Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,

Welcome to the September 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

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Career Workshops and Events

GAUSS Career Impulse Session "From handling research collaborations to managing industry projects" with Dr Moritz Hermann (Project Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific) on 18 October 2019

The GAUSS Career Service is happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session with Project Manager in Operational Excellence Dr Moritz Hermann (Thermo Fisher Scientific): “From handling research collaborations to managing industry projects”. Moritz will talk about how career sessions, (soft) skill courses and scientific collaborations during his PhD helped him to draft his own career path. He will offer …

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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, …

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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!

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DHV Workshop „Individual application training for professorial appointment procedures (Berufung)“ 7-8 Nov 2019

Use potentials! - for natural and engineering scientists as well as physicians (2 days) organised by the German Higher Education Organisation (Deutscher Hochschulverband, DHV). ONLY IN GERMAN. Date: 07.11.2019, 09:30 o'clock - 08.11.2019, 16:30 o'clock Location: Gustav Stresemann Institute; Long Grabenweg 68, 53175 Bonn, Germany Costs: 429,00 EUR including seminar documents, lunch snack and drinks, DVD If participation fees are …

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N2 conference 2019 "From Research to Application", 13-15 Nov 2019 in Berlin

The N2 Event 2019 unites selected leading scientists from academic research and industry with excellent doctoral researchers from various research fields of N2 - the biggest association of doctoral researchers in Germany. In this interdisciplinary atmosphere we will have presentations, workshops and open discussions about the role of basic research and how it can contribute to and translate into commercial …

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Funding Opportunities and Prizes

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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Workshop "ERC Consolidator Grant" (EU Office), 25 October 2019

The European Research Council’s mission is to promote the highest quality research in Europe by offering ERC-funding schemes that are “investigator-driven” or “bottom-up.” ERC funding allows researchers a lot of flexibility to pursue new directions in any research field. Researchers at career stage 7 to 12 years after PhD are eligible to apply for an ERC Consolidator Grant, irrespective of …

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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 …

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Job Opportunities

Ever thought about joining a succesful start-up? Apply with Labforward!

On 13 September we hosted a Career Impulse Session with our Alumnus Dr Florian Hauer, co-funder of the start-up Labforward (previously labfolder) based in Berlin. He gave an enthusiastic and very transparent talk on how it is to head a start-up and to work for one. If you are interested in joining a vibrant and exciting environment, then check out …

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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.

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Position in Science Management at TU Clausthal

The Clausthal University of Technology (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) has currently an open position for a science manager in the area of science and transfer with an application deadline on 27 September 2019.

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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 …

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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 advert …

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Dr. Stefanie Klug
Coordinator Career Service and Alumni Network
Georg-August-University School of Science (GAUSS)
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