Job Opportunities
Are you keen to support scientific talent and promote careers? Then check out this part-time job opportunity at the Career Center of Helmholtz Munich. The full job advert can be accessed here. … Continued
Are you interested in supporting the next generation of cancer researchers within an international and dynamic team? Then join the team of the DKFZ International PhD Program in Heidelberg from April 2025 as PhD Project Manager. For the full job advert see here. … Continued
The University Medical Center Göttingen is inviting applications to its newly-founded Medical Scientist Program “Genomic responses to disease plasticity” funded by the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung. The program is meant to promote scientific excellence in clinically-oriented biomedical research by early-phase postdocs and foster their integration into both the local and international contexts. Ultimately, the program aspires to render its fellows competitive for third-party funding acquisition and/or for independent positions. … Continued
Do you have great ideas to support Postdocs? Then this might be for you! The Junior Scientist and International Researcher Center (JUNO) at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf is growing the team and hiring a Coordinator for their Postdoc Program. Check out the full job advert here. … Continued
Miscellaneous
On Wednesday, 19 February 2025 (13:15 h) the Ernst Caspari Lecture with the topic “Tissue-derived organoid models, where we stand and where we go” will be given by Prof. Dr. Meritxell Huch from the Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden.
Location: ECH, Seminar Room 0.232, … Continued
Are you part of the Göttingen Campus Postdoc community and do you meet our definition of a Postdoc? Then we are looking for your ideas, input, and energy to make the Göttingen Campus a better place for Postdocs. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2025.
As a committee member, you will benefit from:
- directly influencing the events and activities of the Postdoc Network
- meeting postdocs from across the Campus
- getting experience in committee work
- gaining a
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Funding Opportunities and Prizes
Are you considering to apply for the “Change! Fellowhips” by the Volkswagen Stiftung? Then join their free live info even where representatives of the foundation will give and overview an introduction to the funding scheme and answer your questions. Registration is not required. To access the Q&A session, … Continued
With the program “Change! Fellowhips“, the Volkswagen Foundation is looking for personalities from science who are jointly with partners outside of academia researching transformation processes. The target group of this grant (duration 4-5 years; 1.5-1.8m €) are postdocs and junior professors who gained their PhD at least 2 years ago. … Continued
A University publication fund can cover costs for open access journals, but the options for publishing grow ever more complex every year. This makes it hard for researchers to maintain an overview, even though publishing is key to their career. This training will give you an overview of the current options and answers your questions.
The SUB Göttingen is organising monthly online information events on new offers for publishing open access. … Continued
The Department for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in Germany wants to strengthen Franco-German cooperation in research and innovation by supporting researchs stays in France of juniorresearchers, which are members of a lab or a research institution located in Germany. All research areas are eligible for funding.
The mobility grant allows funding for a maximum stay of three months starting between May and December 2025. … Continued
If you are interested in applying for the Joachim Herz Award “Future Pioneers for Sustainable Biotechnology” then join the digital info session on 27 February at 10-11:30am. Register via this link for the event. … Continued
The Joachim Herz Award endowed with 500,000€ aims to send a strong signal of support for innovative, interdisciplinary research projects by up-and-coming talents. The Joachim Herz Foundation is looking for creative ideas from researchers that provide impetus for a sustainable future. It is aimed at scientists who are in the early stages of their careers. … Continued
Have you written an outstanding dissertation and are you very keen to explain your research findings in a clear and comprehensible manner to a large number of people, including those not familiar with your subject? Then write an article about your work and enter it into the competition for the KlarText Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation.
