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2024/09/19
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “Mastering Academic Job Interviews: Securing Postdocs, Grants, and Leadership Roles”, 14-15 April 2025

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2025 “Mastering Academic Job Interviews: Securing Postdocs, Grants, and Leadership Roles” by Dr Alexander Britz.

This workshop is intended for Postdocs and late-stage PhD students preparing for the next big step in their academic career.

  • Dates: Monday, 14 April 2025 at 9-17h and Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9-12:30h
  • Location: in-person on North Campus
  • Trainer: Dr Alexander Britz
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not registered yet) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

Whether you’re applying for postdoctoral positions (domestic or abroad), preparing for selection interviews for competitive grants, or aiming for junior group leadership or professorship roles, this workshop is designed to help you excel. In this interactive workshop, participants will develop and practice key skills to leave a strong, professional impression in academic interviews. Effective preparation strategies, presentation techniques, and ways to navigate the unique expectations of academic hiring processes are covered and the specific challenges of academic job applications will be addressed.

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2024/09/18
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “Interview Training for the non-academic job market”, 3-4 April 2025

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2025 “Interview Training for the non-academic job market” by Christelle Linsenmann.

This workshop is intended for Postdocs and late-stage PhD students in the process of applying for a job outside of academia.

Workshop description

In this workshop, participants learn to prepare for upcoming application procedures and especially the different phases and requirements of a job interview. After this workshop, participants can effectively describe their individual job-relevant skills and unique strengths, present themselves professionally in a job-interview and are able to master unforeseen or difficult situations confidently. The workshop focuses on the reflection of individual competencies, practical exercises on frequently asked questions and techniques in interviews and dealing with critical or unknown questions. Finally, participants will develop their own authentic self-presentation. Methodologically, the workshop focuses on a change of input phases, feedback rounds and guided exercises.

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2024/09/08
by Stefanie Klug
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Online workshop “Third-party funding and proposal writing”, 5 March 2025

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop “Third-party funding and proposal writing” by Dr. Neela Enke.

This workshop is intended for Postdocs and late-stage PhDs planning to apply for a research grant in the near future and would like to inform themselves about different funding schemes and what is essential to write a competitive grant application.

  • Date: Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 9:00-17:00h
  • Location: online via Zoom
  • Trainer: Dr. Neela Enke
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not registered yet) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

First of all, the workshop provides the applicants with an overview of the most important (national and European) funding agencies and schemes in relation to the participants career stages. Participants will also have the chance to look into interesting funding schemes in more detail.

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2024/09/07
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal”, 4 March 2025

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop on the topic “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal” by Dr. Thomas Koch.

This workshop is intended for postdoctoral researchers and late-stage PhD students who are currenty writing their first scientific research grant or are planning to start writing within the next 3 months. Therefore, it is crucial that you already have an idea about the research topic and ideally the funding scheme you would like to apply to.

  • Date: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 plus 4h pre-teaching prior to the workshop
  • Times: 9-17h
  • Location: online
  • Trainer: Dr. Thomas Koch
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) 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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2024/09/06
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “How to get into the non-academic job market”, 17-18 February 2025

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “How to get into the non-academic job market” by Dr Philippa Cook.

For postdoctoral researchers with an international background, it can be a real challenge to get into Germany’s non-academic job market following an academic position. The entry routes into jobs are not always transparent, candidates are often not well-informed about what to expect in the application process and not everyone can offer German language skills. Where and how you can look for a job outside classic academia depends on your qualifications and skills set, on your individual life situation as well as on knowing about possible entry paths and strategies, the (unwritten) rules of the game and other parameters. This workshop offers assistance with this – tailored specifically for the needs of international scholars – and will encourage participants not just to prepare for this transition in a focused way but to create an action plan which they can start to implement.

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 17-18 Feb 2025 (9-16h)
Duration: 2 full days, 9-16h
Location: in person on North campus
Trainer: Dr Philippa Cook

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.

Workshop description:

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2024/09/06
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (7 February 2025, 14:00-15:30, ONLINE) with Dr. Ritu Chakrabarti (Scientific Editor at Cell Press): “Behind the Scenes: the saga of an interdisciplinary editor”

We’re happy to announce our next virtual GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr Ritu Chakrabarti, Scientific Editor at Cell Press. In this session, Ritu will provide insights into her field of work, sharing her personal experiences and perspectives.

  • Date: Friday, 7 February 2025
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: online
  • Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you would like to attend.

About the speaker:

Ritu has been a Scientific Editor at Cell Press, since August 2019. She earned her PhD in Sensory and Motor Neuroscience from the University of Göttingen and later pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the interface of Neuroscience and Structural Biology. With wide-ranging scientific interests, Ritu thrives on mentoring, finds adventure in scuba diving, and creates harmony as a professional Sitar player.

About the sessions:

Our Career Impulse Sessions offer a platform for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics for PhD students and postdocs in the Life and Natural Sciences. By inviting PhD holders with different career paths, we would like to illustrate the broad range of potential careers for PhD students and postdocs and give inspiration for career choices.

2024/09/05
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “How to find your postdoctoral position”, 16-17 Jan 2025

We are happy to announce the first GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2025 “How to find your postdoctoral position” by Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir.

This workshop is intended for early postdocs and late-stage PhD students who are looking for their first or next postdoctoral position.

  • Dates: Thursday, 16 January 2025, 9:00-17:30h and Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:00-16:30h
  • Location: in-person on North Campus
  • Trainer: Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir
  • Workshop Category: Knowing and Marketing Yourself
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not registered yet) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

Post-doctoral positions are usually not that hard to get but finding the right one that can firmly establish a professional career is really challenging. At the same time, scientists towards the end of their PhD don’t have a lot of time to spend on the search for the right post-doctoral position. Therefore, this workshop provides a compact overview of relevant aspects and the opportunity to explore one’s own preferences. Specifically, participants learn to define their own criteria for a successful post-doctoral position, develop their targeted search and application strategy, assess the relative benefit of post-doctoral grants and prepare to harness the full potential of their post-doc interview.

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