Newsletter 2024/03
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in June 2024 will be open from 1 April 2024. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 April online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in June; … Continued
The new student representative of GAUSS for the next one-year term from 01 April 2024 wasappointed.
Greg Weiler, PhD student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Coumputer Science in the program Mathematical Sciences, takes over the position as GAUSS student representative.
A very big thank you for taking on this important position. … Continued
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with 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. … Continued
Die Göttinger Graduiertenschulen laden alle Interessierten herzlich zu einem öffentlichen Informations- und Vernetzungsevent ein, zu:
- Reflexion und Austausch über den Stand der Vernetzung im Wissenschaftsmanagement am Göttingen Campus
- Informationsaustausch über Qualifizierungsmöglichkeiten für eine Karriere im Wissenschaftsmanagement
- Netzwerkpflege im Wissenschaftsmanagement bei Speis und Trank
Mit einem Impulsvortrag von Dr. … Continued
We would like to draw your attention to a Webinar on Regulatory Affairs that will take place online on 4 April 2024, 5 p.m. During this free of charge training session you can learn about the job as Regulatory Affairs Manager and what it has to offer. The webinar will be held by Dr. … Continued
There are some places for the following workshop left:
Presentation Skills for Science and Research: 05.04. & 08.04. (online via Zoom) and 29.04. & 30.04. (in Göttingen)
The 4-day workshop will cover all sites of scientific presentation: Talks, Poster presentation and Elevator talk!
If you are interested, please send an email to grk2824@med.uni-goettingen.de … Continued
We would like to draw your attention to the Lectures series “Current Topics in Biophysics and Complex Systems” which is offered by the GGNB PhD Program “Physics of Biological and Complex Systems”.
The lecture series is open to all interested Master/PhD students of the natural Sciences!
The lecture will be held in presence, … Continued
Wie kann ich besser mit Konfliktsituationen umgehen? Wann ist ein Konflikt ein Konflikt, wie entstehen Konflikte und verschärfen sich? Was sind meine Verhaltensstile im Konflikt? Was sagen mir meine Gefühle im Konflikt? – Diese Fragen werden im Kurs für alle Beschäftigten an der Universität Göttingen thematisiert.
Wann: 16.04.2024, 09:00 – 16:00 Uhr, sowie 23.05.2024, … Continued
The L’Oréal-UNESCO sponsorship programme “For Women in Science” was launched in 1998 by the Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO to promote women in science and make them visible.
Applications for this year’s round will be possible until 30 April 2024. The German UNESCO Commission, L’Oréal Germany and the German Humboldt Network are awarding four sponsorship prizes, … Continued
auch im Namen von Frau Hanewinkel möchte ich Sie hiermit herzlich einladen, am hochschulöffentlichen Teil des Peer-Reviews im Rahmen des Diversity Re-Audits teilzunehmen. Es findet statt am 25. April 2024, 10:00 bis 11:30 Uhr, im Tagungs- und Veranstaltungshaus Alte Mensa.
Das Peer-Review ist Teil des Diversity Re-Audits „Vielfalt gestalten“ des Stifterverbandes, … Continued
In case you like to listen to podcasts and want to know more about the (research) topics from Göttingen, here you find a list of podcast from our University.
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/683037.html
On top of that, we advertised in our previous newsletters the following podcasts:
(Video) Podcast “Neuroscience and Beyond” from Göttingen
The channel is supported by the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Neurosciences as well as the Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging in Göttingen. … Continued
In accordance with the PersDatO (privacy regulations of the University), as of January 2024, GAUSS (incl. GGNB) will switch to using the student e-mail address (…@stud.uni-goettingen.de) for all communication with doctoral students.
All doctoral students have been informed prior to the change, and are already asked to regularly check their student e-mail or preferably integrate it in their e-mail client. … Continued
The programme of the Graduate Academy (GRADE) of Goethe University Frankfurt is intended as a general introduction to the topic of “Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies” for doctoral students.