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The ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (ETH Fellows) supports incoming postdoctoral researchers at ETH Zurich and is intended to foster young researchers who have already demonstrated scientific excellence in the early stages of their careers. This prestigious early career programme is geared towards high potential academics with 40-50% of the fellows securing a professorship within a few years after the fellowship. … Continued
For Women in Science Germany promotes female early-career scientists working in Germany each year with an award worth 25,000 Euros. In Germany, the partners are the German Commission for UNESCO, L’Oréal Deutschland and the German Humboldt Network. In an innovative tripartite partnership, these partners are committed to promoting excellent female scientists in Germany. … Continued
Run jointly by the British Academy and the Royal Society, the Newton International Fellowships are for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK. The call will open to applications on 21 Jan 2025. … Continued
The University of Bremen opened the call for a funding scheme especially interesting for young scientists who have just completed their doctorate but also for advanced postdocs candidates with the career goal professorship. For further details please see below or click this link. Applications are considered until 1 April 2025. … Continued
The Fast Forward Science competition, which is endowed with a total of €9,000, is a joint project of Wissenschaft im Dialog and the Stifterverband and has been held annually since 2013. Passion for research, for innovative multimedia formats and for communication – the Fast Forward Science competition honors people who are not only passionate about science themselves, … Continued
This prize by the German Association for Biomedical Technologies together with the Family Klee Foundation honors scientific projects in Biomedical Sciences that successfully transferred their genuine ideas to a medical engineering innovation. The award includes a prize money of 10.000 EUR. For further information see www.vde.com/de/dgbmt/preise-ehrungen/innovationspreis. … Continued
If you are interested in the postdoc fellowship program Feodor Lynen by the Humboldt Foundation, then take this opportunity and join this online information event taking place on 8 April 2025. A prior registration is not necessary. The event can be accessed through the following link: Launch Meeting – Zoom. … Continued
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has two postdoc research funding opportunites, which might be of particular interest for you.
The Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship supports postdoctoral researchers who want to join a lab outside of Germany to do their own research project with a duration of 6-24 months. … Continued
The DFG is offering a variety of funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. To learn more about schemes suitable for postdocs join their online talk series “Prospects”. Some talks offer an overview and other talks are quite specific focusing only on one funding scheme. You will also get advice on how to prepare your proposal for the review process. … Continued
KoWi-Talk is the podcast for the KoWi community on interesting topics from the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation and with extensive insights into the work of KoWis.
For a selection of podcast in English and German see below. For an archive of all podcasts episodes click here: https://kowi-talk-podcast.podigee.io/episodes … Continued
Career Workshops and Events
In March the GAUSS Career Service is offering two online workshops on the topic Academic Grant Writing. The workshops have a different approach to the topic and are tailored for different target-groups. We scheduled both workshops nearly in parallel so that you can book the one which is really most suitable for you. … Continued
In April the GAUSS Career Service is offering two in person workshops (each 2 days) on the topic Job Interview Training. The workshops are addressing two different fields – academia and non-academia – and are tailored specifically for these target groups. We scheduled both workshops nearly in parallel so that you can book the one which is concerning the content and targert group the most suitable for you and your career path. … Continued
Registration is now open for the next Postdoc Support and Information Fair, which will take place on 13 March 2025 from 14:30 to 17:30h in the Physics Building. The event is organised by postdocs for postdocs – to inspire, inform and support their next career steps. Everyone interested is welcome: the event is also useful for researchers, … Continued
The Young Entrepreneurs in Science powered by the Falling Walls Foundation offers various workshops and events tailored to PhDs and postdocs of all disciplines as well as early-career researchers and academic staff to help you to discover your entrepreneurial skills. What do you associate with the topic of entrepreneurship? What enables you to become an entrepreneur yourself? … Continued
The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMB basic courses in November 2024 and February 2025 in German and in English:
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Boehringer Ingelheim is hosting a series of webinars to promote the different career paths available within the company. Dive into Research & Development with Boehringer Ingelheim’s “Meet Our Scientists” webinar series. Understand industry processes, explore career paths, and experience the work culture. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to explore your future in the pharmaceutical industry! … Continued
The jobvector career day is Europe´s biggest career fair for Natural Scientists, Physicians, Engineers, and Computer Scientists where you can receive valuable information for a successful career! Be inspired by talks of top companies and recruiters. Seize your chance and personally contact them at the fair!
Read more: Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, … Continued
This course is designed for researchers and scientists from the University of Göttingen, the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), and the Max Planck Society who are interested in enhancing their research capabilities through the application of artificial intelligence (AI).
Participants will explore how AI can assist in analyzing large datasets, automating routine tasks, and improving literature research and organization. … Continued