Funding
| 2010 (- 2015) | Principal Investigator, Deutsch Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe e. V. (DAHW), Projekttitel: A role of candidate microRNAs in the T cell response during acute Tuberculosis and latent M. tuberculosis infection |
| 2010 (- 2011) | Principal Investigator; Title: University Hospital Duesseldorf, Title: Etablierung einer Methode zur schnellen und spezifischen Klassifizierung von Lymphadenopathien und zur Identifizierung mycobakterieller Erreger |
| 2010 (- 2013) | Principal Investigator, EU Framework 7 Programme Theme 1: Health, Title: Identification and development of vaccine candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease (BuruliVac), WP5: Correlates of Protection |
| 2009 (- 2012) | Principal Investigator, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Title: Immune polarization in childhood Tuberculosis (JA 1479/3-1), Deutsch-Afrikanische Kooperationsprojekte in der Infektiologie (PAK-296) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Principal Investigator, Deutsch Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe e. V. (DAHW), Title: miRNAs in latent M. tuberculosis infection (TB Biomarkers) |
| 2008 - 2009 | Co-Principal Investigator, Bundeswehr, Title: Immunologische Biomarker gegen tropische Erkrankungen |
| 2005 - 2008 | Co-Principal Investigator, Grand Challenges, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (GC#6), Title: Identification of biomarkers for protective immunity against TB in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa; WP2: Profiling of the host response to infection – identification of host biomarkers |