As a postdoc, research is typically your top priority. You may already have a sense of where you want to go professionally, yet active career planning often feels time-consuming and is easily postponed. But what if investing in your career development is not a trade-off with research? When approached strategically, it can broaden your perspective and open up new opportunities.
Using structured and practical methods, you can refine your personal career compass, reassess your priorities and make conscious career decisions rather than rushing from one project contract to the next. During this event, we will introduce a new workbook with practical tools to help you define your goals, assess your strengths and plan purposeful next steps for your career in academia or beyond.
MINT-Forschende aufgepasst: hier kommt ein Weiterbildungsangebot zum Thema Wissenschaftskommunikation, organisiert von der CZS STEM Impact School. Innerhalb des zweitägigen Programms werden grundlegende Prinzipien für eine wirksame und qualitätsorientierte Wissenschaftskommunikation vermittelt. Das Angebot richtet sich an Promovierende und Postdocs.
The International Graduate Academy (InGrA) has developed a workbook for individual career development within the UNIBUND with the Universities Jena and Leipzig. The workbook “Career Development for Postdocs” (link) is designed to help you consciously shape your professional future. It provides structured impulses and practical tools to guide you. The workbook enables you to reflect on your personal goals, analyze your skills and strengths, and prepare for the next steps in your career. It can be used to prepare for a career within academia or to plan an outside-of-academic career.
Cover of workbook
Depending on your current phase as a postdoc, you can use individual exercises separately or systematically work through the content over an extended period. The workbook is also suitable for preparing for staff meetings or consultations. This way, you gain more clarity about possible options and can make well-informed decisions for your further career path.
GSO is now accepting applications for the 8th cohort of the Klaus Tschira Boost Fund, providing up to €115,000 in funding for postdoctoral researchers who:
conduct non-clinical research in one or more of the following areas: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Mathematics, Neurosciences and Physics
are employed at a public university, university of applied sciences, or non-university research institution in Germany,
do not yet have a permanent or tenured position,
and have not yet successfully secured funding for a junior research group program
As a collaborative initiative between GSO and the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, the program is designed to boost scientific careers and promote early independence for postdocs through:
GSO – Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers e. V. offers the following webinar.
Researchers consider a professorship in Germany, but the path towards it often remains unclear.
In this webinar, we will talk to Katharina Lemke, an expert on academic careers and appointment processes in Germany. We’ll address key questions such as:
Wissenschaft im Dialog (w-i-d) bietet ein kostenpflichtiges dreitägiges Fort- und Weiterbildungsprogramm für Forschende aus den MINT-Disziplinen an: die CZS STEM Impact School. Es werden grundlegende Prinzipien für eine wirksame Wissenschaftskommunikation vermittelt.
Ziel der Impact School ist es, in fünf aufeinander aufbauenden Modulen grundlegende Prinzipien für eine gesellschaftlich wirksame und qualitätsorientierte Wissenschaftskommunikation zu vermitteln. Im Zentrum steht die strategische Entwicklung eigener Kommunikationsaktivitäten zur Erreichung eines individuellen Impact-Ziels. Neben der Entwicklung eines Kommunikations- und Impactplans steht auch der inter- und transdisziplinäre Austausch der Teilnehmenden im Fokus.
Die Graduiertenakademie der TU Clausthal bietet am 20.2.2025 von 11-12.30 Uhr einen Online-Vortrag zum deutschen Wissenschaftssystem mit Dr. Oliver Grewe an, der für Interessierte der MLU geöffnet ist.
Der Vortrag bietet einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Institutionen des deutschen Wissenschaftssystems. Er richtet sich an alle Interessierten, die unser Wissenschaftssystem in seinen Zusammenhängen zwischen universitären und außeruniversitäre Institutionen der Forschung und Lehre, der Wissenschaftsförderung und Wissenschaftspolitik in der Tiefe verstehen möchten.
Im November ist an der Universität Leipzig die Workshopreihe “Gut aufgestellt für die (erste) Bewerbung auf eine Professur” gestartet. Sie haben die Möglichkeit, im Rahmen der Unibund-Kooperation daran teilzunehmen.
Die Veranstaltungsreihe bereitet mit Kurzimpulsen und vertiefenden Workshops gezielt auf die (erste) Bewerbung auf eine Professur in Deutschland vor.
Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers e.V. (GSO) offers 25 fully funded fellowships for the 10th Leadership Academy, aimed at supporting early- and mid-career researchers across all disciplines. The program is open to German-speaking researchers, regardless of citizenship, who are currently conducting research outside of Germany or have been living in Germany (again) for no longer than 18 months and who are committed to pursuing leadership roles in academia, industry, or other sectors.
Journal articles should be published in order to make the greatest possible impact in the scientific field – not simply to increase the list of publications.
In this workshop, we will discuss how to navigate the different steps of publishing and how to deal with the peer review process, increasing the chances of acceptance.
Included topics
Introduction to scholarly publishing
How to select a target journal
H-index, impact factor and other journal and article metrics
The peer review process: submit, revise and communicate with editors and reviewers
Copyright and licenses
Ethical issues in publishing (e.g. predatory publishing, authorship disputes, plagiarism)
