Awards and Grants

Prof. Carsten Tschöpe (Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité) has been elected to the ESC Nominating Commitee, representing National Cardiac Societies.

Prof. Roland Tilz (University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein/Lübeck Campus) has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Heart Foundation.

Dr. Remco Megens (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany), together with international partners, has been awarded funding under the ICRPA 2026 scheme for the research project “PATCH – Platelets as a New Approach to the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms”.

Dr Jana Grune (German Heart Centre at Charité, Germany), together with international partners, has been awarded a grant as part of the ICRPA 2026 programme for the research project “AD-MI – The impact of ageing on organ dysfunction following acute myocardial infarction”.

Professor Laura Zelarayan is the new Director of the Institute for Experimental and Translational Cardiology at Justus Liebig University Giessen.

Dr. Ruth Biller, Deputy Speaker of the DZHK Patient Advisory Board and founder of the ARVC-Selbsthilfe e.V., has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of Germany in recognition of her longstanding commitment to patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and her work in strengthening patient advocacy and support.

PD Dr. Florian Herrmann (LMU University Hospital) has been awarded the 2026 Publication Prize by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation.

Dr. Kai-Uwe Jarr (Heidelberg University Hospital) has been awarded the 2026 Uta and Jürgen Breunig Research Prize for his research grant entitled "Immunotherapy for cardiovascular diseases".