Below you find a collection of services and offers for junior researchers on Göttingen Campus I compiled according to my knowledge and webpage information.
Disclaimer: If you recognize any missing or wrong information, please contact me (Dr. Katrin Wodzicki, ggnb-career@gwdg.de). I’m more than happy to extend or revise this collection.
| Main Topic | Unit / Division | Offers | Target group | Contact page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Career Service of the University | career-related counseling, workshops and industry excursions | students of the University (including enrolled doctoral researchers) | Contact |
| Career | Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) | scientific and career-related trainings, workshops and support measures as well as counseling and administrative/process support | doctoral (and postdoctoral) researchers in the social sciences | Contact |
| Career | Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen (GSGG) | scientific and career-related trainings, workshops and support measures as well as counseling and administrative/process support | doctoral (and postdoctoral) researchers in the humanities | Contact |
| Career | Göttingen Graduate School of Forest and Agricultural Sciences (GFA) | consulting and administrative support further support and offers will be implemented soon | doctoral researchers at the Faculties of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology and Agricultural Sciences | Contact |
| Career | Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS) | administrative support, consulting and qualification courses | doctoral researchers in the life and natural sciences | Contact |
| Career | Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) | scientific and career-related trainings and workshops, industry excursions as well as counseling and administrative/process support | doctoral researchers in the life and natural sciences | Contact |
| Career | GGNB Career Service | career-related counseling, workshops, Career Impulse Sessions and other types of events | postdoctoral researchers in the natural and life sciences (when resources available: open for other disciplins and doctoral researchers) | |
| Career | Central Coordination Mentoring | three 1-year mentoring programs including support for establishing a mentoring relationship, a qualification program as well as further networking and information events - costs: 75 € (doc), 150 € (postdoc) | doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at the Göttingen Campus | Contact |
| Career | Central Coordination Mentoring: Dorothea Schlözer – Mentoring program | mentoring and training regarding an academic career - application time: June-August | female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers | |
| Career | Central Coordination Mentoring: KaWirMento – Paths into Economy | mentoring and training regarding a career in the private sector (German only) - application time: December-February | German-speaking doctoral and postdoctoral researchers | |
| Career | Central Coordination Mentoring: WeWiMento – Paths into Science Management | mentoring and training regarding a career in science management, giving an insight in the science management at Göttingen Campus (German only) - application time: October/November | German-speaking doctoral and postdoctoral researchers | |
| Career | Margret Maltby Mentoring of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) | mentoring and training regarding an academic career (German only) | German-speaking female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the medical, life and natural sciences | Contact |
| HR - Career | Academic Human Resource Development of the University | career-related counseling and workshops | postdoctoral researchers (when resources available: open for doctoral researchers) | Contact |
| HR | HR Development | is organizing, among others, qualification measures for employees of the university and is responsible for the institutional health management (offers are mostly in German, constantly extending English offers) | employees of the university | Contact |
| HR | Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | a certificate programme as well as an open workshop programme to university teachers for optimizing their teaching techniques (offers are mostly in German, constantly extending English offers) | teachers at/ employees of the university as well as enrolled PhD students | Contact |
| HR | UMG Bildungsakademie | extensive course program (in German) on various topics | employees of the UMG and the university | Contact |
| Equal Opportunities - Career | Equal Opportunities Office - Services | information material and counseling on diversity and family issues | (German-speaking) employees/researchers at of the university | Contact |
| Research Funding | Research Department of the University | consulting on funding bodies and grant applications for researchers in different career stages (except EU funding, see below). | employees of/researchers at the university | Contact |
| Research Funding | Research Department of the University - start-up funding for junior researchers | a start-up funding for junior researchers who are preparing a research proposal application - deadlines: 15 May and 15 October | researchers with a doctoral degree (up to 8 years after completing their doctoral thesis) who would like to submit their own grant proposal and are employed at the University of Goettingen for at least 6 months following the application deadline | |
| Research Funding | EU Office of the University | consulting on EU funding and respective grant applications for researchers in different career stages | employees of/researchers at the university | Contact |
| Research Funding | International Office of the University - Education and Mobility Programmes | consulting regarding the following programs: Erasmus+, FP7/Horizon 2020: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon 2020: Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, and Erasmus Mundus Action 2 | employees of/researchers at the university who want to go abroad | Contact |
| Research Funding | Operational Division of Research of the UMG | consulting on funding bodies and grant applications for researchers in different career stages as well as a couple of internal research promotion program for researchers in different career stages at the UMG (except EU funding, see below). | employees of/researchers at the UMG | Contact |
| Research Funding | International Relations Division of the UMG | consulting on EU funding and respective grant applications for researchers in different career stages | employees of/researchers at the UMG | Contact |
| Research Funding | Office for Research Support at MPIbpc | consulting on funding bodies and grant applications for researchers in different career stages (except EU funding, see below). | employees of/researchers at the MPIbpc | |
| Research Funding | EU Liaison Office at MPIbpc, MPIds and MPIem | consulting on EU funding and respective grant applications for researchers in different career stages | employee of/researchers at the MPIbpc, MPIds, and MPIem | |
| Welcome Services | International Office of the University - Welcome Center | information and targeted assistance in all non-academic matters that are important for the stay in Göttingen as well as a dual-career service, and an accommodation service | international postdoctoral researchers and DAAD-funded PhD students of the University (without Faculty of Medicine) International professors (agreement UMG) | Contact |
| Founding one's own business | Start-Up Encouragement | consulting on starting one's own business | students and researchers at the Göttingen Campus |