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Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students, Welcome to the July issue of our monthly GAUSS Career Service Newsletter. We provide you with information on events and courses organized by the GAUSS Career Service (and other providers on Göttingen Campus), funding calls, and job opportunities. Our available slots for 1-2-1 career counselling sessions and CV/Application checks in July and mostly August are already fully booked. If you require one and want to secure a slot in late August or September please book your appointment via email. On the GAUSS Webpage you will find COVID-19 relevant information and measures taken by GAUSS and GGNB. Furthermore you will find a guide to "Corona-test positive? What happens next" by the university. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to your peers who might be interested in the information but are not yet on our mailing list (register here). If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, please let us know and we will remove you from the mailing list. All the best and happy summer holidays,
the GAUSS Career Service Team
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The GAUSS Career Service Office will be closed for summer holidays from 29 July to 15 August 2022. During this period we are not organising any workshops or events and won't have email access but will respond to your queries on our return. Please note that all the appointments for counselling sessions and CV/applications checks are already fully booked in … Read more... |
Check out our new section Alumni on the GAUSS webpage to learn more about the GAUSS Alumni Network, Benefits and Activities as well as News and Upcoming Events involving our alumni. Our aim and ambition in the long run is to build a network of dedicated graduates committed to share their experience and to stay in touch with their former peers. Check out the GAUSS Alumni database and search for your … Read more... |
Career Workshops and Events
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop “Mastering my Job Interview” by Dr. Alexander Britz.
Are you currently working as Postdoc or finalizing your PhD? Do you plan to transition to a position outside of academia, potentially in industry, but you feel unprepared for searching and finding a new position? In this highly interactive workshop, you will learn and practice career development strategies with a focus on leaving a great impression in your job interview.
Date: 1 September 2022
Duration: Thursday, 1 Sept 2022, 9-17h
Location: online
Trainer: Dr. Alexander Britz
Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.
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We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Leadership Skills for Scientists” by Dr. Alexander Britz.
Advancing as a scientist, both out- as well as inside academia, comes with increased leadership responsibilities. In this interactive workshop the participants learn the essential leadership skills which are necessary to be successful as a PhD student or Postdoc and to later facilitate a successful transition to a senior position at a research institution or the dream job outside academia.
Dates: 22-23 September 2022
Duration: Thursday, 1 Sept 2022, 9:00-16:30h
Location: GZMB building, large seminar room 0.232, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
Trainer: Dr. Alexander Britz
Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.
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We are happy to announce our next project management workshop "Fast Forward – The Ultimate Productivity System for Researchers" with Dr. Nadine Sinclair.
Please note - this workshop has a different format than our usual ones and is more time demanding - please see below for further details.
Achieve amazing productivity and reduce your stress level in 7 weeks by implementing the productivity secrets that allow management consultants and high-performing industry teams to generate results quickly. Read more... |
The Transfer & Startup Hub of the Göttingen University is organizing the workshop "Brand Yourself" on 29 July 2022 (9-16:00h). The workshop is open to PhD students of all disciplines and will be held in German only. For the workshop description (translated into English) and how to register see below. Read more... |
The Alumni Göttingen Chapter Physics is organizing a career talk on 31 August 2022 with Dr Dirk Hönig on "How much time do you have for physics in a physics startup?" Already during his physics diploma thesis in 1991 at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, alumnus Dirk Hönig founded his first company to market an invention in the field of thin-film measurement technology. What is nowadays... Read more... |
The CCC-N is inviting to their First Annual Young Cancer Scientist Symposium on 12 November 2022 (9am onwards) at the HS55, UMG, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen. In the third year of the pandemic, an entire generation of young scientists focusing on cancer has had little opportunity to interact with other researchers in person. The meeting is intended to enable them to present their work, exchange ideas, models, and technologies, and establish scientific networks beyond their existing groups and institutions. In addition, the event will provide information about career paths, with representatives from both academia and industry reporting on their respective careers and providing valuable tips. Read more... |
Funding Opportunities and Prizes