With six modules, it forms a mixed form of clearly prepared information, optional links to deepen the understanding of individual terms and test questions. … Continued
In educating and training junior scientists, the University is aiming to ensure the prevention of scientific misconduct, offer advice, help investigating cases of suspected violation of rules, and arbitrate cases of unclear authorship or other disputes.
Thus, in accordance with the binding GAUSS doctoral degree regulations of the math-nat. Faculties (§6 (2)) all doctoral students have to attend an official seminar on Good Scientific Practice (ideally) in the first year of their PhD. … Continued
The Centre for Statistics of the University of Göttingen offers courses and consulting services in statistical questions for all Göttingen PhD students.
The service comprises in particular consultation on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference.
If you are interested in 1-to-1 statistical consulting or further information about the service please follow this link. … Continued
Important rules for course registration. … Continued
Do you know, that each GAUSS PhD-program has its own student representative(s)?
If not, you can find all representatives listed on the GAUSS webpage.
For each program, at least one program representative is appointed for a term of office of one year – reappointment is possible. The program representatives represent the doctoral students of their program at the annual meeting with the GAUSS Board. … Continued
Every GAUSS PhD student is affiliated with the University of Göttingen through their membership in one of the GAUSS porgrams and their mandatory matriculation at the University. No matter if you are pursuing your PhD at a department or institution of the University, the Göttingen Campus (MPI, DPZ,…) or external. The affiliation to the University of Göttingen has to be stated in every publication in that a GAUSS doctoral student is listed as an author! … Continued
Scholarships for doctoral students in all disciplines are awarded by the following foundations. Information on the scholarship providers and the application requirements can be found via the links.
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung https://www.boeckler.de/de/stipendium-fur-promovierende-2670.htm
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung https://www.hss.de/stipendium/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung https://www.boell.de/de/stipendien
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes https://www.studienstiftung.de/
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung https://www.freiheit.org/de/stipendien-fuer-promovierende-0
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung https://www.kas.de/de/web/begabtenfoerderung-und-kultur/bewerbung
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung https://www.rosalux.de/stiftung/studienwerk/promotionsstipendium … Continued
We are delighted to introduce you to a feature on our GAUSS Career Service Webpage: a selection of Trainee Programs.
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), … Continued
Every student is eligible to apply for a GAUSS emergency scholarship as long as this would help to finalize the doctoral research. … Continued
Since January 2021 the GAUSS Office sends automatic emails out of the GAUSS database to remind you of your next scheduled Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting and the approaching thesis submission deadline (in GGNB such reminder emails already exist for a long time).
As you know at least three TAC meetings and progress reports are mandatory during your doctoral studies within GAUSS (see RerNat-O 2018). … Continued
In case you are in need for professional help with personal/private/mental health problems. … Continued
The newest edition (2022) of the information brochure “An Orientation Framework for Good Scientific Practice” is available in English as well as in German.The brochure offers employees of the University and the University Medical Center guidance by formulating central standards of good scientific practice and explaining the ombuds system and its procedural paths at the University of Göttingen in a simple form. … Continued
Do you want to learn to program in Python but don’t know how to start?
The Gipp Lab and CIDAS have created a free YouTube course with short videos (2-10 minutes each) that teach you the basics of the Python programming language.
The 7 lessons will be published separately weekly on the CIDAS YouTube channel as well as within the OpenILIAS self-learning platform:
▶️ YouTube: https://t1p.de/Python_Course_YT
📖 ILIAS Course: … Continued
Online course on Data Visualisation in English by SUB.
The course “Bringing Data to the Point” provides a foundation in data visualisation and introduces visualisation forms, various tools and basic design rules that help to graphically present information and findings in an approachable way.
The course is available as an ILIAS learning module on StudIP and at the OpenILIAS-platform for non-members of the university. … Continued
Newsletter 2024/02
The period of office of the current GAUSS student representatives, Leo Suchan and Jan-Wilke Henke, comes to an end soon.
