TRA Life and Health for you
We promote and fund projects and events that support our goals.
Suggestions, ideas and initiatives are always welcome!
"Talks Life and Health" (TLaH) Announcement System for Talks
TLaH is a web-based system that can be displayed on large screens, e.g. in the entrance areas of your institutes. In addition, there is a list overview and a calendar that can also be accessed via the Internet. The idea is to make all the fantastic lectures we offer here in Bonn known beyond the boundaries of your own institute or network. Would you like to announce a lecture in Bonn via our system? Please send an e-mail with the information.
Funding opportunities and events
Life and Health Research Prize 2026
The University of Bonn Transdisciplinary Research Area “Life and Health” aims to support highly innovative, transdisciplinary research projects addressing new and relevant questions related to the topics of life and health. With this Research Prize we aim to provide impetus and seed funding particularly to novel ideas that cross traditional research boundaries. The innovative and cross-disciplinary nature of the proposal is the most important requirement for funding. The project has to connect strategically to existing or planned consortia at the University of Bonn.
A continuation of already established projects, or projects well within past research trajectories will not be funded.
Each successful proposal will be funded with 25.000€.
Application deadline is March 24, 2026.
TRA Life and Health Workshop Call
Do you have an idea for a new, cross-cutting research topic at the University of Bonn?
We aim to foster ideas for new trans- and interdisciplinary research topics by supporting one-day kick-off workshops. This will ideally lead to new ideas, initiatives, concepts for new cross-TRA activities with potential for external funding in the long-term. Topics should be broad and have the potential for spanning multiple PIs or even connecting existing research consortia.
Combining expertise from different fields and faculties, the new idea should bring together researchers from the University of Bonn and possibly also from external partners from academia, industry or society.
TRA Life and Health will support the workshop by funding travel and accommodation for one external speaker as well as light workshop catering (max. 1000 € total costs). The workshop should be open to the TRA-community (upon registration).
Application Deadline: 08.02.2026
Bonn Organoid Symposium 12.03.2026
For the second time, the Bonn Organoid Club, in collaboration with TRA Life and Health, is organizing a one-day symposium with six invited speakers who develop and use 3D and organoid models for various tissues and research questions. The program will be complemented by short talks and poster presentations by participants.
“Sustainability for Life, Health and Planet” – Networking Event TRA Life and Health and TRA Sustainable Futures
Great science starts with unexpected encounters!
But do we really want to wait for that? We would like to facilitate the exchange of scientists between TRA Life and Health and TRA Sustainable Futures at the University of Bonn by providing a creative space to find out about the interesting research outside your own comfort zone.
We therefore invite a limited number of open-minded scientists to an exclusive event at the Museum Koenig and the Impulse – House for Intellectual Innovation and Creativity to meet the science and the people from Biology, Medicine, Nutrition Research and Sustainability Research in Bonn. They may be exactly what is needed to complement your research and start something innovative that would not be possible or even thinkable before.
Join us on Oct 7, 2025 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Scientific organizers: Wolfram Barfuss, Ina Danquah (TRA Sustainable Futures), Nicolas Gompel, Dagmar Wachten (TRA Life and Health)
Administrative organizers: Meike Brömer (TRA Life and Health), Hanna Zimmermann (TRA Sustainable Futures)
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions: life-and-health@uni-bonn.de.
Looking forward to an exciting networking event with you!
Register:
Registration is closed.
New seminar series "Emerging Technologies"
In order to keep pace with scientific developments, it is essential to identify, develop and establish new relevant technologies. The new seminar series “Emerging Technologies”, organized by the Bonn Technology Campus with the support of TRA Life and Health, invites speakers who have developed new technologies that are of interest to the Core Facilities and researchers in Bonn.
Start: April 29, 2025
Bonn Organoid Club - past events
2nd Bonn Organoid Day
Join us for our second Bonn Organoid Day to connect with the Bonn Organoid Community. Participate with a short talk or flash talk, contribute to our image competition and relax and network with drinks and BBQ. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Bonn Organoid Symposium 2024
Join us on November 6 for the “Bonn Organoid Symposium 2024“!
With seven invited speakers, short talks and a poster session, we expect a full day of presentations, discussions and networking opportunities around organoids and other 3D culturing systems in multiple application cases.
“Technologies Drive New Science”
TRA Life and Health Mini Symposium
Currently no upcoming event.
Bonn Spatial Biology Club
Talks, seminars, events
Life Science events: Bonner Forum Biomedizin provides an overview about talks, seminars, workshops in Bonn
Please send your seminar announcements to talks@uni-bonn.de.
Contact
Dr. Meike Brömer