Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,

Welcome to the October 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 new DFG Funding Scheme for junior researchers - Walter Benjamin Programme).

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All the best,
Stefanie

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 …

GAUSS Career Workshop: "Conflict Management", 3 December 2019

We are happy to announce our last GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2019 “Conflict Management” by Dr Neela Enke. The ability to deal with conflicts is a key component of professional conduct and an important factor for personal and professional success. The workshop enables the participants to experience conflict as agent of innovation, professional and personal development. Date: Wednesday, 3 …

SNIC Industry Excursions to Minebea (17 Oct 2019) and Mahr (7 Nov 2019)

SNIC (Südniedersachsen Innovation Campus) is organising over the next couple of months several industry excursions to local companies and all students, doctoral students and Postdocs are welcome to join these events, which are all held in German only. Please see below for the upcoming ones including detailed description in German and don't forget to register via the links provided below. …

Göttingen Campus "Postdoc Support and Information Fair" on 24 October 2019

The Göttingen Campus is organising the 3rd "Postdoc Support and Information Fair" on Thursday, 24 October 2019, 3-5 pm at the "Zentrales Hörsaal Gebäude ZHG", between lecture halls 007 and 011, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37077 Göttingen. Come and go as you please during the afternoon to share a coffee and dip in and out of the different stalls. …

"How to write a cover letter for the United Nations" - Free Webinar on 26 October 2019

If you are a young and experienced professional interested in building a career in the UN system, then the free webinar "How To Write a Cover Letter for the United Nations" is for you. It is designed to help you understand how to create a cover letter that will complement your application and present you as strong candidates for jobs within …

"KaWirMento - Career Paths into the Business Sector" (in German only) - call is open until 15 Nov 2019

The Department of Cooperation and Innovation in close cooperation with the four Graduate Schools (GAUSS, GFA, GGG, GSGG) has launched the next round of the mentoring program "KaWirMento - Career Paths into the Business Sector". The call will close on the 15 November 2019 - apply here. Please note that the mentoring program is in GERMAN ONLY. KaWirMento is a …

GWDG Courses for High Performance Scientific Computing

The GWDG is organising several Courses for High Performance Scientific Computing and you are welcome to sign up and join these courses. The following are currently offered: Using the GWDG Scientific Compute Cluster – An Introduction Parallel Programming with MPI GPU Programming with CUDA - An Introduction High-level, High-performance Technical Computing with Julia Parallel Programming with OpenMP GPU Programming with …

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 …

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

NEW DFG Postdoc Funding - the Walter Benjamin Programme

In July 2019 the DFG has launched a new Postdoc Funding Scheme – the Walter Benjamin Programme enabling researchers in the postdoctoral training phase to independently conduct their own research project at a location of their choice for 2 years. The project can be carried out at a research institution in Germany or abroad, with the host institution providing support …

Deutsche Krebshilfe Max-Eder Junior Group for 4 yrs (Deadline: 27 Nov 2019)

The next call for the Max-Eder Junior Reserach Group by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 27 November 2019. Aiming at highly qualified young oncologists (physicians during or after the specialist training as well as scientists with an explicit clinic-oriented orientation of the project), who are not older than 35 years on application, this funding scheme is supporting them over …

Deutsche Krebshilfe Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program for max. 2 yrs (Deadline: 27 Nov 2019)

The next call for the Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 27 Nov 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 …

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

Postdoc Position available at the Institute of Anatomy and Embryology (UMG)

Are you searching for an interesting Postdoc Position here in Göttingen? Then check out this job posting by Prof Thomas Dresbach from the UMG. The position is in the Synaptogenesis group of the Institute of Anatomy and Embryology starting from 01.01.2020. We investigate how cell adhesion molecules contribute to synapse maturation. At the center of our interest is the restoration …

Positions in Science Management at various places

Currently there are various opportunities for positions in science management at different places available. Check out the opportunites below with links to the job adverts! Referent/in for Research (Research Department) Institution: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Duration, start of post and working hours: maternity cover (initially from 15 Dec 2019 to 05.03.2020 with subsequent extension until end of full maternity …

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 …

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, which although we posted them in our last newsletter are still available. 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 …

Miscellaneous

WISSENSWERT - Science goes City on 26 October 2019

On 26 October 2019 the event "WISSENSWERT - Science goes City" will take place from 10 am onwards in the Göttinge City Center. Meet the seven deadly sins at Thalia? The heart and brain thinking together? Asking our scientists anything you like at the Gänseliesel? Find out what love smells like in a perfumery? And explore what saves the forest …

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