Dear reader,

welcome to the January issue of the monthly GAUSS newsletter with information from the GAUSS Office including courses and events organised by GAUSS. Furthermore, the newsletter contains information about workshops and events offered by partners at the Göttingen Campus and additional information that might be of interest for doctoral students in Göttingen. For more information about each topic, please follow the links below.

Some of the events or seminars are advertised in German as the language during the events or workshops will be German. Feel free to forward this email to other interested students. If you do not want to receive information like this again, please let us know and we will remove you from the mailing list.

All the best,
Judith

GAUSS Office

Call for course registrations – April 2025

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2025 will be open from 1 February 2025. You can register from 1-20 February online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in April; the slots will be allocated around 25 February. Read more

[Reminder] GAUSS Career Impulse Session (7 February 2025, 14:00-15:30, ONLINE) with Dr. Ritu Chakrabarti (Scientific Editor at Cell Press): “Behind the Scenes: the saga of an interdisciplinary editor”

We’re happy to announce our first GAUSS Career Impulse Session in 2025, this time with Dr. Ritu Chakrabarti, Scientific Editor at Cell Press. In this session, Ritu will provide insights into her field of work, sharing her personal experiences and perspectives. Read more

Workshops and Events

Online-Training: GRO.publications (Feb/Mar 2025)

The SUB Göttingen offers an online GRO.publications training courses in German on 3 February 2025, 3 March 2025 etc. from 10:00 - 11:30h. This training introduces GRO.publications, the publication management system of the University of Göttingen. Read more

Science Slam at Study Information Days (11 Mar 2025, register until 7 Feb 2025)

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. During the Study Information Days on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, the University is planning a small Science Slam with four researchers from different disciplines in Göttingen and they are looking for enthusiastic slammers for this event. Read more

Online courses as part of the Love Data Week of the State Initiative Research Data Management Lower Saxony (10-14 Feb 2025)

Love Data Week (LDW) is an international week of action centred around the topics of research data and research data management. Under the motto ‘Whose Data Is It, Anyway?’, this year Love Data will be celebrated worldwide from 10 - 14 February 2025 with numerous events on a wide variety of topics. Read more

GMP/GLP/GCP courses offered by the GMP Academy in Feb/Apr/May 2025

The GMP Academy is offering virtual GMB basic courses in February/April/May 2025 in German and in English. Read more

Ernst Caspari Lecture of the Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (19 Feb 2025)

On Wednesday, 19 February 2025 the Ernst Caspari Lecture with the topic "Tissue-derived organoid models, where we stand and where we go" will be given by Prof. Dr. Meritxell Huch from the Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden. Read more

Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, physicians, IT specialists, and engineers (13 Mar 2025)

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! Read more

GWDG-course: "Effectively utilize AI tools in research" (21 Mar 2025)

This course is designed for researchers and scientists who are interested in enhancing their research capabilities through the application of artificial intelligence (AI). Participants will explore how AI can assist in analyzing large datasets, automating routine tasks, and improving literature research and organization. Read more

Certificate program ‘Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’ is open for registrations

The accredited Certificate Program ‘Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’ (Hochschuldidaktik) will once again offer teaching scientists at the University of Göttingen the opportunity to study basic theories and concepts of academic (and adult) teaching and learning, communicating and presenting, assessing and advising. Read more

Course offer for Chemistry & Physics PhDs - Intercultural Leadership (English 6-7 May & German 8-9 May 2025)

In May 2025 the Faculty of Physics will again offer two courses on "Leadership Excellence in the Knowledge Society" with lecturer Silvie Klein-Franke. From 6-7 May 2025 there will be a 2-day course in English and from 8-9 May 2025, there will be a course in German. Read more

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

[Reminder] Bernd Rendel Prize 2025 for early career geoscientists (apply by 20 Feb 2025)

The DFG has been awarding the Bernd Rendel Prize annually since 2002 to early career geoscientists with a university degree but as yet no doctorate. The prizes are funded by the proceeds from the Bernd Rendel Foundation, which is administered by Stifterverband, and is intended to be used for scientific purposes, for example to enable recipients to attend international conferences and congresses. Read more

[Reminder] KlarText Award, Klaus Tschira Stiftung (apply by 28 Feb 2025)

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. Read more

Reichart-Preis 2025 (apply by 28 Feb 2025)

The "Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt" is awarding the Reichart Prize 2025 (Erfurt Young Talent Award for applied science). It is presented annually by the Lord Mayor of the city and the President of the Academy to coincide with Reichart's birthday. Read more

[Reminder] German Thesis Award of 25,000€ by the Körber Foundation (apply by 1 Mar 2025)

Every year, Körber-Stiftung presents the German Thesis Award to the best of young German researchers. In total the prizes are worth more than €100,000 for significant and innovative research, including three top prizes of €25,000 each. This makes the German Thesis Award one of the most highly endowed prizes awarded to young scientists in the country. Read more

Stockmeyer Science Award (apply until 31 May 2025)

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. Read more

Miscellaneous

Open Access Publication Fund at the University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen offers an Open Access Publication Fund to support authors who wish to publish in pure Open Access journals. Read more

Warning against dubious publishers and publication platforms

Recently, there has been an increasing number of reports regarding suspected predatory publishing practices. The term "predatory publishing" refers to various shady business practices and deceptive activities in the publishing industry. Read more

Amberscript for research: Speech recognition to convert spoken language into text, until the end of May 2025

The 'Teaching without Barriers' sub-project, funded by the LInK project, is now offering the use of the Amberscript license to researchers and students for they own transcription projects until the end of May 2025. Read more

Permanent Articles

This category includes all time interesting and important topics, permanently available to any (new) doctoral student.

Exclusive use of student e-mail address for communication

GRADE eLearning tool „Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies“

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

Statistical consulting for doctoral students

Rules for course registration

Do you know your student representatives?

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

Doctoral scholarships from various foundations

GAUSS webpage tool: Trainee Programs

GAUSS emergency scholarship and family fund

Reminder emails for TAC meetings & submission deadline

Mental Health Counseling for [PhD] students

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

Self-learning Python Online Course

Self-learning module on Data Visualisation by SUB