Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,

We hope you had a great summer break and relaxing holidays. Please find below the August issue of our monthly GAUSS Career Service Newsletter with information on workshops and events organized by the GAUSS Career Service (and other providers on Göttingen Campus or internationally), job opportunities as well as current funding calls (check out especially the long-term grants on offer, like junior groups, ERC grants, etc.).

Please feel free to forward this email to your peers who might be interested in the information provided but are not yet on our mailing list (register here). If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list.

All the best,
Stefanie

Career Workshops and Events

GAUSS Career Impulse Session "How to pursue a competitive academic career in a new scientific environment" with Dr. Camilo Aponte (Bogotá, Colombia / Heidelberg, Germany) on 23 August 2019

The GAUSS Career Service is happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session titled “How to pursue a competitive academic career in a new scientific environment” with Dr. Camilo Aponte (Bogotá, Colombia / Heidelberg, Germany). Camilo Aponte-Santamaría grew up and studied physics in Bogotá, Colombia. He obtained his PhD in 2011, working in the group of Prof. Bert de Groot, …

GAUSS Career Workshop: "Scientific Grant Writing", 9-10 September 2019

This workshop helps postdoctoral scientists and late-stage PhD students who are considering to apply for research funding to improve their grant writing skills, learn how to structure and write a successful grant application and how to choose the right funding call. Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 9-10 September 2019 Duration: 2 days, 9:00-16:30h Location: GZMB, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.233 (ground …

GAUSS Career Impulse Session: “From Science to Start-up - founding a business as a researcher” with Florian Hauer (Labforward) on 13 Sept 2019

The GAUSS Career Service is happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session titled “From Science to Start-up - founding a business as a researcher” with Dr. Florian Hauer, Co-Founder & CPO of Labforward. Florian Hauer is an Alumnus of the Molecular Biology IMPRS and did his PhD in the lab of Holger Stark at the MPIbpc in 2009. After …

Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, physicians, IT specialists & engineers in Berlin (25 Sept 2019)

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!

GAUSS Career Workshop: "Job Hunting and Application Skills", 14-15 October 2019

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skill” by Gaby Schilling. Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and late-stage PhD students who are currently applying or planning to apply for a position in industry or other areas outside academia. Goal: Becoming familiar with all steps involved in the application process. Dates: Monday and Tuesday, …

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

DAAD Postdoc Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME), apply by 30 Aug 2019

In 2014 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) initiated the programme "Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience" (PRIME) to support the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers by temporary positions at German universities in place of conventional scholarships. The programme has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union (EU/FP7/Marie Curie Actions/COFUND). Funding is …

Deutsche Krebshilfe Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program for max. 2 yrs (Deadline: 4 Sept 2019)

The next call for the Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 4 September 2019. 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 …

Call for seminar applications: SYNAPSES (Yale) - Advanced PoStdoc Extramural Series (6 Sept 2019)

Last year the Yale Neuroscience Department started the program SYNAPSES, Seminars at Yale Neuroscience: Advanced PoStdoc Extramural Series. It is a seminar series that gives postdocs an opportunity to give a seminar at an another institution and meet with both faculty and other postdocs. If accpeted the travel and accommodation costs will be covered. Please find further information here: SYNAPSES …

EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships – deadline 11 September 2019

The new call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSC) is now open until 11 September 2019. The MSC actions inlcude five different funding streams (for further information on MSC please see below), whereas the "Individual Fellwoships" (IF) are the most interesting for postdoctoral researchers. Research, Mobility and Training are key features. Application deadline is 11 September 2019 5pm Brussels time. For …

Daimler Benz Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2 yrs (Deadline: 1 Oct 2019)

Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards ten scholarships to exceptional postdoctoral students, assistant professors, and young managers of new research projects. Our goal is to support the autonomy and creativity of our next generation of academics and to help committed researchers as they begin their postdoctoral academic careers. The recipients receive scholarships of €20,000 a year for two …

Fraunhofer Attract Research Grant for 5 yrs (Deadline: 1 Oct 2019)

The Fraunhofer Attract grant is the excellence stipend programme of Fraunhofer inviting outstanding researchers to develop their ideas towards innovations at Fraunhofer. The call will close on 1 October 2019 with a start date of the grant in December 2019. An idea becomes an innovation, if it comes to use. This grant offers outstanding external scientists the opportunity to develop …

Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowship for 5 yrs (Deadline: 10 Oct 2019)

This year's call for the Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowships is open until 10 October 2019. The initiative focuses on early-career researchers from all disciplines. The aim of the Foundation is to facilitate the implementation of extraordinary research projects and to make a substantial contribution to the establishment of dependable career paths for the upcoming generation of researchers. The main focus …

ERC Starting Grant - deadline 16 October 2019

The next call for the ERC Starting grant is now open closing on the 16 October 2019 at 17h Brussels Time.

Please see belowfor further details on eligibilty criteria as well as a short profile of the funding scheme.

BCF Career Grant Application Course (16-17 Jan 2020) in Amsterdam

Grant Application Course - Enhance your career prospects in academia (16-17 January 2020 - Science Park Amsterdam) Are you a PhD student, postdoc or starting group leader and do you want to enhance your career prospects in academia? Do you wish to improve one of the most vital skills of succeeding in science? Then join the BCF Grant Application Course on …

Job Opportunities

Bristol-Myers Squibb are hiring for trainee positions at their site in Munich

Bristol-Myers Squibb has currently different trainee programs on offer to join the company at their site in Munich. Application deadlines for both are 30 September 2019. Please see below for the PDFs of the job adverts provided by one of our Alumni. Applications are only possible via their partner Provadis.

Evotec is hiring at their site in Göttingen

Evotec is hiring at their site in Göttingen and there are a couple of intersting job adverts. Several of our Alumni are working there and if you want to make contact, please email the GAUSS Career Service Office (career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de). Research Associate / Scientist Bioinformatics (m/f/d): link to job advert 2 Positions as Research Associate Transcriptomics (m/f/d): link to job …

Pfizer is hiring at their site in Freiburg

Pfizer is hiring at their site in Freiburg and there are a couple of intersting job adverts for life scientists (please see adverts including links and the hiring manager below). One of our alumni is working at Pfizer in Freiburg and if you would like to contact her, please send us an email (career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de). Leadership Ecosystem Deployment Lead (m/w/d) und …

Position in Science Management at Max Planck Institute (bpc)

The Max Planck Instiute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen) has currently an open positions for a science manager in the area of science communication with application deadline on 31 August 2019.

3Brain is looking for a Sales Area Manager in Germany

3Brain is currently looking for a Sales Area Manager in Germany, who can speak German and has experience in electrophysiology. Check out the job advert here: http://www.3brain.com/websites/3brain/openpositions/2019-06_SalesAreaManager.pdf 3Brain is the world's first company to design and produce high-resolution microelectrode arrays (HD-MEAs)

Postdoc Position (Neurological Surgery Department) at UC Davis

Please see below the message of Prof Ignacio Saez: Dear colleagues: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at UC Davis. The lab belongs to both the Neurological Surgery department and the Center for Neuroscience, integrating basic and translational research efforts within UC Davis’ vibrant, highly multidisciplinary and collaborative research community. Lab projects focus on the neurobiological …

Postdoc positions in epithelial biology and inflammation at Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor Alexander G. Marneros at the Harvard Medical School has currently postdoc openings available in his laboratory in Boston. Alexander himself is from Germany trained in Cologne and he would like to provide this opportunity to applicants from Germany as well. So take your chance and check out the following job advert - there are 3 different projects highlighted: …

Dr. Stefanie Klug
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