The GAUSS Career Service will be closed for holidays from 21 to 27 July 2025. Please be also aware that it won’t be possible to book career counselling sessions or CV checks in late June (23-29 June) or between 21 July to 10 August 2025. If you require an appointment before the holiday season please contact us as soon as possible via career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de. … Continued
It is very common to be unsure about your next career step either at the end of your PhD or also during your postdoc phase. Our goal is to facilitate your career planning and assist you in handling challenges in your current work environment. We are aiming to enable you to reflect on your options and decide about your next career steps or activities to overcome challenges. … Continued
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Merit Wildung, Group leader at altona Diagnostics GmbH. Join us for an insightful session with Merit, where she will will share her career journey from academia to a leadership role in industry. … Continued
We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skills” by Gaby Schilling for all those wanting to become familiar with the different steps involved in the application process.
The SUB Göttingen has recorded a training course for professors, Junior PIs, Postdocs and all those who publish at the University of Göttingen which offers an introduction to Open Access publishing and informs you about current funding opportunities such as the University Publication Fund and various publishing and licensing agreements. … Continued
Are you wondering what comes next after your postdoc? The talk series “Beyond the Postdoc” organized by the German Postdoc Network offers insights into diverse career opportunities beyond postdoctoral research. The talks take place online via Zoom over lunchtime (13-14h).
Upcoming talks:
The University of Heidelberg is inviting outstanding young researchers from all over the world to apply for the Heidelberg Future Leaders in Sciences and Humanities Forum, which will take place 7-8 October 2025 in Heidelberg, Germany.
This is an opportunity for bold, innovative early career researchers to network with top researchers in Heidelberg who could become future academic mentors and/or colleagues. … Continued
On behalf of the organizing team we are happy to announce that the 22nd Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium will take place from 8-11 September 2025 at the MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT), Fassberg campus in Göttingen!
The symposium starts on 8 September with a Career fair event with experts from outside academia to share their career path. … 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
Do you want to kick-start your career in Life Sciences industry? Do you want to get a better grasp of business topics, understand the success factors of Life Sciences companies and learn more about the different roles outside academia?
The next edition of the renowned BioBusiness Summer School is taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 (Amsterdam) and 4 July 2025 (Utrecht). … Continued
The European commission’s Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk regularly offers webinars to provide (potential) beneficiaries of EU-funded projects and EU SMEs involved in cross-border business activities with the best possible support enabling them to develop their own IP management strategies and processes. The webinars are offered free of charge and topics for September, … Continued
The Equal Opportunities Office of the UMG now offers an equity and diversity workshop program open to all members of DFG networks on Göttingen campus.
Upcoming events:
The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMB basic courses in the first half of 2025 in German and in English:
The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. … Continued
The LMU Open Science Center is organising a hybrid 5-day Open Science Summer School on 15-19 September 2025 to allow early career researchers of any scientific discipline to gain more trust in the research that they do, and make it as credible, reproducible, and transparent as it can be in the eyes of their peers, … Continued
In June the European Research Council published important changes to its ERC work programme 2026 and 2027 regarding the proposal structure, evaluation of proposals, additional funding for relocation of labs, new funding instrument, eligibility and resubmission restrictions. Please see below for some details on the main novelties for 2026. … 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
The Universitätsbund Göttingen provides travel grants for conference trips which can be applied for at any time, as long as there is sufficient advance notice (usually 4 weeks) before the start of the trip. The travel costs and conference fees will be only partially covered. The applicant and the institute/research department are expected to cover an appropriate share of the expenses. … 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
The Applied Photonics Award is a prize for the promotion of young researchers for theses that are particularly relevant in the field of applied photonics. The award is organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena. The institute has been conducting application-oriented research in the field of photonics for over 30 years and develops innovative optical systems for controlling light. … Continued
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe and the world for a period of up to two years. International exchange is a key requirement. The fellowship includes a salary or stipend, a relocation allowance and support for fellows with children. The career development is further supported by the EMBO Laboratory Leadership course and networking through the global network of EMBO Fellows. … Continued
The EU-Bureau of the BMFTR will offer an online information event on 15 July 2025 from 13-15h on the ERC Synergy Grant Call. The event will focus on key information and practical guidance regarding the application and evaluation process. … Continued
The Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Stiftung is annually awarding 2-year Postdoc Scholarships to outstanding junior scientists in life sciences (e.g. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Proteomics, System Biology, BioMedTech, Biotechnology, BioInformatics, Biophysics).
