{"id":12845,"date":"2025-07-25T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/?p=12845"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:39:50","slug":"2025summer-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/2025summer-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-year report summer 2025: what have we achieved so far?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>Every 6 months, we report on our activities, show the results of our work for more biomedical research and provide an outlook on ongoing projects. As a charitable foundation, our commitment is based on the active involvement of our team and, above all, on the donations of a growing number of supporters, to whom we would like to express our sincere appreciation.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first half of 2025, we were able to expand our activities and continue some of the projects already started (see our reports from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/2024winter-report\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">winter 2024<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/2024summer-review\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Summer 2024<\/span><\/a>). This report is structured in line with our four work areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding of research projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking of researchers&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public relations and information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fundraising and use of donations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Funding of research projects<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Newly supported research projects (since Jan 2025):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Munich Chronic Fatigue Centre for Young People (MCFC), we are (co-)funding three additional projects, which create or maintain urgently needed basic elements and infrastructures for ME\/CFS research and otherwise would not have been implemented (<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/mcfc-projects-2025\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Details can be found in our funding announcement<\/span><\/a>):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>MCFC Laboratory<\/strong>&nbsp;for the preparation of biosamples in the context of ME\/CFS research&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrr.mecfs-research.org\/en\/projects\/VK3YHkzlTvy8o3t1jPLMgA\"><strong>ME\/CFS Biobank<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;in which biosamples from patients are stored&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research project<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcfc.mri.tum.de\/de\/projektbeschreibung-help\">Healthy Control Population f\u00fcr PAIS-ME\/CFS (HelP)<\/a>&nbsp;(external link)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore we support the establishment of the nationwide paediatric care and research network PEDNET-LC as a cooperating partner (external links to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pednet-lc.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PEDNET-LC project website<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de\/ministerium\/ressortforschung\/handlungsfelder\/forschungsschwerpunkte\/long-\/post-covid\/modul-1-kiju\/pednet-lc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BMG website<\/span><\/a>), which is dedicated to Long COVID-like diseases (including ME\/CFS regardless of the trigger).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Review: our previous contributions to research projects (until Dec 2024):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pre-projects for clinical studies at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cfc.charite.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charit\u00e9 Fatigue Center (CFC)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(external link) (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/2year-review\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our review from December 2023<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research project on biomarkers and disease mechanisms at Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/researchfunding-charite\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">project announcement<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/researchfunding-charite-details\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">background interviews with the researchers<\/span><\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new ME\/CFS model ward (clinic) for severely affected children and adolescents in Munich (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/researchfunding-munich\/\">project announcement<\/a>) was co-financed by the foundation. The opening of the clinic took place on 23 May 2025 (see our short videos on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DKclh2nvpuc\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/19S2ba7Erw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7335758605196943360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/BAsHu2Kceo4?si=HF3jAECRRpFjLdyR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Youtube<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mecfsresearchfoundation\/video\/7511770844918582561?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7519649978899088918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TikTok<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;\/ external links). Interviews with project members will be published soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Outlook: which research projects will we be funding in the future?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the basic assumptions of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/fundingstrategy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">research funding strategy<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;from 2023 was that essential research infrastructure and projects would receive sustainable public funding until the end of 2024. An overview of the funding provided by the last federal government can be found in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/researchupdate\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Research Update<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;Part 8. As part of its public funding, the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) announced a number of single and collaborative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmg-longcovid.de\/zeitstrahl\/30-projekte-zur-versorgungsnahen-forschung-starten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">projects on healthcare research<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(external link) on Long COVID and, in part, ME\/CFS, some of which were presented at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/de\/events\/symposium_2025\/agenda\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Symposium 2025<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;. However, basic and clinical research required for better diagnostics and therapy has unfortunately only been publicly funded to a lesser extent, mainly in the form of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/bmbf-researchfunding-nov24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21 research projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(see ME\/CFS Symposium 2025 \"Forschungsverb\u00fcnde ME\/CFS\"). The extent to which the new federal government will provide further funding