Nine transCampus research projects receive TUD funding

The transCampus funding program strengthens the cooperation between King's College London and Technische Universität Dresden with specific support for initiatives that introduce or expand diverse forms of cooperation.

This year, nine outstanding projects were selected, which enlarge the transCampus while deepening the academic partnership between the two universities. Especially, it is noteworthy that seven of the nine funded initiatives come from the field of medical research. The projects of Dr. Sandrine Thuret and Dr. Tomohsia Toda, but likewise the one of Dr. Mareike Albert in collaboration with Dr. Katie Long, Nora Bölicke and Theresa Schütze were developed at the CRTD research centre, for example. In addition, TU Dresden supports new transCampus projects in the fields of neurology, psychology and dermatology for the first time in the funding period of 2022. However, as in previous years, a focus of the funding lies on projects in the field of cell research and the further development of cancer therapies.

Of particular note is the high proportion of female scientists in the project proposals submitted. The transCampus thus not only makes a fundamental contribution to the scientific career advancement of women at the TUD, its primary goal is to facilitate initial research results for further third-party funding, as well as to support initial collaborations between innovative scientists. With the integration of new transCampus professors, the projects experience a sustainable implementation and lay the foundation for a successful collaboration that will further advance the international visibility of both partners.

An equally encouraging development is the renewed support for a subsequent project regarding the raise of entrepreneurs' resilience conducted by Dr. Dominika Wach, Prof. Jürgen Wegge and Prof. Ute Stephan, who are based in the field of work and organizational psychology. The project supervised by economists from TU Dresden (Prof. Dr. Bärbel Fürstenau and Ianina Scheuch) in cooperation with psychologists and neuroscientists from King's College, is also focused on research in the area of resilience.

Concrete content of the projects will soon be available in a more detailed listing of the funded projects.