Dear postdocs and late-stage PhD students,

Welcome to the July issue of our monthly GAUSS Career Service Newsletter with information on workshops and events organized by the GAUSS Career Service (and other providers on Göttingen Campus or internationally), job opportunities as well as current funding calls.

The GAUSS Career Service Office will be closed for summer holidays from 29 July to 11 August. If you would like to book a career counselling session or application / CV check please be aware of that it might take place after our holidays.

Please feel free to forward this email to your peers who might be interested in the information provided but are not yet on our mailing list (register here). If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list.

All the best,
Stefanie

Career Workshops and Events

GAUSS Career Impulse Session "How leaving your (scientific) comfort zone is a great way to start your career" with Dr. Lena Musiol (Miltenyi Biotec GmbH) on 19 July 2019

The GAUSS Career Service is happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session titled “How leaving your (scientific) comfort zone is a great way to start your career” with Dr. Lena Musiol from Miltenyi Biotec GmbH. Lena Musiol is an alumna of the IMPRS Molecular Biology and did her PhD in the lab of Blanche Schwappach. After finishing her PhD …

GAUSS Career Workshop: "Career Planning", 22-23 July 2019

We are happy to announce one of our new GAUSS Career Service workshops in 2019: “Career Planning” by Dr. Matthias Merkelbach. What are my unique abilities and interests critical in determining the right career path for me? Can I combine my ideas about a fulfilled life with a university career? You will discuss about that and develop a strategy for …

GAUSS Career Workshop: "Teams & Leadership", 21-22 August 2019

This workshop helps postdoctoral researchers to train their impact to be a good leader, develop and support their co-workers, and learn how to maintain a successful team in science. Dates: Wednesday and Thursday, 21-22 August 2019 Duration: 2 days, 9:00-16:30h Location: GZMB, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.233 (ground floor) Trainer: Dr. Alexander Schiller, Schiller & Mertens, Jena Registration: Please register …

GAUSS Career Impulse Session "How to pursue a competitive academic career in a new scientific environment" with Dr. Camilo Aponte (Bogotá, Colombia / Heidelberg, Germany) on 23 August 2019

The GAUSS Career Service is happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session titled “How to pursue a competitive academic career in a new scientific environment” with Dr. Camilo Aponte (Bogotá, Colombia / Heidelberg, Germany). Camilo Aponte-Santamaría grew up and studied physics in Bogotá, Colombia. He obtained his PhD in 2011, working in the group of Prof. Bert de Groot, …

Jobvector Career Day for natural scientists, physicians, IT specialists & engineers in Berlin (25 Sept 2019)

The jobvector career day is Europe´s biggest career fair for Natural Scientists, Physicians, Engineers and Computer Scientists where you can receive valuable information for a successful career! Be inspired by talks of top companies and recruiters. Seize your chance and personally contact them at the fair!

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

Search Tool for Research Funding "UGOE 4 Research" - open access until 31 July 2019

If you are looking for grant schemes and opportunities to fund your research, check out this new search tool (UGOE 4 Research), which is available free of charge until end of July. The only thing you need is a xxx@uni-goettingen.de email adress and then you can register via this link. Sarah Hoffman Urlaub, one of our GAUSS postdocs, provided for …

DAAD Postdoc Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME), apply by 30 Aug 2019

In 2014 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) initiated the programme "Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience" (PRIME) to support the international mobility of postdoctoral researchers by temporary positions at German universities in place of conventional scholarships. The programme has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union (EU/FP7/Marie Curie Actions/COFUND). Funding is …

Deutsche Krebshilfe Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program for max. 2 yrs (Deadline: 4 Sept 2019)

The next call for the Mildred-Scheel-Postdoc Program by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 4 September 2019. This postdoctoral funding scheme is providing young doctors and natural scientists the opportunity to carry out projects in clinically oriented oncological basic research or clinical cancer research at renowned institutions abroad. The funding scheme at a glance: Purpose: To support highly qualified junior …

Deutsche Krebshilfe Max-Eder Junior Group for 4 yrs (Deadline: 4 Sept 2019)