for ME\/CFS research is currently unclear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming weeks, together with our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/news-sab\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">international scientific advisory board<\/span><\/a>, we will revise our funding priorities and criteria and adapt them to the current situation. In doing so, we will continue to provide support for insufficiently funded research areas and topics. Our future support may also be targeted at scientific working groups already involved in specific projects as part of the above-mentioned public funding programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our focus remains on funding biomedical research projects for which public funding is not (yet) available or only insufficiently available, or for which receiving public funding necessarily requires so-called \"own contributions\" or \"third-party funds\", which are rarely available in ME\/CFS research to date. In this way, we enable projects that would otherwise not be able to fulfil the public funding criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Networking of researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Promoting the exchange of knowledge between researchers, creating effective networks and facilitating synergies is another key objective of our work. By organising and funding the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/conference_2025\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">International ME\/CFS Conference 2025<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;we were able to, for the second time, bring together numerous leading international ME\/CFS experts in Berlin on 12 and 13 May (following the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/mecfs-conference2023-summary\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">conference in 2023<\/span><\/a>) under the scientific direction of Prof Carmen Scheibenbogen. With more than 4,000 participants from 45 countries, including over 200 participants on site, this hybrid event is one of the largest ME\/CFS conferences in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/conference_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"International ME\/CFS Conference 2025 Banner\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1024x329.webp\" class=\"wp-image-11265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1024x329.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-300x96.webp 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-768x247.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1536x493.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-2048x658.webp 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-18x6.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/symposium_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1024x329.webp\" alt=\"ME\/CFS Symposium 2025 Banner\" class=\"wp-image-11266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1024x329.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-300x96.webp 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-768x247.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1536x493.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-2048x658.webp 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-18x6.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The complementary&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/symposium_2025\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Symposium 2025<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;on the afternoon of 13 May was aimed at people living with ME\/CFS, their relatives and the general public and provided information on the current status of new and ongoing research projects in Germany. Over 2,600 participants attended the hybrid event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summaries, videos and presentations from both events are available on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MECFSResearchFoundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Youtube<\/span><\/a> (external link). In May 2026, we will once again organise the International ME\/CFS Conference in Berlin, together with the CFC. We provide information on research-oriented events organised by other organisations in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">overview of current conferences and events<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrr.mecfs-research.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-1024x807.png\" class=\"wp-image-12967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-1536x1211.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2-15x12.png 15w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MRR_web2.png 1626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>In addition to events, our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/mrr\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Research Register<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;since 2023 provides a systematic overview of the current ME\/CFS research landscape with information on ongoing projects, participating working groups, publications, events and other details. The register not only provides experts with an overview, but is also intended to give those affected and interested an understanding of research projects and their objectives on a single website. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon its inception, the register covered ME\/CFS research in Germany and Austria. Since the end of 2024, the register also includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/mrr-update-dec24\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">research in the  Netherlands and Switzerland<\/span><\/a>. The data will be continuously updated and the register gradually expanded to include other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Public relations and information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>On 12 May 2025, we published a&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/costreport\/\">report on the prevalence and costs of Long COVID and ME\/CFS in Germany<\/a><\/span> . As part of this joint project with Risklayer, a risk modelling company, a holistic data model of the number of people living with ME\/CFS or Long COVID and the costs caused by these burdensome diseases in Germany was created for the first time. The results of the data analysis paint a bleak picture: In the five-year period between 2020 and 2024, Long COVID and ME\/CFS cost Germany more than 250 billion Euros. In 2024 alone, Long COVID and ME\/CFS cost 63.1 billion Euros, which corresponded to 1.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the same year. In total, over 1.5 million people in Germany (approx. 1.8% of the population) were living with Long COVID or ME\/CFS at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/costreport-long-covid-and-mecfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_DE_MOBILE.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The report was mentioned in many press articles (e.g.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/gesundheit\/long-covid-und-me-cfs-kosten-die-gesellschaft-jaehrlich-60-milliarden-euro-a-bff6a132-7c21-4203-804a-6eb3ac6159db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Der Spiegel<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manager-magazin.de\/hbm\/long-covid-und-me-cfs-kosten-in-milliardenhoehe-in-deutschland-a-0a23154a-eda5-408d-a8e6-6d6c13fd168b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FAZ<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stern.de\/gesundheit\/long-covid-und-me-cfs---einige-suchen-freiwillig-den-tod---35714434.