Usually seven scholarships (TVÖD E13) are awarded each year. The completion date of the doctoral thesis cannot be more than 4 years agao. … Continued
In cooperation with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) the DAAD gives highly qualified postdocs the possibility of a 1-6 month research stay at Japanese universities or research institutions. PhD students can apply for stays for up to 12 months.
The program is open for German postdocs and PhD students (and those with a permanent residence permit for Germany) of all subjects. … Continued
With funds from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the DAAD PRIME program funds temporary positions at German universities to support the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers.Postdoctoral researchers who see their long-term career perspectives in Germany receive funding for a research stay abroad based on a temporary position at a German university.In addition to the stay abroad, … Continued
Clausthal University of Technology provides start-up funding (for max. 3 yrs and max. 300k€) to support researchers in the early stages of their careers to develop academic independence and their own research profile. The funding provides a basis for independently preparing an application for publicly funded open-topic research projects. … Continued
KoWi, the EU Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations, offers advice on all funding lines of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for researchers, from application to implementation (project management). They offer individual counselling sessions, information events at universities and research institutions as well as Webinars and other virtual information and counselling services. … Continued
The new call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is now open until 10 September 2025 and you can apply for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The purpose of these awards is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, … Continued
The National Contact Point European Research Council (NCP ERC) offers small group trainings simulating the ERC interview situation for applicants of ERC Consolidator grants.
Registrations opens on 9 July 2025 at 10:00h! These interview trainings are highly sought-after and slots usually book out very fast. Slots are assigned on a first-come-first-served basis so you need to be quick if you want to book a slot. … Continued
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
Are you interested in joining the renowned DKFZ? Then take your opportunity and apply for one of their Postdoctoral Fellowships representing the most prestigious and competitive postdoc recruitment process at the DKFZ. It is intended to recruit highly talented and motivated young scientist, who wish to work at the forefront of cancer research in any of basic or translational cancer research labs at the DKFZ. … Continued
The Fritz Thyssen Foundation is currently focusing its support on the field of “Molecular causes in the development of illnesses”. This programme supports molecular biological studies of illnesses whose development is based on genetic defects or with which gene variants contribute to the development of complex illnesses.
In the area of “Molecular causes in the development of illnesses”, … Continued
The next call for the Max-Eder Junior Research Group by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 25 September 2025.
Aiming at highly qualified young oncologists (physicians during or after the specialist training as well as scientists with an explicit clinic-oriented orientation of the project), this funding scheme is supporting them in establishing their own independent working group and further developing their scientific career. … Continued
The next call for the Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 25 September 2025. This postdoctoral funding scheme is providing young doctors and natural scientists the opportunity to carry out projects in clinically oriented oncological basic research or clinical cancer research at renowned institutions abroad.
The funding scheme at a glance:
Within the framework of “Researching Research”, the Volkswagen Foundation offers funding for workshops and summer schools that aim to reflect, combine, and experiment with the various methodological approaches or theoretical challenges in the area of research on research. Application deadline for this year’s round is 30 October 2025. … Continued
Since 2020, the Hector Fellow Academy offers the opportunity to apply for the Hector Research Career Development Award (Hector RCD Award). W1 assistant professors (with or without Tenure Track) and junior research group leaders in similar positions in natural or engineering sciences, medicine or psychology, who work at German universities or research institutions are encouraged in further strengthening their independent research. … Continued
The Welcome Centre of Göttingen University would like to invite you to the online information event about the German pension system.
WHEN: Thursday, 26 June 26 2025STARTING TIME: 13:30h
The event will take place in English.
Please register and confirm your participation under this link until 22 June 2025.Registered participants will receive an e-mail with the link and log-in data a few days before the event. … Continued
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research annually publishes a report on Early Career Researchers. You can find the full report here (in German) or key findings here (in English).
The German Postdoc Network has analysed the key findings of the report and for their conclusions and summary see here. … Continued