We therefore invite candidates to apply for the position of the next GAUSS student representative(s) for the term of office from 01.04.2024 until 31.03.2025. In case there are no candidatees, … Continued
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in May 2024 will be open from 1 March 2024. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 March online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in May; … Continued
From 25-28 March 2024 you can register for the GAUSS/GGNB German Language Courses via Stud-IP!
The evening classes (level A1.1 to B2) with a duration of 2 x 1,5 hours per week will run from 8 April – 5 July 2024. … Continued
You can sign up for the summer course “Scientific English for PhD Students (Intermediate and Advanced Levels)” in Stud-IP (340444) from 1-20 March 2024.
The course will most likely take place on Thursdays, 17:00-18:30h starting on 18 April (13 sessions until 18 July). The location will be announced to registered participants in due time. … Continued
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Adam Tomczak, Quality Manager at Ivoclar.
In the talk, Adam will explore the current regulatory landscape for medical devices and various roles life sciences graduates can assume in the industry.He will discuss transferable strengths of life science graduates and typical challenges they face when transitioning to those roles. … Continued
We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Leadership Skills for Scientists” by Dr. Alexander Britz.
Advancing as a scientist, both out- as well as inside academia, comes with increased leadership responsibilities. In this interactive workshop the participants learn the essential leadership skills which are necessary to be successful as a PhD student or Postdoc and to later facilitate a successful transition to a senior position at a research institution or the dream job outside academia. … Continued
We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal” by Dr. Thomas Koch.
This workshop is intended for postdoctoral researchers and late-stage PhD students who are new to the process of applying for a scientific research grant. Ideally, participants should plan to start applying for a grant within the next 6 months. … Continued
Einige Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen sehen das Wissenschaftsmanagement als eine Chance, der Wissenschaft treu zu bleiben und gleichzeitig mehr Planungssicherheit zu bekommen. Andere Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen haben den Bereich Wissenschaftsmanagement noch gar nicht ins Blickfeld möglicher Karrierewege genommen. Beide Gruppen wissen jedoch in der Regel wenig über dieses Berufsfeld, dessen Anforderungen und langfristigen Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Alle, die gern mehr darüber erfahren möchten und sich fragen, … Continued
Just a small reminder, that the full DATAETHICS e-training, which consists of 4 e-courses, has been launched. The approximate time required for the completion of the course, including assignments, is ~10 hours.
- DATAETHICS 1 “Ethical Considerations in Interpretation and Handling of Biomedical Big Data”
- DATAETHICS 2 “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine”
- DATAETHICS 3 “Big Data,
… Continued
We would like to inform you that the module directory of the cross-faculty key competencies for the summer semester 2024 is now available on the key competency pages of the University of Göttingen (http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/196175.html).
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 offerings of central institutions of the University of Göttingen. … 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 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!
… Continued
Dear Open Science enthusiasts,
we are pleased to announce that our next OS GOE Meet-up will offer an introduction to science slamming – taking the perspective of Open Science into account.
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 13-16.30 o’clock
Venue: Digital Creative Space (Campus Library, ground floor)
Topic: Open Science Slam Workshop
Registration via: https://events.gwdg.de/e/30osmu
We’d love to read from you in case you have any comments or wishes – … Continued
The NEURIZONS 2024 organization team invites you to the 11th International NEURIZONS 2024 Conference, taking place from 21 – 24 May 2024 at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (Campus Faßberg).
NEURIZONS is a place where graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and principal investigators gather to listen to renowned speakers from various scientific fields and discuss a wide range of topics within the fascinating field of Neuroscience. … Continued
Is it your goal to become a good scientist? Would you like to learn about the applicable rules of good research practice in general and find out which rules apply at the University of Göttingen? Are you looking for input to reflect on the importance of the rules of good research practice for your own PhD project? … Continued
In June 2024 the Faculty of Physics will again offer two courses on “Leadership Excellence in the Knowledge Society” with lecturer Silvie Klein-Franke.
