Association of Clinical Research Centers
The Association of Clinical Research Centers (dt. About unification of clinical research centers ) is a collaboration of nine centers at German universities called "Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research" (ICCR) or "Interdisciplinary Centers for Clinical Research" (IZKF), which deals with the Promotion of research at university hospitals. The collaboration is intended to improve logistical and organizational aspects as well as promoting innovations through interdisciplinary collaboration. The participating universities were selected by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) after a call for proposals from 1995. For the purpose of this cooperation, they are provided with an annual budget of around 50 million euros.
Participating Centers of Excellence
The centers are located at RWTH Aachen University , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , University of Cologne , University of Leipzig , Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , the University of Ulm and the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .
Research areas processed
At the IZKF BIOMAT in Aachen, material-tissue interactions in implants and new biomaterials are researched very concentrated. On the basis of tissue engineering and the development of new biocompatible materials, the compatibility of implants and tissue replacement should be improved. It thus occupies a special position - this topic is otherwise only dealt with as one of several in Würzburg. The other centers deal with several characteristic topics in a varying distribution of the projects: On the one hand these are rheumatology , autoimmune diseases and general problems of the immune system . Projects in infection research and research into the immune response to tumors are linked to this. Further topics can then be found in the area of molecular cancer research . A third topic is the area of neurology . Finally, another group of projects is concerned with research into blood circulation and the heart .
literature
- Fraunhofer Institute for System Technology and Innovation Research (ISI): Funding of interdisciplinary centers for clinical research: Final evaluation and outlook: Process evaluation of the funding measure of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research "Interdisciplinary Centers for Clinical Research at University Clinics" , Stuttgart: Fraunhofer-IRB-Verlag 2004, ISBN 978-3-8167-6598-1 .