Grant writing
Scholarships, travel grants, and fellowships are more than just academic support—they’re your ticket to success in any field. Whether you’re aiming for academia, industry, or NGOs, securing funding is highly valued everywhere.
Workshop
Time and career management for scientists
In our time management workshop for scientists, you´ll learn that every week has 7 days, 168 hours or 10080 minutes…. a lot of time to do a lot of things! Still, many of us suffer from the feeling of always having too little of it. You might not give it enough thought on how to distribute it between your career, family, friends and hobbies.
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Storytelling for scientists
We all enjoy a good story, whether it’s during a presentation, a job interview, a conference coffee break, or simply during a pub night. Why? It activates the same areas of our brain that would be activated during the actual event.
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How to get research funding from industry
Adding research funding from the private sector is a lucrative option many researchers do not pursue. One of the biggest reasons this option is overlooked is a lack of understanding of how companies function and how an academic researcher might bridge cultural differences to make valuable connections.
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Negotiation
Negotiations are a crucial success factor for all types of careers, no matter if we negotiate about salary, contracts, working conditions or when trying to solve a conflict. Some people are afraid of negotiations or dislike them for fear of having to be sleazy in order to ‘win’.
Goodbye academia?
So, you finally have a science degree- or will in the future. What to do with it? In our career development seminar for researchers, you´ll learn about: Introspection, career options, scoring a job, salary negotiations, networking.
Scientific posters: design and pitching
An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, an appropriate use of language and special techniques in presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters.
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Conflict management
Conflicts are the moment of truth of any (working) relationship: scarce goods are redistributed, interests are clarified, and people can act as good colleagues or egomaniac tinpot dictators.
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How to start your own lab. Funding, Science and People
This workshop aims to show you all the tools you need to start your own academic research group.
The workshop is highly interactive, mostly based on discussions and interactive exercises. We aim to bring together the skills and experiences the trainers have gathered in academic and industrial settings.
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