Advisory Board & Meetings
Köln Fortune meeting dates
Meetings 2026
The Research Advisory Board will hold four meetings in 2026. Applications that are submitted to the office by the respective deadline approx. 3 weeks before the respective meeting date will be placed on the agenda. The following meeting dates are scheduled for 2026:
| Deadline | Meeting date |
| Wednesday, 25.02.2026 | Wednesday, 18.03.2026, 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, 03.06.2026 | Wednesday, 24.06.2026, 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, 09.09.2026 | Wednesday, 30.09.2026, 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday, 18.11.2026 | Wednesday, 09.12.2026, 1 p.m. |
Research Advisory Board
The Research Advisory Board consists of twelve habilitated members from various institutions of the Medical Faculty and represents the entire spectrum of medical research. The Chairman of the Research Advisory Board is Prof. Dr. Michael Schroeter. The members of the Research Advisory Board are active scientists with many years of experience in the assessment of research projects and the acquisition of third-party funding. The Research Advisory Board meets four times a year.
| Name | Clinic |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbe | Clinic for Conservative Dentristry and Paradontology |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benzing | Clinic II of Internal Medicine |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Görtz-Dorten | Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Dr. Ruth Hanßen | Polyclinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Preventive Medicine |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. von Karstedt | Department of Translational Genomics |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kashkar | Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mehler | Clinic for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr. Neuschmelting | Clinic of of General Neurosurgery |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rosenkranz | Clinic III of Internal Medicine |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Schroeter | Clinic of Neurology |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. von Stebut | Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stippel | Clinic of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Vogt | Institute of Anatomy |
(Status: November 2023)