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2015/05/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Seminar at MPI-ds Bunsenstraße, 28 May 2015

Here another invitation to a career seminar at the MPI-ds Bunsenstrasse, organized by PhD students:

Are you close to finish your studies and do not know what to do with your life? Can you not decide on whether to stay in academia, pursue a career in industry or devote your life to “hippie-ness”? Our monthly career seminar might help you make your mind.

Our next speaker is *Dr. Jens Nullmeier*. He will be talking about his journey from his former position as a PhD candidate at the MPIDS to his actual job at Xenium, a consulting company in Munich.

The talk is going to be held on Thursday, May 28th 2015 at the Ludwig-Prandtl-Hörsaal, House 8, MPIDS Bunsenstrasse 10 at 17 c.t..

Some information about the Xenium

  • It is a company based in Munich with approx. 35 employees, founded in 1999 and still largely owned and run by one of the founders.
  • We work at IT projects in various fields, such as automotive, insurance/finance, tourism, and logistics.
  • More info on Xenium.de
  • Xenium is hiring.

CS_Jens Nullmeier

2015/05/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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SFB-Workshop „The Art of Leading in Non-Leadership Contexts“, 8-9 June 2015

Being a researcher in the natural sciences requires more than scientific skills: You do not only face challenges in your research, but most likely also in dealing with other people: Supervisors, colleagues, master students, technical staff and alike. The art of dealing with people can be learned. It is about knowing how to communicate effectively, to understand the nature and dynamics of conflicts and gender-related inequities, and to adopt an inner attitude of leadership even without formal leadership position.

Some of the issues that will be covered in the workshop are:

  • How to lead effectively in situations without formal leadership position
  • Understanding dynamics in communication
  • Awareness building and counter-measures in gender-biased situations
  • Learning to communicate effectively and being assertive in a scientific context
  • Developing a personal agenda for leadership and conflict solution.

Date: Monday, 8th June, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., and Tuesday, 9th June, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Room 0.232

Trainer: Dr. Gudrun Henne

Target group: Open for all members (PhD/Postdoc) of DFG-funded collaborative research projects (SFBs). The charges will be covered through gender equality funds.

To register, please contact Wiebke Beushausen (wiebke.beushausen@zvw.uni-goettingen.de – GenderConsulting Verbundforschung / Tel: 0551-39-33799 / Gleichstellungsbüro, Goßlerstraße 9)

2015/05/07
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Praxisbörse in Göttingen, 2-3 June 2015

The yearly career fair on Göttingen Campus “Praxisbörse“ is taking place on 2nd and 3rd June 2015. As usual, there will take place one day on the Nordcampus (2nd June) and one day on the Zentralcampus (3rd June). More information about potential employers present on the career fair are available here.

2015/04/29
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Impulse Session with Consultants from Strategy&, 22 May 2015

We are happy to announce the next Career Impulse Session with Strategy&, one of the world-leading strategy consulting firms. After a company presentation, you will have the chance to participate in an open discussion round with the consultants and discuss your carrier opportunities. Finger food will be provided. So, for organizational reasons, please write me an email (ggnb-career@gwdg.de), if you consider taking part. Thanks! However, taking part spontaneously is also possible.

Date: Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:00 – 13:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Duration: 2 hours (company presentation + open discussion)

Strategy&_Flyer_Goettingen

2015/04/23
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Talk “Research Funding by the Volkswagen Foundation”, 6 May 2015

The MPIbpc Office for Research Funding invites to a talk about “Research Funding by the Volkswagen Foundation” given by Dr. Oliver Grewe from the Funding Team of the Foundation. The talk will take place Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 14 o’clock at the MPIbpc in the Large Seminar Room. More details you find below.

If you would like to meet Dr. Grewe in an individual meeting after the talk, please contact Dr. Ulrike Gerischer, the organizer of this talk.

Veranstaltung VW-Stiftung_052015

2015/04/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Grant Writing for Natural and Life Scientists”, 17-18 June 2015

We are happy to invite to the next workshop on “Grant Writing“ with Dr. Christina Schütte.

Workshop dates: Wednesday, 17 June 2015, and Thursday, 18 June 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock, respectively
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.233
Trainer: Dr. Christina Schütte
Duration: 2 days

Registration: via email to Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de)

The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the strategies for writing successful grant applications to various funding bodies (BMBF, DFG). The corresponding funding principles will be exemplified in exercises for preparing work plans and writing abstracts for grant applications.

Contents:

  • General points to consider when writing a grant application
  • Structuring a story
  • General points on good scientific writing
  • The different parts of a grant application and their contents
  • Strategies for successful grant applications: What information is necessary, how and where should it be presented?
  • Differences between different funding bodies and funding principles (stress on DFG-, BMBF- and EU-funding)
  • Common mistakes in grant applications and how to avoid them
  • Analysis of grant abstracts provided by the participants (optional)
  • Exercises for writing a grant abstract and for structuring a work plan

Requirements for participation:

The course is aimed at postdocs and late-stage PhD students in the natural and life sciences who are currently preparing or will recently prepare a grant application.

Participants will be asked to prepare a short “mini-grant application” (4 pages + scientific CV) as pre-work for the course until about one week before the workshop – please take this into consideration when planning participation in this course.

These mini-grant applications will be evaluated by other participants individually before the course and in an evaluation session within the course. Each participant will also evaluate 3-4 proposals by others in the 4-5 days before course start. This will provide extensive feedback for all participants on their applications, but most importantly, will provide a clear impression of the situation and the view of potential evaluators.

About 4 weeks before the workshop, you will get more detailed information about the “mini-grant application”.

2015/04/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Writing Scientific Publications”, 15-16 June 2015 + 1 September 2015

We are happy to announce a few free slots for postdoctoral researchers in the GGNB workshop “Writing Scientific Publications” with Dr. Christina Schütte.

Workshop dates: Monday, 15 June 2015, 14:00-18:00 o’clock and Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock, and Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Christina Schütte
Duration: 1,5 + 1 days

Registration: via email to Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de)

Contents:

This 2.5-day workshop is designed to give participants an overview on producing a scientific publication, including intensive exercises which are based on based on the own results of the participants. To assure this, participants will be asked to prepare a figure and figure legend a short text describing the figure in preparation to the workshop. The workshop includes a theoretical introduction into the structure of scientific publication and principles of writing readable texts in English, which is enhanced and consolidated by the personal writing experience in exercises and by individual feedback. In addition, strategies for paper writing will be introduced and practiced. Continue Reading →