From 11-12 June 2024 there will be a 2-day course in English (full day, approx. 8:30 am – 5 pm) and from 13-14 June 2024, … Continued
With the PROMOS program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), universities can set their own priorities for student mobility abroad. If you start a study-related stay abroad between 01.07. and the end of 2024, you can apply for a PROMOS scholarship until 31 March 2024.
Projects eligble for assistance are:
- study trips for students (1 –
… Continued
With the Stockmeyer Science Award, the Heinrich Stockmeyer Foundation honors practicable approaches and application-oriented research that contribute to improve food safety and consumer protection, and to enhance consumer confidence in the quality and safety of food products.
The prize is aimed at scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the above-mentioned field and is endowed with 10.000 €. … Continued
Presenting your own research in an entertaining way for 10 minutes – this is a science slam aimed primarily at a non-specialist and non-scientific audience. This format has been held in Göttingen for many years. If you would like to try your hand at being a slammer, this is your chance:
During the Student Information Days on 12 March 2024, … Continued
Save the date! In the basic exhibition of the Forum Wissen you can ask questions such as: How is knowledge actually created? Who is involved and what is actually used to create this knowledge?
The exhibition is never in a permanent state because, like science itself, it is constantly changing. To make the exhibition as accessible as possible, … Continued
On 5 May 2024, science comes out of the labs, libraries, offices and lecture halls into the city centre of Göttingen.
Diverse research meets a diverse city at the “Science goes City” day of action in Göttingen city centre. The day is planned as an open Sunday. From 10 a.m., a stage programme with a physics and chemistry show on the market square will attract visitors to the city centre. … Continued
In accordance with the PersDatO (privacy regulations of the University), as of January 2024, GAUSS (incl. GGNB) will switch to using the student e-mail address (…@stud.uni-goettingen.de) for all communication with doctoral students.
All doctoral students have been informed prior to the change, and are already asked to regularly check their student e-mail or preferably integrate it in their e-mail client. … Continued
The programme of the Graduate Academy (GRADE) of Goethe University Frankfurt is intended as a general introduction to the topic of “Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies” for doctoral students.
With six modules, it forms a mixed form of clearly prepared information, optional links to deepen the understanding of individual terms and test questions. … Continued
In educating and training junior scientists, the University is aiming to ensure the prevention of scientific misconduct, offer advice, help investigating cases of suspected violation of rules, and arbitrate cases of unclear authorship or other disputes.
Thus, in accordance with the binding GAUSS doctoral degree regulations of the math-nat. Faculties (§6 (2)) all doctoral students have to attend an official seminar on Good Scientific Practice (ideally) in the first year of their PhD. … Continued
The Centre for Statistics of the University of Göttingen offers courses and consulting services in statistical questions for all Göttingen PhD students.
The service comprises in particular consultation on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference.
If you are interested in 1-to-1 statistical consulting or further information about the service please follow this link. … Continued
Important rules for course registration. … Continued
Do you know, that each GAUSS PhD-program has its own student representative(s)?
If not, you can find all representatives listed on the GAUSS webpage.
For each program, at least one program representative is appointed for a term of office of one year – reappointment is possible. The program representatives represent the doctoral students of their program at the annual meeting with the GAUSS Board. … Continued
Every GAUSS PhD student is affiliated with the University of Göttingen through their membership in one of the GAUSS porgrams and their mandatory matriculation at the University. No matter if you are pursuing your PhD at a department or institution of the University, the Göttingen Campus (MPI, DPZ,…) or external. The affiliation to the University of Göttingen has to be stated in every publication in that a GAUSS doctoral student is listed as an author! … Continued
Scholarships for doctoral students in all disciplines are awarded by the following foundations. Information on the scholarship providers and the application requirements can be found via the links.
