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1. Sep 2025

Register for your mentoring program

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Are you a female student, doctoral researcher, or postdoctoral researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg?
Are you interested in pursuing a career in academia or in research outside the university?
Do you want to shape your career path with independence and practical solutions, while networking with other female researchers?

Great goals are best achieved together. Register by October 31, 2025.

What can you expect from the mentoring program?

  • One-to-one or group mentoring with experienced researchers
  • Networking with female researchers from all faculties at MLU
  • (Online) workshops on key professional skills
  • (Online) peer consulting as a group-based exchange format
  • Career counseling when needed
  • Diversity training (with certificate of participation)
  • Training for postdoctoral researchers who want to become mentors
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6. Feb 2025

UNIBUND-Mentoring: New Call 2025

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From June 2025 the mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers, provided by the universities of Halle-Wittenberg, Jena and Leipzig, offers eight places at each university for highly-qualified female postdocs, researchers undertaking a ‘habilitation’, junior scientist group leaders and junior professors, to support them in their development and future careers. The programme aims for female researchers who seek a professorship at a German university and who were awarded their doctorate at least 2 years ago.

  • application deadline: March 30, 2025 to:

You can find more information about the competition here.

Prerequisites for participation and application

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5. Dec 2022

Mentoring program for female postdoctoral researchers 2023-2024

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How do I succeed in scientific profiling?
How do I lead a team safely and successfully?
How do I develop project proposals that are worthy of funding?
How do I build up a sustainable network?
The scientific career comes with some questions and challenges!

The mentoring program for female postdocs at the universities of Halle, Jena and Leipzig will again offer eight places per university for advanced female postdocs, habilitation candidates, junior research group leaders or junior professors from June 2023 to support them in their next career steps.

The program is aimed at female scientists who aspire to a professorship and can demonstrate at least two years of independent scientific activity as a postdoc.

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23. May 2022

MLU Mentoring Program for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers

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Shape your scientific career path in a self-determined way! – The MLU Mentoring Program will accompany you on your way. 

Are you a doctoral student or postdoctoral researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and are striving for a career in academia? Do you want to shape your career path in a self-determined and solution-oriented way and network with other scientists? Great goals are best achieved together.

What can you expect in the mentoring program?
  • One-to-one mentoring with established female professors
  • Networking with other scientists from all faculties at MLU.
  • (digital) workshops on key qualifications
  • (digital) collegial counseling as a group dynamic element
What else do you need to know?
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20. Dec 2021

[nature] Managing up: how to communicate effectively with your PhD adviser

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Your supervisor has a vested interest in your success. Set the right tone and communication style when you meet with them.

Read more at nature, CAREER COLUMN (10 December 2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03703-z

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13. Dec 2021

[UNIBUND] 10th tender mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers (June 2022–June 2023 / 2024)

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How to establish a scientific profile?
How to become a successful team leader?
What makes grant applications worthy of support?
How to establish a sustainable network?
A career in academia comes along with lots of questions and challenges!

From June 2022 the mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers, provided by the universities of Halle, Jena and Leipzig, offers eight places at each university for highly-qualified female postdocs, researchers undertaking a ‘habilitation’, junior scientist group leaders and junior professors, to support them in their development and future careers. Applications can be submitted up to February 28, 2022 by the associated university.

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16. Jun 2021

Shape your academic career path in a self-determined way! – The MLU mentoring programme will accompany you on your way. (Deadline: 15.07.2021)

Are you a doctoral or post-doctoral student at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and are you aiming for a career in university or non-university science? Do you want to shape your career path in a self determined and solution-oriented way and network with other female scientists? Great goals are best achieved together.

What can you expect in the mentoring programme?

One-to-one mentoring with established professors Networking with other female academics from all faculties at MLU (Digital) workshops on key qualification (Digital) peer counselling as a group-dynamic element.

What else do you need to know?

Duration: September 2021- September 2022
digital preparatory workshop to introduce you to the mentoring process

Would you like to apply or find out if mentoring is something for you?

You can find all the information here: https://mentoring-mlu.de/ 

If you are unsure what mentoring is and whether the programme is something for you, you are welcome to request a personal Webex appointment with the project coordinator. (Mail: )

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2. Mar 2021

9th call of Mentoring Program for Postdocs in Halle-Jena-Leipzig

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Application period extended until March 15, 2021.

How to establish a scientific profile?
How to become a successful team leader?
What makes grant applications worthy of support?
How to establish a sustainable network?
A career in academia comes along with lots of questions and challenges!

Illustration: Eva Feuchter

From June 2021 the mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers, provided by the universities of Halle-Wittenberg, Jena and Leipzig, offers eight places at each university for highly-qualified female postdocs, researchers undertaking a ‘habilitation’, junior scientist group leaders and junior professors, to support them in their development and future careers. Applications can be submitted up to March 15, 2021 by the associated university.

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30. Apr 2020

Restart! MLU-mentoring for women in science – digital and international

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You are a doctoral candidate or postdoctoral researcher at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and you are aiming for a scientific career at university or other academic institutions? Big goals can best be achieved together.

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17. Jan 2020

8th call for applications for the mentoring program for female postdocs

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The mentoring program for female postdocs at the Universities of Halle, Jena and Leipzig will start its 8th round in June 2020.

It is targeted at highly-qualified female Postdocs, researchers undertaking a ‘habilitation’, junior scientist group leaders and junior professors in all disciplines at these universities who were awarded their doctorate at least 2 years ago and aspire to a professorship at a German university.

The focus is on one-to-one mentoring by experienced professors. This is flanked by further training courses on career-relevant key qualifications and the opportunity to establish long-term interdisciplinary peer contacts.

Participation in the programme lasts for one year; an extension is possible.
The aim is to impart knowledge, skills and contacts that are conducive to the efficient planning and pursuit of a career in science.

Application deadline for Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is 28.02.2020.

Please check the website for further information:

http://www.pd-mentoring.uni-jena.de/

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