The next call for the Max-Eder Junior Reserach Group by the Deutsche Krebshilfe is open until 4 September 2019. Aiming at highly qualified young oncologists (physicians during or after the specialist training as well as scientists with an explicit clinic-oriented orientation of the project), who are not older than 35 years on application, this funding scheme is supporting them over …

EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships – deadline 11 September 2019

The new call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSC) is now open until 11 September 2019. The MSC actions inlcude five different funding streams (for further information on MSC please see below), whereas the "Individual Fellwoships" (IF) are the most interesting for postdoctoral researchers. Research, Mobility and Training are key features. Application deadline is 11 September 2019 5pm Brussels time. For …

Daimler Benz Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2 yrs (Deadline: 1 Oct 2019)

Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards ten scholarships to exceptional postdoctoral students, assistant professors, and young managers of new research projects. Our goal is to support the autonomy and creativity of our next generation of academics and to help committed researchers as they begin their postdoctoral academic careers. The recipients receive scholarships of €20,000 a year for two …

Fraunhofer Attract Research Grant for 5 yrs (Deadline: 1 Oct 2019)

The Fraunhofer Attract grant is the excellence stipend programme of Fraunhofer inviting outstanding researchers to develop their ideas towards innovations at Fraunhofer. The call will close on 1 October 2019 with a start date of the grant in December 2019. An idea becomes an innovation, if it comes to use. This grant offers outstanding external scientists the opportunity to develop …

Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowship for 5 yrs (Deadline: 10 Oct 2019)

This year's call for the Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowships is open until 10 October 2019. The initiative focuses on early-career researchers from all disciplines. The aim of the Foundation is to facilitate the implementation of extraordinary research projects and to make a substantial contribution to the establishment of dependable career paths for the upcoming generation of researchers. The main focus …

BCF Career Grant Application Course (16-17 Jan 2020) in Amsterdam

Grant Application Course - Enhance your career prospects in academia (16-17 January 2020 - Science Park Amsterdam) Are you a PhD student, postdoc or starting group leader and do you want to enhance your career prospects in academia? Do you wish to improve one of the most vital skills of succeeding in science? Then join the BCF Grant Application Course on …

Job Opportunities

Postdoc positions in epithelial biology and inflammation at Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor Alexander G. Marneros at the Harvard Medical School has currently postdoc openings available in his laboratory in Boston. Alexander himself is from Germany trained in Cologne and he would like to provide this opportunity to applicants from Germany as well. So take your chance and check out the following job advert - there are 3 different projects highlighted: …

3Brain is looking for a Sales Area Manager in Germany

3Brain is currently looking for a Sales Area Manager in Germany, who can speak German and has experience in electrophysiology. Check out the job advert here: http://www.3brain.com/websites/3brain/openpositions/2019-06_SalesAreaManager.pdf 3Brain is the world's first company to design and produce high-resolution microelectrode arrays (HD-MEAs)

Pfizer is hiring at their site in Freiburg

Pfizer is hiring at their site in Freiburg and there are a couple of intersting job adverts for life scientists (please see adverts including links and the hiring manager below). One of our alumni is working at Pfizer in Freiburg and if you would like to contact her, please send us an email (career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de). Leadership Ecosystem Deployment Lead (m/w/d) und …

Positions in Science Management at various places

Currently there are plenty of open positions in science management at various places. Check out the opportunites below with links to the job adverts! Referent/in for promoting junior scientists Institution: University Bielefeld, Medical Faculty Duration, working hours, start of post: permanent; full time; as soon as possible Salary: TV-L, E13 Application deadline: 18 July 2019 Job advert: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Tech/tech19058.pdf Referent/in for …

Postdoc Position (Neurological Surgery Department) at UC Davis

Please see below the message of Prof Ignacio Saez: Dear colleagues: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at UC Davis. The lab belongs to both the Neurological Surgery department and the Center for Neuroscience, integrating basic and translational research efforts within UC Davis’ vibrant, highly multidisciplinary and collaborative research community. Lab projects focus on the neurobiological …

Postdoc Positions at the University Hospital Tübingen (Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery)

The lab of Prof Alireza Gharabaghi (Division of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen) is hiring PhD students and postdoctoral researcher. Please see attached the advert for the different posts. Vacancies_DepFunctionalRestorativeNeurosurgery_2019-05

Dr. Stefanie Klug
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