in summer 2023.

The program supports Clinician scientists for three years. During this time, you will be accompanied by a structured program, trained in key skills (third-party funding acquisition, leadership skills, patent matters, etc.) and supported in mobility projects. All participants will select a clinical and a scientific supervisor. The proposed research project should be related to basic sciences.

Application criteria

• Being at least in the 2nd year of your residency/postgraduate training at the start of the program (exclusion: completed residency).
• Doctoral degree with summa or magna cum laude
• A total of 3 publications, of which usually at least 2 publications as first author.

Your application

As a first step, please get in touch with Dr. Inka Montero via Email: Inka.Montero@med.uni-tuebingen.de before sending your official application.

The whole application is a two steps procedure. Deadline for submission of written applications is February 27th, 2023. Oral presentation of eligible projects is scheduled for the 27th of April 2023 (date to be confirmed). The link to the application portal and further information on the program is found on the homepage under https://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/medizinische-fakultaet/forschung/clinician-scientist#. If you have any questions regarding the application process or the Clinician Scientist program in general, do not hesitate to contact Dr. Inka Montero.

We apply the collective bargaining agreement for university hospitals in Baden-Württemberg (TV-UK); severely disabled persons are given priority in the case of equal suitability. Presentation costs can unfortunately not be covered. Please observe the applicable vaccination regulations. As the University of Tübingen aims to increase the proportion of women among its academic staff, women are strongly encouraged to apply. Employment is based on the relevant provisions of university law. 

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