Dear reader,

welcome to the August 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 me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. 

All the best,
Dirk

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GAUSS Office

Call for course registrations – November 2020

Registration for methods and professional skills courses held in November 2020 will be open from 1 September. You can register for courses taking place in November from 1-20 September; the slots will be allocated on 25 September.

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Workshops and Events

EMBL PhD Symposium 2020 - online & for free - 27-28 Nov 2020

On behalf of the organizing committee (EMBL PhD student class of 2023), it is our great pleasure to invite all students to participate in the 22nd EMBL PhD Symposium which, for the first time in EMBL's history, will take place virtually on 27-28 November 2020.

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Course: Scientific English for PhD-students - weekly, 4 Nov - 03 Feb 2021

The objective of this course is to address common errors in English language usage among non-native speakers working in the natural sciences. Specifically, Scientific English aims to improve your pronunciation of science vocabulary, …

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Course: Intensive German courses for international students – 21 Sept - 02 Oct 2020

These intensive 4 hours/day (Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 12.30) skill-oriented German courses for PhD students of GAUSS are primarily designed to develop the ability to communicate in simple everyday situations. It is intended for students …

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Funding Opportunities and Prizes

"Research Grants for Doctoral Students" program by DAAD for stays abroad - deadline 31 Aug!!!

You are doing your doctorate and would like to go abroad for a while? Apply now for a DAAD scholarship! The DAAD offers doctoral students, financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), a particularly flexible program to support stays abroad during their doctoral studies. Read more...

Fulbright fellowship - deadline 01 Oct 2020

Opportunities for young scientists: Network with research in the USA! Until 1 October 2020, young German researchers can apply for a doctoral fellowship at Fulbright Germany. Read more...

Schilling Research Prize - deadline 15 Oct 2020

Every two years the German Neuroscience Society awards the Schilling Research Prize for outstanding scientific achievements in the neurosciences to young researchers. The award includes prize money of 20.000 EUR. Read more...

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Miscellaneous

Pint of Science Göttingen - Online & free

Would you like to enjoy fanstastic science while sipping beer? JOIN the@pintofscienceDE event at 17:30 CEST, 21:00 IST,10:30 CST from 7-9th September. Read more...

Pint of Science Göttingen needs you - Volunteers needed

I’m looking for volunteers to organise the second edition of Pint of Science (PoS) in Göttingen. Read more...

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 Dr. Dirk Kamin

Scientific Coordinator
Georg-August-University School of Science (GAUSS)
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 |  level B01, Room 126 (map) | 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Phone: +49 551 39-24094 | E-mail: office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de
Web: http://www.gauss.uni-goettingen.de