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Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,
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Welcome to the September 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 further information.
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Don't miss out on Postdoc Appreciation Week starting today! Make the most out of the numerous offers provided across Germany - see our newsletter post below.
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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).
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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,
Stefanie and Christin
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News and Events from the GAUSS Career Service
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GAUSS Career Workshop: "Project Management for Postdocs" (30 Sept - 1 Oct 2025)
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career workshop "Project Management for Postdocs" by Dr. Peter Schröder. This workshop's target group is not PhD students but rather postdocs and junior PIs - so email us today to secure you place and the opportunity to aquire useful techniques and knowledge in the field of project management. Read more
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GAUSS Career Workshop: "Conflict Management" (4 Nov 2025)
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career workshop "Conflict Management" by Dr. Neela Enke. Tartget group of this workshop are postdocs and late-stage PhDs. Read more
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (7 Nov 2025, 11:30-13:00, in-person) with Dr. Christina Kerntke (Compliance Manager at BioNTech): "From B Cells to BioNTech: My Journey into the GxP-Regulated World"
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We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Christina Kerntke, Quality Compliance Manager at BioNTech SE. Join us for an insightful session with Christina, where she will share her career journey from academia to a leadership role in industry. Read more
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GAUSS Career Workshop "How to Apply for a Professorship in Germany" (12-13 Nov 2025)
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career workshop "How to Apply for a Professorship in Germany" by Franziska Jantzen. Read more
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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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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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GAUSS/GGNB workshop: "An Introduction to Science Communication: How, Why, What?" (online, 14 and 17 Nov 2025)
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Melissa Sollich, Romas Bielke and Christina Kuhn from the Public Relations Department of Göttingen University are offering the online workshop “An Introduction to Science Communication: How, Why, What?” in cooperation with GAUSS and GGNB. This workshop is designed for Postdocs and late-stage PhDs interested in the field of public relations and science communication. They will learn how to communicate their … Read more
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Career Workshop and Events
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Postdoc Appreciation Week (15-19 Sept 2025)
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Inspired by the celebration of the Postdoc Appreciation Week in the USA and the UK, the PAW Germany coordination team invited researchers and research institutions, postdoc coordinators and research administrators all over Germany to create a special program, events and a social media campaign to honor the incredible work of postdocs! The week is an acknowledgement of the fantastic contributions … Read more
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Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, physicians, IT specialists, and engineers (25 Sept 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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Research in Europe Information Event at the University of Augsburg (25 Sept 2025)
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After very successful Research in Europe events in Göttingen (2023) and Kiel (2024), you are warmly invited to the next edition on 25 September 2025 at the University of Augsburg. Organised by the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) and the University, “Research in Europe” brings together everything early career researchers need to know about individual funding … Read more
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Various workshops offered by Young Entrepreneurs in Science in Sept/Oct/Nov 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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Equity and Diversity Workshop & Coaching Program for DFG alliances offered by UMG in Sept/Oct/Nov 2025
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The Equal Opportunities Office of the UMG offers an equity and diversity workshop program open to all members of DFG networks on Göttingen campus. Read more
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Info events for researchers by the German Postdoc Network in October 2025
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The German Postdoc Network offers a new lunchtime talk series with interesting information for (international) researchers in Germany. Read more
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GMP Academy GLP basics (Sept 2025) and GMP basic courses (Nov 2025)
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The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMP/GLP basic courses and basic statistic courses in the second half of 2025 in German and in English: … 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 for September, October and November are already online available. Upcoming … Read more
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GRO.publication - upcoming online workshops
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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! Upcoming dates … 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 this link and … Read more
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Funding Opportunities / Prizes and related Info Events
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Max Planck Research Group Leader - call now open
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The Max Planck Society is currently looking for new Max Planck Research Group Leaders and is inviting applications from all scientists with a doctorate working in any field of research pursued in the organization to support emerging scholars early in their career path. Successful candidates will lead their own independent Max Planck Research Group at a participating Max Planck Institute … Read more
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Deutsche Krebshilfe: Max-Eder Junior Group for 4 yrs (apply by 25 Sept 2025)
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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 … Read more
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Deutsche Krebshilfe Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program for max. 2 yrs (apply by 25 Sept 2025)
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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: Purpose: To support highly qualified junior … Read more
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AI Research Groups Lower Saxony (apply by 30 Sept 2025, 14:00h)
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The AI Research Groups Lower Saxony funds research groups in computer science, artificial intelligence and applications disciplines with up to 2 million EUR for up to 5 years. The state of Lower Saxony wants to attract and support scientifically excellent researchers at early career stages in order to advance development and application of artificial intelligence in the state in the … Read more
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GSO Klaus Tschira Boost Fund (apply by 1 Oct 2025)
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The Klaus Tschira Boost Fund is a joint program by GSO and Klaus Tschira Stiftung offering flexible funding and career development to promote researchers in the Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Science. You can apply for flexible funding for up to 2 years for independent, explorative, risky and interdisciplinary projects. The program is aiming to support building collaborations and networks. … Read more
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Daimler Benz Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2 yrs (apply by 1 Oct 2025)
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Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards twelve scholarships (two of them in cooperation with the Reinhard Frank-Foundation) to exceptional postdoctoral researchers, junior professors, and heads of junior research groups. to selected postdoc researchers, junior professors, and heads of junior research groups. Their goal is to support the autonomy and creativity of the next generation of academics and to … Read more
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ERC Starting Grant Call now open (apply by 15 Oct 2025)
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ERC Starting Grants (up to 5 years and € 1.5 million) are designed to fund Principal Investigators (PIs) who already produced excellent supervised work and are ready to work independently showing potential to be a research leader. Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest … Read more
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Researching Research - Funding for summer schools and workshops (apply by 30 Oct 2025)
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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. Application deadline for this year's round is 30 October 2025. Funding offerThe program is aimed at post-doctoral researchers who are engaged in … 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 … Read more
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Prize for Innovation by BioInnovation Institute and Science (apply by 1 Nov 2024)
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To encourage more scientists to translate their research, the BioInnovation Institute (BII) and Science Magazine present an annual award to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship. The three winners will have their essays published in Science magazine and will be invited into BII’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. In addition, the Grand Prize … Read more
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Information on the Position Paper on Structure of Academic Careers of German Council of Science and Humanities
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In July 2025, the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) has published a position paper proposing a significant overhaul of how careers in German academia are structured. The goal is to make the system more attractive, transparent, and internationally competitive — especially for those, such as postdocs, working in early career stages. The paper has been examined in detail … Read more
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Göttingen Campus Postdoc PAW Social (17 Sept 2025)
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The Göttingen Campus Postdoc Network will have its own event for the German Postdoc Appreciation Week. Come and join the GC Postdoc PAW Social on Wednesday, 17 September from 18:00 at Z.a.k (Am Wochenmarkt 22, 37073 Göttingen). You are welcome to bring partners, other researchers, colleagues, friends and family! The Postdoc Committee has also invited a handful of friendly experts … Read more
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