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung https://www.boeckler.de/de/stipendium-fur-promovierende-2670.htm
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung https://www.hss.de/stipendium/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung https://www.boell.de/de/stipendien
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes https://www.studienstiftung.de/
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung https://www.freiheit.org/de/stipendien-fuer-promovierende-0
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung https://www.kas.de/de/web/begabtenfoerderung-und-kultur/bewerbung
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung https://www.rosalux.de/stiftung/studienwerk/promotionsstipendium … Continued
We are delighted to introduce you to a feature on our GAUSS Career Service Webpage: a selection of Trainee Programs.
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), … Continued
Every student is eligible to apply for a GAUSS emergency scholarship as long as this would help to finalize the doctoral research. … Continued
Since January 2021 the GAUSS Office sends automatic emails out of the GAUSS database to remind you of your next scheduled Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting and the approaching thesis submission deadline (in GGNB such reminder emails already exist for a long time).
As you know at least three TAC meetings and progress reports are mandatory during your doctoral studies within GAUSS (see RerNat-O 2018). … Continued
In case you are in need for professional help with personal/private/mental health problems. … Continued
The newest edition (2022) of the information brochure “An Orientation Framework for Good Scientific Practice” is available in English as well as in German.The brochure offers employees of the University and the University Medical Center guidance by formulating central standards of good scientific practice and explaining the ombuds system and its procedural paths at the University of Göttingen in a simple form. … Continued
Do you want to learn to program in Python but don’t know how to start?
The Gipp Lab and CIDAS have created a free YouTube course with short videos (2-10 minutes each) that teach you the basics of the Python programming language.
The 7 lessons will be published separately weekly on the CIDAS YouTube channel as well as within the OpenILIAS self-learning platform:
▶️ YouTube: https://t1p.de/Python_Course_YT
📖 ILIAS Course: … Continued
Online course on Data Visualisation in English by SUB.
The course “Bringing Data to the Point” provides a foundation in data visualisation and introduces visualisation forms, various tools and basic design rules that help to graphically present information and findings in an approachable way.
The course is available as an ILIAS learning module on StudIP and at the OpenILIAS-platform for non-members of the university. … Continued
Newsletter 2024/01
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2024 will be open from 1 February 2024. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.
You can register from 1-20 February online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in April; … Continued
The period of office of the current GAUSS student representatives, Leo Suchan and Jan-Wilke Henke, comes to an end soon.
We therefore invite candidates to apply for the position of the next GAUSS student representative(s) for the term of office from 01.04.2024 until 31.03.2025.
You have ideas on how to improve the PhD experience of all students in GAUSS and are passionate about bringing forward and discussing changes? … Continued
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Mandy Mong-Quyen Mai from CSL Plasma, Göttingen. Further information will follow soon.
Mandy will provide insights into her field of work, sharing her personal experiences and perspectives. Following her talk, you will have the opportunity to engage in an interactive and informal discussion. … Continued
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Adam Tomczak, Quality Manager at Ivoclar.
In the talk, Adam will explore the current regulatory landscape for medical devices and various roles life sciences graduates can assume in the industry.He will discuss transferable strengths of life science graduates and typical challenges they face when transitioning to those roles. … Continued
Until the end of January, you have the opportunity to take part in the survey „Ihre Perspektive zählt – Your voice matters!“.
Please take the opportunity to tell us your perspective on the social climate, diversity and discrimination at the University of Göttingen.
You will find the link to participate and a reminder email in your inbox of your students email account. … Continued
—English version below—
Warum ist es wichtig, wählen zu gehen?
Der Personalrat ist die Interessensvertretung der Arbeitnehmenden. Eine hohe Wahlbeteiligung gibt dem Personalrat ein starkes Mandat sich für die Interessen ihrer Wähler*innen einzusetzen.
Was ist der Personalrat?
Der Personalrat ist ein Gremium von gewählten Arbeitnehmenden in einer Dienststelle des öffentlichen Dienstes (wie eine Universität), … Continued
In accordance with the PersDatO (privacy regulations of the University), starting now, GAUSS (incl. GGNB) will switch to using the student e-mail address (…@stud.uni-goettingen.de) for all communication with doctoral students.