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stern<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manager-magazin.de\/hbm\/long-covid-und-me-cfs-kosten-in-milliardenhoehe-in-deutschland-a-0a23154a-eda5-408d-a8e6-6d6c13fd168b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">manager magazin<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesundheit\/die-60-milliarden-krankheit-warum-es-richtig-ist-die-kosten-von-long-covid-akribisch-vorzurechnen-13677373.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tagespiegel<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fr.de\/panorama\/long-covid-kostet-deutschland-etliche-milliarden-pro-jahr-zr-93725969.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frankfurter Rundschau<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.n-tv.de\/wissen\/Long-Covid-und-ME-CFS-kosten-60-Milliarden-Euro-pro-Jahr-article25760208.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">N-TV<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/wissenschaft\/long-covid-und-chronisches-fatigue-syndrom-verursachen-in-deutschland-kosten-von-mehr-als-63-milliarden-euro-pro-jahr-ld.1883937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Neue Z\u00fcricher Zeitung<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerzteblatt.de\/news\/medienbericht-long-covid-und-mecfs-kosten-gesellschaft-63-milliarden-euro-jahrlich-ac6ab36c-b2e4-40a1-8f27-6b52d53dd9e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00c4rzteblatt<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;- external links) and was also addressed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/de\/events\/symposium_2025\/videos\/karl-lauterbach-vorwort\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof Karl Lauterbach in his foreword at the ME\/CFS Symposium 2025<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesundheit\/mussten-eine-milliarde-investieren-lauterbach-wirft-regierung-bei-erschopfungssyndrom-mecfs-versagen-vor-14038331.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">subsequent statements<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(external link).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patient organisations and initiatives also took up the findings. The report draws the attention of the public, politicians, the private sector and other societal stakeholders to the fact that ME\/CFS and Long COVID are not only major crises in medical terms but also socially and economically. This crisis is (and will continue to be) a major burden on our society. More biomedical ME\/CFS research is therefore not only socially justified but also a sensible economic investment. We hope that these statements will be taken up more widely, e.g. by associations, trade unions or businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"CTA LemonChallengeMECFS\" class=\"wp-image-10550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-1024x316.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-768x237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-1536x475.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-2048x633.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cta-lemonchallenge-english-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">#LemonChallengeMECFS Banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Informing the public about the continuing acute emergency in ME\/CFS care and research is an important focus of our work. In December 2024, we launched the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">#LemonChallengeMECFS<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;as a broad-based awareness and donation campaign. Following a very positive response and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs-update\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">initial successes<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;, the campaign was increasingly taken up and intensified at the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"#LemonChallengeMECFS f\u00fcr Fussball Fans - Stadion Video\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1061015849?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video of the #LemonChallengeMECFS in football (shown live in several stadiums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In collaboration with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emptystands.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Empty Stands<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(external link), an initiative of football fans with ME\/CFS, several campaigns were implemented with football clubs and their fans (see <a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs-update-fussball\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our report<\/span><\/a>, the website on the&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs\/lemonchallengemecfs-fussball\/\">#LemonChallengeMECFS in football<\/a><\/span> or the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emptystands.me\/aktivismus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Empty Stands website<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;\/external link). The campaign also receives support from other sports such as handball and tennis, as well as from schools. We continue to provide updates on contributions to the campaign on our social media channels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We also provide information about our work for more ME\/CFS research and about the disease itself on our website and on social media on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mecfs_research\/?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100092535845334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MECFSResearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mecfs-research-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MECFSResearchFoundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Youtube<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mecfsresearchfoundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TikTok<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@mecfs_research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Threads<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mecfsresearch.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BlueSky<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(external links). We report on our projects and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/support\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">call for donations and fundraising campaigns<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/newsletter\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">newsletter<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;provides information about current activities, events and developments in connection with ME\/CFS research. Continuously increasing follower numbers and newsletter subscriptions confirm our work and are important multipliers for our outreach efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also offer press representatives up-to-date information on ME\/CFS research and our activities in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/press\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">press section<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;of our website and through personal contact. We are happy to provide information and welcome enquiries and mentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 Fundraising and use of donations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>In