Exclusive use of student e-mail address for communication

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

GRADE eLearning tool „Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies“

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

Course on Good Scientific Practice – mandatory to all doctoral students!

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

Statistical consulting for doctoral students

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

Do you know your student representatives?

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

Affiliation to the University of Göttingen for all GAUSS doctoral students in publications

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

Doctoral scholarships from various foundations

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/promotionsstipendiumContinued

GAUSS webpage tool: Trainee Programs

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

Reminder emails for TAC meetings & submission deadline

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

“Orientation Framework for Good Scientific Practice” of the University (English & German)

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

Self-learning Python Online Course

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