Dear researchers,

At the start of this semester we send you warm greetings and news about research and junior researcher support.

We are particularly pleased to be able to present you with yet another expanded program of events starting in the summer semester of 2022: With "Forschung fördern - Funding Week", we have added a new offering to our portfolio: One week long, we will introduce you to central funding formats and inform you about the framework conditions for submitting applications. Several events are planned in English. Another new offering is the "Antragswerkstatt – in einem Semester zur Sachbeihilfe", in which we guide you through a series of workshops on how to apply for a DFG grant. The Graduate Center has also significantly expanded its range of events for doctoral students and postdocs and tailored them even more specifically to the target group.

As usual, you will find more information on these innovations and our other offers in this newsletter and on our website.

We wish you a good start into the summer semester! Please stay healthy and connected to research!

Your

Team of the Research Support Services

 In April, our event series "Forschung fördern" will start again. We are happy to invite you to the following events, among others:

A preview of our program for the summer semester can be found on our website.

For more graduate events, please visit the Graduate Center website.

New offer! - "Promoting Research - Funding Week"

In the summer semester of 2022, we are offering a new series of events from the Grants Services division in addition to the our usual event formats "Forschung fördern - Funding Week" will take place from May 30, 2022 to June 3, 2022 via Zoom. In two events per day, we will bundle information on various funding sources and formats for you. Of course, there will also be enough time for your questions as well as for joint discussion. You can find the program here.

Evaluation results

As usual, we asked you about your satisfaction with our services at the end of the year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your feedback and are particularly pleased that you found our support "very helpful" (on average you awarded us 5.4 out of a possible 6 points) and would like to use our consulting services again in the future (5.7 out of a possible 6 points). We are constantly working on further optimizing our services for you and will be happy to take up your suggestions if you inform us of your needs.

"Antragswerkstatt – in einem Semester zur Sachbeihilfe“

Starting in April, we will pave the way for you to receive your own DFG Research Grant: In the new format "Antragswerkstatt - In einem Semester zur Sachbeihilfe" (proposal workshop - in one semester to a grant), we will facilitate your entry into the text genre of third-party funding proposals, provide you with helpful information about the DFG Research Grant, and give you the opportunity to network with peers and troubleshoot the writing process at regular meetings. Further information and registration can be found here.

Project Management SIMPLI-DEMO

With SIMPLI-DEMO, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sergio Lucia from the Faculty of Bio- and Chemical Engineering at TU Dortmund University has acquired a new EU joint project, which is accompanied by the project management service of the Research Support Services.

If you also consider submitting an application for an EU joint project or seek EU project management, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are also available to answer any other questions you may have about applying for EU projects.  

In the new area "Start-up and Transfer", events for doctoral students and postdocs interested in spin-offs and transfer will be offered together with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET) of the TU Dortmund University.

Equally starting in the summer semester, the Graduate Center will bundle its information offerings under the label GZ │info, which is also new. GZ | info events bring topics to the point and convey knowledge in brief and compact form. Two new offerings in this series ─ Your Doctorate at TU Dortmund University  and Framework Conditions for a Successful Doctorate ─ provide an overview for starting a doctorate.

 TU Dortmund Young Academy

This summer semester sees the launch of a new format for the promotion of young researchers at TU Dortmund University: young researchers from the doctoral level onwards can apply for funding for their own project. In addition to financial support, successful applicants will be accepted into the TU Dortmund Young Academy for up to six years, where they can take advantage of various offers.

The coordinating contact person for the program at the TU Dortmund Graduate Center is Dr. Maria Verena Peters.

Welcome to the team

Since January, Marion Kraft has been strengthening the graduate support team by coordinating the development of a career service platform for students. The focus of her tasks is the central bundling and visualization of all offers for students in the field of career services as well as the networking of all involved actors.

Did you know ...

...that the exclusive Coaching PLUS format offers advanced members of the junior faculty (i.e. post-doctoral researchers, junior professors, junior research group leaders) target group-specific training in small groups with subsequent individual coaching? The current offers around the final spurt to the professorship in the Coaching PLUS format can be found here and of course always on our event website.

FIT for Science: Information Service for Researchers

Newsletters abound, but the FIT newsletter stands out positively because of its usefulness and customizability: The newsletter Research, International Affairs, Transfer – FIT for Science bundles current calls for proposals from various funding agencies. You can filter these calls according to your personal preferences, for example by subject area, career level or funding body. You can also freely decide how often and on which days of the week you would like to receive the FIT newsletter. This customizable newsletter is free of charge for members of TU Dortmund University. Therefore our tip: Subscribe to it today and never miss an announcement again!

Via our mailing list, we will also continue to inform you as usual about the events of research funding and the Graduate Center as well as university-wide calls for proposals.

... the German Research Foundation (DFG) has revised its pages on individual grants programmes? Here, the options for funding individuals or projects by the DFG are presented in a clear manner. In particular, it facilitates the comparison of programs and the selection of the appropriate format according to the applicant’s career phase.