All doctoral students have been informed prior to the change, and are already asked to regularly check their student e-mail or preferably integrate it in their e-mail client. … 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
On 22 February 2024 the 5th Start-Up Day der Life Science Factory will take place. The event is aimed at founders, people interested in founding a company, scientists, investors and network partners. To mark the event’s 5th anniversary, 5 programme highlights will provide an insight into the past and future. The event offers space for exchange and networking. … Continued
On Wednesday, 7 February 2024, from 4 – 7 p.m. the Career Service of the Student and Academic Services in cooperation with Techniker Krankenkasse and Hesse/Schrader offers an Assesment Centre Training. During this course, you will find out what happens during an AC and what will be expected of you. You will also become familiar with typical tasks and tests and receive knowledgeable feedback on your behaviour. … Continued
The 9th Max Planck Symposium for Alumni and Early Career Researchers is taking place from 27-28 June 2024, exclusively onsite at the Harnack House and Garden in Berlin.
The topic suggested by the Max Planck Alumni Association “The future of education around the world” will gather renowned experts amongst alumni who thrive to foster educational equality in the light of global crises and who will be presenting their careers in fields that aim to do just that. … Continued
In den kommenden Jahren werden an den Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW) eine ganze Reihe von Professuren ausgeschrieben. Vielen Akademikerinnen ist der Karriereweg einer Hochschulprofessur noch wenig bekannt. Professorinnen der HAWK informieren Sie über das vielfältige Berufsbild, die Rahmenbedingungen und Voraussetzungen für eine Berufung als Professorin und laden Sie zum Austausch ein.
Zeit & Ort: 14. … Continued
The SUB Göttingen offers an online GRO.publications training courses in English on 16 February 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30h. This training introduces 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. … Continued
Am 31. Januar 2024 findet um 18:00 Uhr das erste VBIO Softskill Seminar zum Thema “Motiviationsboost für Promovierende: Strategien gegen Motivationstiefs” statt. Gehalten wird das Seminar von Dr. Franka Schröder (Systemische Business Coach, LinkedIn).
Diese Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle, die bereits mitten in einem Motivationstief stecken und die, … Continued
The registration for the second European Physical Society (EPS) Forum 2024 is now open!
The EPS Forum will take place in the Henry Ford Building of Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Germany between 25 and 27 of March 2024.
Students are invited to register for a reduced rate of 25€, … 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 Award for Achievements in Public Understanding of Sciences. … Continued
The DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award of DAGM (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mustererkennung e.V.) honors an outstanding dissertation successfully completed in the preceding year in the fields of pattern recognition, image processing, machine vision, and machine learning. Prize money: 2,500 euros
Applications can be submitted with the application form by 30 April 2024 to dissertation-award@dagm.de. … Continued
Together with the Swiss Informatics Society (SI) and the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) annually awards a prize for an outstanding dissertation: the GI dissertation prize.
The dissertation must be in computer science. This includes not only work that represents progress for computer science, … Continued
Annually the Körber Foundation is awarding the “Deutsche Studienpreis” for outstanding dissertations (magna or summa cum laude) in all disciplines.
In addition to scientific excellence a specific significance for the society is of particular importance. However, the focus is not necessarily lying on the economic exploitability but on the macrosocial benefit of scientific results. … Continued
Minerva Schools are intended to bring together young Israeli and German scientists through conferences and workshops. The Schools are orientated particularly towards PhD-students and post-doctoral researchers and aim at enabling first contacts, scientific exchange as well as interaction with select senior scientists. In both countries, the participants should come from different institutions. In addition to the Israeli and German participants, … Continued
The Fast Forward Science competition, which is endowed with a total of €23,000, 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
Dear PhD students,
Are you currently in the beginning or final phase of your PhD (first or presumably last 6 months of the PhD)?
Help give early career researchers a voice and take part in the “IPaWi – Individual Pathways in Science” study!
