Starting in January 2026, GAUSS & GGNB offer a monthly online meeting for students approaching their thesis submission and examination.
The final sprint meeting takes place every second Monday of the month at 9:00h via Zoom. The next meetings are scheduled for 12 January, 9 February, 9 March, … Continued
The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2026 will be open from 1 February 2026. 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
We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Marcel Forster, Project Manager at Syserso Networks GmbH in Göttingen.
The period of office of the current GAUSS student representatives, Greg & Aasish, 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 01.04.2026 until 31.03.2027.
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
Are you a PhD student at the University of Göttingen? Can you present the core message of your doctoral thesis in just three minutes – in English? If so, the Three‑Minute‑Thesis (3MT) Competition is for you!
Date & time: Saturday 30 May 2026, 15:30 h
Venue: Central Lecture Hall (ZHG), Platz der Göttinger Sieben, … Continued
(Poster)
06.02.26 – Eugenio Fornasiero (UMG): Proteins across space and time: principles of cell and tissue organization13.02.26 – Juliane Liepe (MPI-NAT): Modelling Biological Systems20.02.26 – Shiv Singh (UMG): Mechanisms of Spatial Tumor Heterogeneity27.02.26 – … Continued
This course gives an overview over some core principles of Statistics. It is best suited for beginners and those who would like to refresh their knowledge about Statistics for their PhD. The course will not cover any advanced topics for statistical modeling.
The course will cover the following topics:
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
The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMP basic courses in February 2026 in German and in English:
The registration fee for each course depends on your current status. … 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 Study Information Days on Tuesday, … Continued
What: Teamwork Essentials online workshop by Young Entrepreneurs in Science – training free to PhDs and postdocs in all fields and disciplines
When: 14:00-16:30 on Wednesday 11 February
Other: Learn what a functional team can look like and what it takes to work in a self-organised and agile team atmosphere! … Continued
Datum: 18:00-20:00 on Wednesday 11 February
Where: StartupSpace, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen
Other: organised by GWG/Transfer and Start-up team and of interest to anyone interested in starting their own company or start-up. This is a place to exchange experiences, discuss problems and network. Queries and optional registration to Stefanie Pinkert by email. … 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 organizers Niedersachsen.next Startup & BioRegioN, Life Science Factory, Sartorius, and KWS cordially invite the entire life science community to the upcoming Life Science Start-up Day on 19 February 2026.
The event will take place at the Life Science Factory & … Continued
The next Postdoc Support and Information Fair will take place on 19 March 2026 from 14:30 to 17:30h in the Foyer of the Physics Building. The event is organised by postdocs for postdocs – to inspire, inform and support their next career steps. Everyone interested is welcome: the event is also useful for researchers, … Continued
What: Prospects: online talks on DFG Funding Opportunities for researchers (info in German here). Further details are being announced and new events being organised.
The Humboldt Foundation Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships are for researchers at all career levels (PhDs within six months of completing their doctorate) and in all disciplines from Germany to carry out research abroad with members of the Humboldt Network around the world for 6-24 month research stays. Female scientists and members from underrepresented groups are expressly invited to apply. … 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
The Göttingen eResearch Alliance (eRA) actively supports researchers to plan and conduct research data management according to the Research Data Policy of Göttingen University (incl. UMG) and to the FAIR Data principles. eRA assist researchers in finding and using digital tools and services to address their research questions even better, … Continued
Building on the DATAETHICS project, this short survey collects input from students, educators, researchers, and other stakeholders to identify current needs in ethical and inclusive AI and biomedical data education. The results will inform the design of digital learning tools, winter schools, and hybrid dialogue formats for the Erasmus+ DATAETHICS II project.
Target groups for the survey: Students, … Continued
Science Goes City is the Sunday when the shops are open and the streets and buildings of Göttingen are full of researchers explaining their science and engaging the public! The event takes place on 19 April from 12:00-18:00. To organise your own event, check the info here. Deadline for applying to be part of this: 27 February. … Continued
What: Uni Göttingen Ringvorlesung: “„Wald im Wandel: Wälder im Spannungsfeld von Klimawandel und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen“
When: 18:15 on Tuesdays
Where: usually at the Aula (Wilhelmsplatz 1) and online
Other: Talks are usually available on StadtRadio Göttingen (107.1Mhz) the Wednesday in the week following the lecture at 12:00 noon and afterwards on the Uni YouTube channel. … 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