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The University's EU Office is organizing an information event (21 July) on the upcoming ERC Starting Grant Call, which is scheduled to be opened on 12 July 2022 and closing on 25 October 2022. If you are interested in applying and learning more about this funding scheme, please see below for further details of this info session. You need to register for the event latest by 20 July 2022 via this link. Read more... |
ERC Starting Grants (up to 5 years and € 1.5 million) are designed to support talented early-career scientist who have already produced excellent supervised work, are ready to work independently and show potential to be a research leader. Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest ERC Work Programme), a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal. Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries. Read more... |
The DFG is offering a variety of funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. To learn more about schemes suitable for postdocs join their online talk series "Prospects". Some talks are more like an overview and other talks are quite specific focusing only on one funding scheme.You will also get advice on how to prepare your proposal for the review process. PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines are welcome to join. Some talks are in English and some only in German. Read more... |
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and the world for a period of up to two years. International mobility is a key requirement. The fellowship includes a salary or stipend, a relocation allowance and support for fellows with children. Awardees can attend an EMBO Laboratory Leadership course and become part of the global network of EMBO Fellows. For further information see below. Read more... |
The ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (ETH Fellows) supports incoming postdoctoral researchers at ETH Zurich and is intended to foster young researchers who have already demonstrated scientific excellence in the early stages of their careers. The fellowship is for two years and you recieve a full-time post as well as substitutues for research expenses. Overall the success is 25% and you need to jointly apply with your potential host. For eligibility criteria and the application procedure see below. Read more... |
In cooperation with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) the DAAD gives highly qualified postdocs the possibility of a 1-6 month research stay at Japanese universities or research institutions. PhD students can apply for stays for up to 12 months. The program is open for German postdocs and PhD students (and those with a permanent residence permit … Read more... |
This year's call for the Peter & Traudl Engelhorn Foundation Research Prize is now open inviting applications on the topic "Chain Folding, Macromolecular Aggregation and Controlled Hydrolysis of Proteins and/or DNA/RNA – Fundamentals and Perspectives for Medical Therapies“. The biennial Research Prize is endowed with €10,000 and the call will close on 10 September 2022. Eligibility requirements: The Peter and … Read more... |
The new call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is now open until 14 September 2022 (5pm Brussels time) and you can apply for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The purpose of these awards is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. Read more... |
Are you interested in joining the renowned DKFZ? Then take your opportunity and apply for one of their Postdoctoral Fellowships representing the most prestigious and competitive postdoc recruitment process at the DKFZ. It is intended to recruit highly talented and motivated young scientist, who wish to work at the forefront of cancer research in any of basic or translational cancer research labs at the DKFZ. This program offers up to 10 fellowships per year and provides interdisciplinary training and research opportunities in state-of-the-art research facilities for excellent young scientists, no longer than 2 years past graduation, with a background in biology as well as in physics, mathematics, bioinformatics, epidemiology and other research fields. Read more... |
Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards twelve scholarships to exceptional postdoctoral students, assistant professors, and young managers of new research projects. Their goal is to support the autonomy and creativity of the next generation of academics and to help committed researchers as they begin their postdoctoral academic careers. The recipients receive scholarships of €40,000 for two years to finance research assistants, technical equipment, research trips and attendance at conferences. The call will close at midnight on 1 October 2022. Read more... |
In the group of Prof Thomas Jentsch (FMP/MDC Berlin) there are currently openings for postdocs in Cell Biology / Physiology. Take you chance and apply now! For further details see below or check out the job advert (Postdoc_Jentsch _Juli 2022). Read more... |
Evotec in Göttingen is looking for new talents to join their DataScience Department, specifically their teams "Computational Biology" and "Bioinformatics". If you are keen on a career in this sector and on joining a fast growing company in Göttingen, where numerous of our alumni are already working, check out a selection of open job opportunities below. On 8 July we organised a Career Impulse Session with Dr Hendrik Urbanke, an alumnus of us, who is working in this team and involved in hiring new talents. If you have any questions concerning one of the jobs below, please contact us via career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de and we will provide you with his contact details. Read more... |
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