In this study, … Continued
The programme of the Graduate Academy (GRADE) of Goethe University Frankfurt is intended as a general introduction to the topic of “Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies” for doctoral students.
With six modules, it forms a mixed form of clearly prepared information, optional links to deepen the understanding of individual terms and test questions. … Continued
In educating and training junior scientists, the University is aiming to ensure the prevention of scientific misconduct, offer advice, help investigating cases of suspected violation of rules, and arbitrate cases of unclear authorship or other disputes.
Thus, in accordance with the binding GAUSS doctoral degree regulations of the math-nat. Faculties (§6 (2)) all doctoral students have to attend an official seminar on Good Scientific Practice (ideally) in the first year of their PhD. … Continued
The Centre for Statistics of the University of Göttingen offers courses and consulting services in statistical questions for all Göttingen PhD students.
The service comprises in particular consultation on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference.
If you are interested in 1-to-1 statistical consulting or further information about the service please follow this link. … Continued
Important rules for course registration. … Continued
Do you know, that each GAUSS PhD-program has its own student representative(s)?
If not, you can find all representatives listed on the GAUSS webpage.
For each program, at least one program representative is appointed for a term of office of one year – reappointment is possible. The program representatives represent the doctoral students of their program at the annual meeting with the GAUSS Board. … Continued
Every GAUSS PhD student is affiliated with the University of Göttingen through their membership in one of the GAUSS porgrams and their mandatory matriculation at the University. No matter if you are pursuing your PhD at a department or institution of the University, the Göttingen Campus (MPI, DPZ,…) or external. The affiliation to the University of Göttingen has to be stated in every publication in that a GAUSS doctoral student is listed as an author! … Continued
Scholarships for doctoral students in all disciplines are awarded by the following foundations. Information on the scholarship providers and the application requirements can be found via the links.
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung https://www.boeckler.de/de/stipendium-fur-promovierende-2670.htm
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung https://www.hss.de/stipendium/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung https://www.boell.de/de/stipendien
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes https://www.studienstiftung.de/
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung https://www.freiheit.org/de/stipendien-fuer-promovierende-0
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung https://www.kas.de/de/web/begabtenfoerderung-und-kultur/bewerbung
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung https://www.rosalux.de/stiftung/studienwerk/promotionsstipendium … Continued
We are delighted to introduce you to a feature on our GAUSS Career Service Webpage: a selection of Trainee Programs.
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), … Continued
Every student is eligible to apply for a GAUSS emergency scholarship as long as this would help to finalize the doctoral research. … Continued
Since January 2021 the GAUSS Office sends automatic emails out of the GAUSS database to remind you of your next scheduled Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting and the approaching thesis submission deadline (in GGNB such reminder emails already exist for a long time).
As you know at least three TAC meetings and progress reports are mandatory during your doctoral studies within GAUSS (see RerNat-O 2018). … Continued
In case you are in need for professional help with personal/private/mental health problems. … Continued
The newest edition (2022) of the information brochure “An Orientation Framework for Good Scientific Practice” is available in English as well as in German.The brochure offers employees of the University and the University Medical Center guidance by formulating central standards of good scientific practice and explaining the ombuds system and its procedural paths at the University of Göttingen in a simple form. … Continued
Do you want to learn to program in Python but don’t know how to start?
The Gipp Lab and CIDAS have created a free YouTube course with short videos (2-10 minutes each) that teach you the basics of the Python programming language.
The 7 lessons will be published separately weekly on the CIDAS YouTube channel as well as within the OpenILIAS self-learning platform:
▶️ YouTube: https://t1p.de/Python_Course_YT
📖 ILIAS Course: … Continued
Online course on Data Visualisation in English by SUB.
The course “Bringing Data to the Point” provides a foundation in data visualisation and introduces visualisation forms, various tools and basic design rules that help to graphically present information and findings in an approachable way.
The course is available as an ILIAS learning module on StudIP and at the OpenILIAS-platform for non-members of the university. … Continued