Dear reader,

welcome to the first issue of the monthly GAUSS newsletter in 2023 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. 

GAUSS Office

Call for course registrations – April 2023

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2023 will be open from 1 February 2023. You can register from 1-20 February online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in April; the slots will be allocated around 25 February. Read more...

[in German] Mentoringprogramm »WeWiMento – Wege ins Wissenschaftsmanagement« (Bewerbung 15 Feb - 15 Mär 2023)

Das Mentoringprogramm »WeWiMento – Wege ins Wissenschaftsmanagement« startet in 2023 in die 7. Runde. WeWiMento richtet sich an Promovierende und frühe PostDocs aller Fachrichtungen des Göttingen Campus, die sich für eine berufliche Tätigkeit im Wissenschaftsmanagement interessieren. Vor allem eignet sich das Programm für jene, die sich bereits etwas über das Feld Wissenschaftsmanagement informiert haben… Read more...

Call for the new GAUSS student representatives in the GAUSS board (term Apr 2023 – Apr 2024)

The period of office of the current GAUSS student representatives comes to an end soon. We therefore invite candidates to apply for the position of the next GAUSS student representative(s) for the term of office from 01.04.2023 until 31.03.2024. Read more...

GAUSS Career Impulse Session with Dr. Barbara Krüger (CureVac): “From a PhD in chemistry to process development for mRNA-based therapeutics” (17 Feb 2023)

We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session in 2023, this time with Dr. Barbara Krüger, an alumna from the IMPRS Physics of Biological and Complex Systems and now Senior Scientist at CureVac. Read more...

Reminder: Call for participants in the "Three-Minute-Thesis (3MT) Competition" (deadline 13 Feb 2023)

Can you present the core message of your doctoral thesis in just three minutes and with only one static slide? Can you explain your research to a group of lay people – in English? And finally: are you interested in a trip to Cologne between 31 May and 2 June 2023? Then this is something for you! Read more...

Statistical consulting for doctoral students

The Centre for Statistics of the University of Göttingen offers courses and consulting services in statistical questions for all Göttingen PhD students. The service comprises in particular consultation on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference. Read more...

Workshops and Events

Online workshop "An Introduction to Science Communication: How, Why, What?" (9-10 Feb 2023)

This online workshop (in English) is offered by the Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG), but free places are available to other doctoral students - so take your chance and register now. The teaching will be in the form of short interactive seminars, with breaks and games for students and time for questions and answers. Read more...

Two Young Entrepreneurs in Science workshops: "Future Thinking" and "Your Research Canvas" (14 Feb and 14 Mar 2023)

The Research and Transfer Services of the University of Göttingen in cooperation with the Falling Walls Foundation and the "Young Entrepreneurs in Science" (YES) are organising two workshops on Transfer and Start Up topics next spring. Both workshops are aimed at PhD students and postdocs and will be held in English... Read more...

[in German] Online-Event für Wissenschaftlerinnen: Berufsperspektive Professorin an der Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften (16 Mär 2023)

In den kommenden Jahren werden an den Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW) eine ganze Reihe von Professuren ausgeschrieben. Vielen Akademikerinnen ist der Karriereweg einer Hochschulprofessur noch wenig bekannt. Professorinnen der HAWK informieren Sie über das vielfältige Berufsbild, die Rahmenbedingungen und Voraussetzungen... Read more...

[in German] Kursangebot: Statistik mit R (Feb & Mär 2023)

Auch im Jahr 2023 bietet die GWDG wieder Kurse zum Thema Statistik mit R an folgenden Terminen an… Read more...

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

ENLIGHT Open Science Award 2023 (deadline 28 Feb 2023)

Do you use Open Science to make your research/teaching/learning more accessible, transparent or reproducible? Do you have an example of how you have engaged with Open Science as part of your work process(es) that you want to share to inspire others? Read more...

KlarText Award, Klaus Tschira Stiftung (apply by 28 Feb 2023)

Have you written an outstanding dissertation and are you very keen to explain your research findings in a clear and comprehensible manner to a large number of people, including those not familiar with your subject? Then write an article about your work and enter it into the competition for the KlarText Award for Achievements in Public Understanding of Sciences. Read more...

Reminder: “Deutscher Studienpreis” for outstanding dissertations (deadline 01 Mar 2023)

Annually the Körber Foundation is awarding the “Deutsche Studienpreis” for outstanding dissertations (magna or summa cum laude) in all disciplines. In addition to scientific excellence a specific significance for the society is of particular importance. Read more...

Heinz Billing Prize for "Outstanding Contributions to Computational Science" (deadline 14 Apr 2023)

The Heinz Billing Prize for “Outstanding Contributions to Computational Science”, awarded by the Heinz Billing Foundation of the Max Planck Society, is open to scientists from all fields (of computational science), who have made significant progress in solving scientific problems with the help of computational tools. Read more...

Miscellaneous

Reminder: Fast Forward Science competition (deadline 7 Feb 2023)

The Fast Forward Science competition is a joint project of Wissenschaft im Dialog and the Stifterverband and has been held annually since 2013. Passion for research, for innovative multimedia formats and for communication – the Fast Forward Science competition honors people who are not only passionate about science themselves, but who can also inspire others. Read more...

Workshop by the International Office: Tips and tricks for affordable living in Göttingen (8 Feb 2023)

Inexpensive living in Göttingen? Picking fruit yourself? Clothes Swap? Repair Café? Baked goods at half price? Energy saving? Borrowing a tool box, microscope or table soccer for free? In this session, tips and tricks on how you can save money will be shared… Read more...

FameLab science competition - Talking Science 2023 (apply until 28 Feb 2023)

In 2023 FameLab - Talking Science is taking place for the 13th time. What it's about: Three minutes is enough time to make tea. But to explain scientific theories about the end of the universe? Or the functions of stem cells? In the FameLab science competition, young scientists have 180 seconds to explain… Read more...

[in German] Science Slammer*innen für Studieninformationstage gesucht (14 Mär 2023)

Im März finden an der Universität Göttingen die Studieninformationstage statt, in deren Rahmen am 14.03.2023 um 14:00 Uhr ein Science Slam abgehalten wird. Ziel des Slams ist es, die Vielfalt der Göttinger Wissenschaft den studieninteressierten unterhaltsam und allgemeinverständlich zu präsentieren. Es werden daher Wissenschaftler*innen aller Fachrichtungen (von Student über Doktorand bis zum Professor) gesucht, die in 10 Minuten… Read more...

 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