the first half of 2025, the volume of direct donations more than tripled compared to the first half of 2024. This enormous increase is primarily due to numerous fundraising campaigns organised by those affected, their relatives, associations, schools, initiatives and companies in the first half of the year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-scaled.png\" class=\"wp-image-12989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-2048x887.png 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_direkte_Spenden_EN-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We have reported on some of these campaigns on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/news-events\/newsletter\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">social media channels<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;or as part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">#LemonChallengeMECFS<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(which was also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/lemonchallengemecfs\/lemonchallengemecfs-fussball\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">supported by many football clubs<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, the volume of donations in the second half of the year is significantly higher than in the first half. This is another reason why we are very confident about the coming months and continue to call on all supporters to get involved. Together we can make a big difference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>In addition to <strong>direct donations<\/strong> , our possibilities to fund research are significantly expanded by receiving&nbsp;<strong>indirect donations&nbsp;<\/strong>(e.g. from other foundations or private businesses). With these funds, sponsors support projects in close coordination with the Foundation. 100% of all direct and indirect donations are channelled into biomedical ME\/CFS research. All<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2.png\" class=\"wp-image-13004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2.png 1599w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2-1536x922.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_EinnahmenAusgaben_kum_MERF_EN2-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All <strong>Administrative costs<\/strong>, incurred for the operation and various activities of the Foundation are borne by the founder of the ME\/CFS Research Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the establishment of the ME\/CFS Research Foundation,&nbsp;<strong>a total of 2.75 million Euros in donations have been raised<\/strong> . Of this, 1.4 million Euros (50.5% of all income) have already been invested in ME\/CFS research. 1.16 million Euros are currently available for new funding measures. To date, 200,000 Euros have been spent on administration and fundraising activities (and refinanced by the founder of the foundation). The following chart provides an overview of all income and expenditure to date as well as the funding currently available to the foundation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joerg Heydecke, founder and CEO of the ME\/CFS Research Foundation, comments:&nbsp;<em>\"The available funds provide a solid basis for our future work. The increase in donations impressively shows how much those affected and their social environment can achieve together. Our goal is to motivate even more of the 1.5 million people living with ME\/CFS or Long COVID in Germany and, above all, the people in their surroundings to get involved in fundraising campaigns for more research. In order for medical research to make further progress in the development of biomarkers, diagnostic possibilities and targeted treatment options, the financial support for research projects must be significantly and sustainably increased. This applies in particular to the domain of public funding, where its key role in the urgently needed progress in research can only be supplemented, but not replaced, by private donors.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We would like to thank all our supporters!&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ME\/CFS research in Germany, Europe and worldwide continues to gather pace. This was already demonstrated in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/researchupdate\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Research Update<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(as of Sep. 2024) and most recently by the contributions at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/conference_2025\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">International ME\/CFS Conference 2025<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.mecfs-research.org\/en\/events\/symposium_2025\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ME\/CFS Symposium 2025<\/span><\/a>. The recently made progress must now be sustainably expanded. Above all, this requires more public research funding, especially for basic and clinical research. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/costreport\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">report on the prevalence and costs of Long COVID and ME\/CFS in Germany<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;emphasises that more ME\/CFS research is urgently needed by society and is a sensible economic investment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the involvement of many researchers, people living with ME\/CFS and their relatives, organisations and initiatives, but also politicians, ME\/CFS research has developed significantly since 2022, especially in Germany. As the ME\/CFS Research Foundation, we are pleased to be able to contribute to this. We would like to thank everyone who made this positive development possible through providing their support to us or in other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order for initial scientific successes to be translated as quickly as possible into better diagnosis, care and ultimately treatment of ME\/CFS, even more and, above all, constant commitment is needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We therefore continue to call for donations to support our work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can you support the work of the ME\/CFS Research Foundation?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While progress has been made, there is still a long way to go before diagnosis, care and treatment of ME\/CFS patients will one day become an established medical and social standard. We at the ME\/CFS Research Foundation are focussing on biomedical research, which we see as a key element in solving these problems (more on this in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/fundingstrategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our research funding strategy<\/a><\/span> and in the recent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">half year report<\/a><\/span>, which summarises our activities). To achieve this, we rely on broad support from private donors \u2013 those affected, relatives, families, friends, associations, schools, networks, companies, initiatives, event organisers and all supporters. If you are not able to provide direct support, you can share our stories and motivate others to help. Because only together can we achieve. this goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We fully translate donations and other support into scientifically excellent research, networking and ultimately visible successes, i.e. improved ME\/CFS diagnostics and therapies. 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