On the way to a scientific career

Target Group:

  • Postdocs with temporary positions without a professorship
  • Postdocs at universities, but also in scientific areas of industry and non-university research institutions
  • Junior professors with and without tenure track
  • Young Investigators Group leaders funded directly by funding institution

The goal

The program is aimed at postdocs at the JGU and offers opportunities for networking on the one hand, and for professional tasks of postdocs that lie outside of the field of expertise on the other hand.

 

It is also a response to the changes that have been observed in recent years in the qualification paths of young scientists. In recent years, there has been a development of career paths that lead to a stay in the academic system without the attainment of a "traditional" professorship.

 

For example, people remain in the academic system on a project basis and are only partially covered by the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act. This is due to the increase in third-party funding, which accounts for more than a third of the total budget at many universities.

The program takes these changes into account and continues the program "On the way to professorship" under the name "On the way to science".

→ Program

 

Focus:

General Career Orientation

Topics include careers in academia, extramural research, or business and industry, such as:

  • University appointments
  • Opportunities at MPI, Helmholtz, DJI, WZB, Fraunhofer Institutes
  • Research opportunities in industry (Böhringer Ingelheim, Schott, etc.)

Organization of science

Training with internal and external speakers on:

  • Management of third-party funds
  • The structure of the JGU
  • Structures of research funding

Supervision as an aspect of academic teaching

  • Supervision and advice for doctoral theses and dissertations
  • Different supervision models (collective vs. individual supervision models)
  • Dealing with conflicts in supervision situations

Examination as an aspect of academic teaching

  • Designing exams
  • Assessing performance
  • Giving feedback

Networking

  • Social events with input, such as lunches / fireside chats with important people from JGU or public life
  • Individual consultation with the responsible ZQ staff and, if necessary, referral to other experts

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