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Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,
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Welcome to the March issue of our monthly GAUSS Career Service Newsletter. As usual we provide you with information on events and courses organized by the GAUSS Career Service and our partners on the Göttingen Campus and beyond as well as funding calls and job opportunities.
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If you are unsure about your next career steps or require some support in your job application process (academic or non-academic), book an individual career counseling session or CV/application check by emailing Stefanie (career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de). The next slots are available after Easter.
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Don't miss out on today's Göttingen Campus Postdoc Information and Support Fair - details see post below. We will be there as well and are looking forward to a chat!
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Please feel free to forward this e-mail to your peers who might be interested in the information but are not yet on our mailing list (register here). If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, please let us know and we will remove you from the subscribers' list.
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All the best and happy Easter in 2 weeks!
Stefanie and Christin
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Career Service News
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Career Counseling Sessions including CV/application check
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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 … Read more
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Research Funding Opportunities: Explore our Webpage Tool
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Attracting research funding is one of the key measures on the road to academic independence and success. There are plenty of options as a postdoc to apply for national and international research grants and scholarships depending on your career level and also the length of the project or research plan. To support you in navigating through the different funding schemes … Read more
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Collection of Trainee Programs - check out our webpage tool
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A trainee program is one option to start your career in industry and can be a great opportunity. As there are many in different sectors (e.g. Pharma, Chemical Industry, Consulting, Precision Engineering), we collated nearly 50 and listed them on this webpage categorised by industry and all with a short profile. At all these companies, alumni of GAUSS/GGNB are employed. … Read more
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Career Workshop and Events
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Göttingen Campus Postdoc Support and Information Fair (14 March 2024)
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Come along and join us for the next Postdoc Support and Information Fair, which will take place today on 14 March 2024 from 14:30 to 17:30h in the Physics Building. See the Postdoc Fair Webpage with information on stalls, guests and events. Chat with Representatives from companies – find out how to apply or what they are looking for Experts … Read more
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session with Dr. Sung-Hui Yi (Research Scientist at Insempra): “Translate central dogma to metabolic engineering” (5 April 2024, in-person!)
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We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Sessions, this time Dr. Sung-Hui Yi, Research Scientist at Insempra. Sung-Hui will provide insights into his role as research scientist in industry and especially about joining a start-up company after completing his PhD at the MPI-nat in the program IMPRS Molecular Biology. Join us for his interesting talk where you have afterwards the opportunity to engage in an interactive and informal discussion. Read more
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DEAL - new offers by the University of Göttingen to publish open access (upcoming info events, start 21 Mar 2024)
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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 … Read more
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Various Events offered by Young Entrepreneurs in Science in Mar/Apr 2024
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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? Where do you … Read more
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Leadership Academy offered by the German Scholars Organization (apply by 23 Apr 2024)
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The German Scholars Organization offers 25 full fellowships for outstanding researchers of all disciplines who are ready for the next career step – as a junior group leader, assistant or full professor, founder of a startup or as a professional in a research-related organization or in industry. The GSO Leadership Academy includes two live workshops with career trainings, networking events … Read more
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Teaser Workshop on Science Management (14 May 2024, in German)
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Over the past decade, science management has emerged as a professional field, providing interesting career prospects for today’s scientific researchers. The University is offering a 4-hour teaser workshop on science management for PhD students and postdocs who would like to explore the field and its career opportunities. The workshop will be held in German. Read more
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Funding Opportunities and Prizes
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Postdoctoral Position at UMG by Dorothea Schlözer Postdoctoral Program for female scientists (apply by 1 April 2024)
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The Dorothea Schlözer postdoctoral programme for women is addressed to female scientists and scholars in their early postdoctoral phase and is intended to promote female scientists and scholars on their way to a leading position in science. It replaced the Dorothea Schlözer scholarship programme in 2017. As part of the programme, the university offers one position for female postdocs at … Read more
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Independent Projects for Postdocs - Call of the CRDF/University of Bremen (apply by 1 April 2024)
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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 2024. This funding scheme aims to support Postdocs in their scientific … Read more
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Volkswagen Foundation “Pioneer Projects” (apply by 15 April 2024)
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The Volkswagen Foundation wants to offer experimental spaces for fundamental innovations and significant improvements in all areas of the (German) research system. To this end, the Foundation will fund promising ideas for pioneer projects from the academic community. Available are 500,000€ for max. 3 years per project. Eligible to apply are PhDs, professor and academic administrators at German universities and research institutes. The next deadline … Read more
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Award for innovation in medical technology by "Family Klee Foundation" (apply by 30 April 2024)
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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 ... Read more
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Info event on ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant (28 May 2024, online)
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The University of Kassel in cooperation with the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) offers an online introduction seminar on how to successfully apply for ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant. In this informational event you will learn more about the funding scheme and get some insights into the application procedure. There will be also time for … Read more
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Open call of the DFG Priority Programme “Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering. Knowledge Meets Data: Interpretability, Extrapolation, Reliability, Trust” (apply by 4 June 2024)
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) has launched a call for the second three-year funding period of Priority Programme “Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering. Knowledge Meets Data: Interpretability, Extrapolation, Reliability, Trust”. This programme aims to advance chemical engineering (CE) and machine learning (ML) through research projects that combine the knowledge of experts from both communities. Projects under this call must address … Read more
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Researching Research - Summer schools and workshops (Volkswagen Foundation, apply by 11 June 2024)
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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. Respective events are meant to introduce early career researchers from various disciplines to research on research and to enhance the participants’ skills … Read more
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Liebig Postdoc Fellowship of the FCI (Fonds of the Chemical Industry) - apply all year round
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The Liebig Fellowship provided by the Fonds of the Chemical Industry (FCI) is intended to promote the start of a university teaching career in the field of chemistry. The aim of the 3-year fellowship is to enable chemists with a PhD - as well as young scientists from related fields - to gain further academic qualifications at the university. Prerequesits: … Read more
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DFG Research Career Series "Prospects"
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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 … Read more
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New information on German employment contracts for MSCA fellows provided by KoWi
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The European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations now provides new information on German employment contracts for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellows. The English version of the template can be downloaded... Read more
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Open position as Scientist Machine Learning at Boehringer Ingelheim (apply by 5 Apr 2024)
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Lukas Schulte, a GGNB alumnus, has advertised a position at Boehringer Ingelheim in Biberach. The position is full time and supposed to start on 1 July 2024. Check out the job advert for the role as a Scientist Machine Learning here. For questions ... Read more
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Open position as Coordinator of the German Postdoc Network at Helmholtz Munich (apply by 11 Apr 2024)
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Helmholtz Munich has advertised the position as Coordinator of the German Postdoc Network. The position (full time, initially for 3 years, E 13) is supposed to start on 1 June 2024. ... Read more
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Open position as Coordinator of the German Postdoc Network at the MPI of Biochemistry (apply by 11 Apr 2024)
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The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried has advertised the position as Coordinator of the German Postdoc Network. The position (50% part-time, initially for 3 years, E 13) is supposed to start on 1 June 2024. ... Read more
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