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Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,
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Welcome to the November 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 plus related info events and job opportunities.
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Make sure to check out our Workshop Program for next year and stay tuned for upcoming Career Impulse Sessions in 2026 - if you would like to have specific topics covered for the the next 12 months - let us know!
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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). We have only very few slots available this year, but feel free to book now your session for early 2026!
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You are welcome 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,
Stefanie and Christin
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News and Events from the GAUSS Career Service
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (28 Nov 2025, 11:30-13:00, in-person) with Dr. Marcel Forster (Project Manager at Syserso Networks GmbH): "From biochemistry to telecommunications – my journey into project management"
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GAUSS Career Workshop: "Career Development In- or Outside Academia" (1-2 Dec 2025)
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Career Development In- or Outside Academia” by Dr. Alexander Britz. Are you currently working as Postdoc or finalizing your PhD? Do you plan to transition to your next position in or outside of academia, but feel unprepared for the job hunt? In this highly interactive workshop, you will get … Read more
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GAUSS Career Service Workshop Program 2026
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Our Workshop Program for 2026 is now online available via this link. Feel free to scroll through and check out which courses might be of interest for your career development - either in acedmia or industry. If you already want to sign up for a workshop, please check out the specific details, apply and make sure to add it to … Read more
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Career Counseling Sessions (including CV/application check) - book your slot now for early 2026
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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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Career Workshop and Events
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Equity and Diversity Workshop "A strong performance - convincing self-presentation in talks, meetings and interviews" offered by UMG (27 Nov 2025)
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The Equal Opportunities Office of the UMG offers a workshop called "A strong performance - convincing self-presentation in talks, meetings and interviews" open to all members of DFG networks on Göttingen campus. You can check out the full workshop program … Read more
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Various workshops offered by Young Entrepreneurs in Science in Nov/Dec 2025
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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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GRO.publications - upcoming online workshop (1 Dec 2025)
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The SUB Göttingen offers online GRO.publications training courses. These trainings introduce GRO.publications, the publication management system of the University of Göttingen. The system can be used to manage personal publication lists, but also lists of projects, working groups and organizational units. In addition, full texts can be uploaded. Please not that the courses are only offered in German! The next … Read more
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Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, physicians, IT specialists, and engineers (4 Dec 2025)
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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! Companies & organizations from IT, engineering, medicine, pharmaceutical, automotive and many other high-tech industries … Read more
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Online info event "Career Planning in German Academia" by the German Postdoc Network (17 Dec 2025)
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The German Postdoc Network offers a semi-regular info series "Understanding the System" which provides interesting information for (international) researchers in Germany. Upcoming talks: 17 December 2025, 13-14h: Career Planning in German Academia - This interactive session will explore seven key steps for planning an academic career, with a particular focus on issues for internationals in Germany. Participants will gain practical … Read more
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Cross-faculty key competency modules for the winter term 2025/26
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We would like to inform you that the new module directory of the cross-faculty key competencies for the winter term 2025/26 is now available on the key competency pages of the University of Göttingen. On these pages you will find the module handbook with an overview of the decentrally offered interdisciplinary and interdepartmental key competence modules as well as the … Read more
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DEAL - offers by the University of Göttingen to publish open access
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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. You can access the training course via …Read more
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Online info events on HAW professorship (in German), starting 14 Jan 2026
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The Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden is organising another series of online info events in German on how to apply for a HAW Professorship especially concerning the required application documents. The virtual event series consists of three 45-minute sessions and is aimed at anyone interested in a professorship at a university of applied sciences (HAW). In addition to input from … Read more
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GMP Academy - GMP basic courses (Feb 2026)
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The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMP basic courses in November 2025 in German and in English: GMP basic course (in English): 16-20 Feb 2026 GMP basic course (in German): 23-27 Feb 2026 The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. Discounts are granted for enrolled (PhD) students as well as early-bird registrations. Most participants should be …Read more
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Webinars offered by the European Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk
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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 … Read more
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Funding Opportunities / Prizes and related Info Events
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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 … Read more
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Funding support for women in science with children - apply to the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation (apply by 30 Nov 2025)
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The Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (CNV) Foundation is aiming for the advancement of science and to facilitate the progress of highly qualified women with children. Excellent graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are supported by providing them with funds to be used for additional childcare and domestic help (1 year, monthly 500€). The Foundation intends this contribution to enable young mothers to gain … Read more
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LIFT-OFF competition for the promotion of start-ups (apply by 12 Dec 2025)
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The LIFT-OFF Start-up Competition for the promotion of start-ups enters its next round. The competition is aimed both at people interested in starting a business and active founders (teams and individuals) from all fields. The competition is accompanied by various events and workshops and a mentoring program in the field of entrepreneurship. You will have the opportunity to start your … Read more
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Walter Schulz Research Prize (apply by 31 Dec 2025)
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The Walter Schulz Stiftung annually awards the 15,000€ Walter Schulz Research Prize for extraordinary achievement in cancer research. Eligible are submissions by early career scientists under the age of 40 with publications that are directly related to clinical cancer research and have not been published before 1 January 2025. Read more
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ERC Consolidator Grants (apply by 13 Jan 2026)
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ERC Consolidator Grants (up to 5 years and € 2 million) are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or program. Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest ERC … Read more
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5-year "The Branco Weiss Fellowship" call is now open (apply by 15 Jan 2026)
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The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science is a community of exceptional young scientists who share a passion for taking research beyond the mainstream. Fellows are given the means to pursue their personal vision of a particular scientific project independently – in the best possible locations, anywhere in the world. The fellowship is awarded to postdocs for up to five years. Since … Read more
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Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators (apply by 15 Jan 2026)
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The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. The winner is selected by an independent expert committee chaired by Prof. Laura Machesky (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK). This prize, which reflects the past and future … Read more
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EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship (apply by 23 Jan 2026 to enter the next selection round)
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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 … Read more
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Deutsche Krebshilfe: Max-Eder Junior Group for 4 yrs (apply by 27 Jan 2026)
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The next call for the Max-Eder Junior Research Group by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 27 January 2026. 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 … Read more
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Deutsche Krebshilfe Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program for max. 2 yrs (apply by 27 Jan 2026)
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The next call for the Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 27 January 2026. 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. … Read more
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Postdoctoral Position at Broad Institute, Cambridge/USA
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Join the lab of one of our alumni Prof Dr Zohreh Farsi at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Zohreh has a open position for a Postdoc. His research group research group investigates the neurobiological mechanisms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder using mouse models with strong human-genetic validity. The successful candidate will be expected … Read more
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Job Opportunities at New England Biolabs - talk on 18 Nov 2025 (11-14h)
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New England Biolabs will present their methods, products and also job opportunities on Tuesday, 18 November 2025… Read more
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Preparation seminars for the application to 2025 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) offered by Euphorum (in German; Nov-Dec 2025)
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2025 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) of the United Nations (apply by 14 Dec 2025)
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The UN Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servant with the UN Secretariat. It consists of an entrance examination process and professional development once those who are successful start their career with the UN. The YPP examination is held once a year in different subject … Read more
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Career Tools website by the German Postdoc Network
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The German Postdoc Network has compiled a website to share free resources and tools to support your career. This is a great way to help you consider your direction and next steps via self-assessment, planning and development and other online tools, alongside in-person services. Read more
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