Dear reader,

welcome to the January 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 information on funding opportunities and prices 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,
Jonas

GAUSS Office

Qualification courses 2019

We are happy to announce a preview of the methods and skills courses for the summer and winter semesters 2019, which are jointly offered by GAUSS and GGNB! Currently, the majority of methods courses are in the life sciences. However, we are continuously developing our qualification program and plan to add further courses in other fields over the year. Attached to this …

Call for course registrations – April

The registration for methods and skills courses held in April 2019 will be open from 1 February. You can register for courses taking place in April from 1-20 February; the slots will be allocated on 25 February. Please check carefully for scheduling conflicts. In case you have registered but then need to cancel a course, you can still do so before the end of …

Please evaluate the methods courses

As you know, the skills courses are evaluated on the spot, while the evaluations for the methods courses are included in the course entries in Stud.IP and have to be completed online. Unfortunately, hardly any participants bother to complete them. We would therefore ask all of you who took part in a methods course in the summer semester 2018 and …

Industry Excursions in February (application deadline 04.02.)

Two industry excursions to Göttingen based companies are offered in February by the GGNB to all GAUSS doctoral students.

The first excursion is heading to Carl Zeiss AG, Göttingen on 12 February 2019 from 09:15 - 12:30 h. On the 22 February 2019 from 13:00 - 15:00 h, Evotec, Göttingen will be giving a tour though their facilities.

Information on German language courses in the summer semester 2019

The “Lektorat Deutsch als Fremdsprache” of Göttingen University offers around 65 different German language courses in the levels A1 to C2 (2 or 4 hours weekly).

The courses in the summer term start on 23 April 2019 and end on 19 July 2019 (12 weeks), registration for students via Studip will be possible from April 12 to 17, 2019. A placement …

Workshops and Events

Göttingen State and University Library: Help desk XXL (07 & 12 Feb 2019)

We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming events “Help Desk XXL North Campus” on February 7 and “Help Desk XXL” on February 12 organised by the Göttingen State and University Library. During the drop-in sessions, students can seek advice on literature search, reference management, writing process, statistics, and text formatting. Registration is not required. More information about the …

"Advantageous use of patent knowledge" Workshop (27 Feb 2019)

Are you a researcher or planning to start a business? This workshop will show you how you can use patent knowledge for innovative research projects or in the context of start-ups, also in connection with planning and applying for research or start-up projects. You will get an overview of the potential of dealing with patents and can use your own …

"Young Entrepreneurs in Science" Workshop (Feb and March 2019)

How much start-up is hidden in your doctoral project?! Develop your business idea! "Young Entrepreneurs in Science" workshop on 13-14 February and 6-7 March 2019. You want to take your future career into your own hands, but you lack the inspiration or a sparking business idea? Learn how your scientific ideas grow into something more and develop your entrepreneurial skills. …

WoCaNet 2019 "Towards a Dialogue!" (18-19 March 2019) - register now

The next Women's Careers and Networks Symposium (WoCaNet) "Towards a Dialogue!" is taking place from 18-19 March 2019 at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry featuring talks by successful women and men in science from different research fields, industry and other professional backgrounds.

For further information please see below the detailed message by the organising team of the WoCaNet 2019!

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

KlarText Award, Klaus Tschira Stiftung (apply by 28 February 2019)

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.

Through this prize, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung recognizes young researchers who explain their research results in a comprehensible manner in a popular science article in German. The call will close on 28 February 2019.

Dorothea Schlözer Postdoc Program - Call is now open

The call for the Dorothea Schlözer Postdoc Program with 3 postdoc positions for female researchers (TV-L 13, 100%, term of 2 years) is now open for applications and will close on 31 March 2019. Whereas one of the postdoc positions is offered at the University Medical Center (UMG), the other two positions are also open to those based at one …

Fulbright Doktorandenprogramm - call closes 01 April 2019

The Fulbright Doctoral Program supports four to six-month stays in the USA by young German researchers who are conducting a research project at a U.S. university or scientific institution within the framework of the Fulbright Fellowship that is directly related to an already started academic dissertation. Scholarship benefits include travel expenses, a maintenance allowance of 1,600 euros per month, health …

DAAD JSPS Summer Program für Promovierende und Postdocs - call closes 01 April 2019

Das Programm der "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science" (JSPS) ermöglicht es deutschen Graduierten, Doktoranden und Postdoktoranden einen unmittelbaren Einblick in die japanische Kultur- und Wissenschaftslandschaft zum Erwerb frühzeitiger Erfahrungen im japanischen Forschungsumfeld zu erlangen. Zugleich bietet dieser Aufenthalt an japanischen Universitäten und ausgewählten Forschungsinstituten eine exzellente Möglichkeit, den deutschen Nachwuchs systematisch an die japanische Spitzenforschung und zukünftige Kooperationen mit Japan …

Dr. Jonas Barth

Scientific Coordinator
Georg-August-University School of Science (GAUSS)
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 | level B01, Room 126 (map) | 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Phone: +49 551 39-4094 | E-mail: office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de
Web: http://www.gauss.uni-goettingen.de