News for graduates and postdocs at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
16. Dec 2024
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This intensive course enables you to go through a quickly and successful job search process. It consists of live webinars and self-learning videos.
The seminar provides knowledge on:
5. Dec 2024
Leipzig University organizes a lecture series on career and everyday life in academia of postdocs. This time the topic is
Science communication is becoming an increasingly important task for researchers and one that is linked to growing expectations. In this Lunch Lecture, we will talk about how scientists can fill this area of responsibility with life and how the University Communication Office supports them in doing so.
Postdocs
The “Lunch Lectures” are an online mini-series of inputs from Academic Staff Development, which take place monthly from 12:30 to 13:30. Afterwards, the room remains open for further exchange and networking until 14:15. Please register for the individual events.
4. Dec 2024
The Klaus Tschira foundation is looking for researchers who would like to explain to a non-scientific audience what research they have done. This should be done in form of a generally understandable article or infographic.
Doctoral candidates from the fields of biology, chemistry, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience and physics submit their text contributions or infographics for the next KlarText round until February 28, 2025. Applications are also welcome from scientists from other disciplines who can assign their topic to one of the seven areas.
The winners can look forward to 7500 euros each. In addition, their contributions will be published in our knowledge magazine “KlarText”.
Further information and application details (in German)
4. Dec 2024
The competition is aimed at scientists from
who have defended an excellent dissertation of particular social significance in 2024. With three top prizes of 25,000 euros each, it is one of the most highly endowed German prizes for young researchers. The closing date for the current call for entries is March 1, 2025.
The Körber Foundation wants to encourage scientists to confidently represent the social value of their research and contribute to the public debate. With the “Deutscher Studienpreis“, the foundation therefore honors doctoral students who have presented tangible results that are of outstanding interest to society. The patron of the award is Bärbel Bas, President of the German Bundestag.
All information on how to participate can be found here (in German).
2. Dec 2024
Welche Fördermöglichkeiten bietet die DFG Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern im Anschluss an die Promotion? Wir geben Ihnen einen Überblick über die DFG-Förderinstrumente von der Promotion zur Professur: Mitarbeit in Projekten, Sachbeihilfe mit Eigener Stelle, Walter Benjamin-, Emmy Noether- und Heisenberg-Programm. Das Ganze wird ergänzt durch Tipps zur Vorbereitung eines Antrags.
Quelle: DFG
Interessierte Promovierende und Postdocs aller Fachgebiete sind zur Teilnahme eingeladen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt.
In dieser Vortragsreihe stellt die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) über das Jahr verteilt das DFG-Förderportfolio für Wissenschaftler*innen in frühen Karrierephasen vor:
Von einem ersten Überblick über die zentralen Förderangebote für Postdocs bis zu einzelnen Programmen der Personenförderung wie Walter Benjamin-, Emmy Noether- und Heisenberg-Programm, abwechselnd auf Deutsch und Englisch. Interessierte Promovierende und Postdocs aller Fachgebiete sind zur Teilnahme eingeladen.
6. Nov 2024
🚀 Entfache deinen Unternehmergeist! 🌟 Du möchtest deine eigenen Ideen in die Tat umsetzen? Du träumst davon, ein eigenes Unternehmen zu gründen und deine Visionen Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen? Komm zu unserer Gründungswoche 2024. Diese Woche steht ganz im Zeichen der Innovation, des Unternehmertums und der Chancen, die sich in der Welt der Gründung für dich eröffnen.
Start-up Management, IP, Networking, Gründungsfinanzierung
Mehr auf der Webseite der Startup.Academy
6. Nov 2024
The International Office of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is awarding scholarships for the winter semester 2024/2025 once in december, funded by the DAAD from resources of the Federal Foreign Office (AA).
These scholarships are intended to support international students and doctoral candidates facing special challenges, such as illness, existentially threatening financial situations, special care needs for children or dependent relatives, refugee backgrounds, or physical impairment et al.
The scholarship amount is €650, awarded once in December 2024.
Details on the application and award process can be found here.
5. Nov 2024
This online talk focuses on the Walter Benjamin Programm of the DFG. Further details and the dial in link can be found at Info Talks on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers.
Please note: You can access the event via the link above without any password. The number of participants is limited to max. 1,000.
30. Oct 2024
The next PhD Round Table will take place on Wednesday, 6th of November 2024, 7 pm at Café Noir in the Kleine Ulrichstr. 30. As always, you can meet other PhD students and postdocs as well as PhD Network staff at our monthly get-together and network.
Spontaneous visitors are welcome, but in order to better plan seating, please send a short email to if you are interested in attending.
Please check the PhD network website for further information.
29. Oct 2024
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) biannually provides funding for scholarships for doctoral students. The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Start of the funding for this call is in the summer semester in April 2025.
Eligible applicants are those who
The scholarship can be applied for every semester. As a rule, it is granted for a period of three years.