Dear reader,

welcome to the April 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 - July 2021

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in July 2021 will be open from 1 May 2021. You can register online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in July from 1-20 May; the slots will be allocated on 25 May. Read more...

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Workshops and Events

[in German] Webinar: „From Research to Ideation“, 03 May 2021

Seit Jahren arbeitest Du an deiner Forschung, aber fragst Dich, wie sich diese in eine konkrete Geschäftsidee übersetzen lässt? Oder aber Du hast tausend Ideen und kannst Dich nicht entscheiden, welche die Richtige ist? In Anlehnung an die Methodik des Design Thinking … Read more...

HSC Lecture Series: next event 04 May 2021

Dear students and scientists, the Hertha Sponer College has started a lecture series that covers various topics in special blocks. Please note, that the next event in the frame of the Hertha Sponer College lecture series will take place on May 4th, 2021. Read more...

XXL consultation hour on scientific work with short lectures, 04 May 2021 (online)

Do you know who to contact about your academic needs? Join our virtual research support kick off event on 04 May 2021 and learn about the available support from the SUB, the Writing Advice Service of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the International Writing Lab, the Ombuds Office for … Read more...

EU Webinars: Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence, 05 & 12 May 2021

The European Commission IP Helpdesk is offering two webinars to provide a general overview of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and intellectual property & on Intellectual Property in Biotechnology. Read more...

Introduction to GRO.data, the research data repository of the Göttingen Campus, next event 11 May 2021

This online-tutorial introduces the usage of GRO.data alongside the basic concepts of research data management (data, metadata, data collection, data citation, persistent identifiers etc.). Read more...

[in German] Coming up: online series „Wege ins Wissenschaftsmanagement - kurz vorgestellt“, start 27 May 2021

The mentoring program "WeWiMento - Wege ins Wissenschaftsmanagement" and the introductory workshop „Wissenschaftsmanagement - ist das was für mich?" still pause due to the pandemic, because both formates require personal contact and live from direct inter-communication. Therefore, the Göttingen Graduate Schools have created a new online information service on science management. Read more...

[in German] Resilience course of the University in May/June 2021

The University is offering a Resilience Course in May/June in german, but only for employes of the University. More information ... Read more...

13th Göttingen Chemistry Forum, 08 Jul 2021

The 13th Göttingen Chemistry Forum of the JCF-Göttingen (JungChemikerForum Göttingen) will be held digitally again this year on 08 July 2021. In case you are interested...

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13th European Biophysics Conference, 24-28 Jul 2021

The Austrian Biophysical Society cordially invites you to attend the EBSA meeting to be held in Vienna's beautiful city in summer 2021! The 2021 congress will be held under the umbrella and with the support of the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA). Many well-known companies will support this meeting. Read more...

[in German] Events of the bts, summer semester 2021

Please find here all upcoming events of the bts (“Biotechnologische Studenteninitiative e.V.”) for the summer semester 2021. Read more...

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Funding Opportunities and Prizes

Joachim Herz Foundation: Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Life Science [deadline 09 Jun 2021]

In 2015, the Joachim Herz Foundation launched a fellowship program to foster interdisciplinary skills and support the careers of young scientists from various disciplines. The fellowship addresses scientists who already have a position at or current basic funding from a German research institution and aim to answer biological research questions.

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Miscellaneous

2nd Pint of Science Göttingen – online & free, 17-19 May 2021

Pint of Science is arriving to Göttingen soon! In our second edition of the festival, we will count with researchers of different fields that will discuss topics such as feminism, agriculture and climate change, and the cosmos. Read more...

DFG: the 10 principles for effectively enhancing careers [in German]

The German Research Foundation (DFG) recently published 10 principles for effectively enhancing careers. These principles include aspects of e.g. research training, supervisory practice, adequate contract duration, compatability of private life and career. 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