Career track Academia

Have you always worked in science so far? Are you (still) aiming for an academic career? Have you already decided on a career in academia or are you still facing this decision? Or do you want to check whether you are still on the right track despite your years of experience in academia?

We can support you particularly

• in acquiring skills for a further career in science,
• in developing an independent academic profile, and 
• with an offer for a possible expansion of your own interdisciplinary competence portfolio.

With regard to the challenges that have to be mastered due to the framework conditions of the system in academia, a number of questions arise: How can I best publish? How can I incorporate a stay abroad during my postdoc phase? How can I expand and use my networks? Is my teaching experience enough? How do I put a proposal idea on paper in order to acquire third-party funding? What other qualifications do I need to be able to work?

Our offer

• networking opportunities within a mentoring program
• Grant Writing Boot Camp
• (further) qualification opportunities
• advices on application documents and appointment procedure for academic positions such as a professorship
• coaching on, e. g. positioning, decision-making, strengthening strengths, profiling and profile sharpening, clarifying values, work-life-balance
• Postdoc Talks on topics such as appointment procedures, HAW professorship
• check of the IS-status of your scientific profile and identification of possibilites to further develop it  
• support for the expansion of teaching experiences by means of teaching tandems
• setting for full concentration for writing on scientific texts by means of Writing Retreats

We help you to answer these and other questions about a career in academia. Feel free to make an appointment via email to postdoccenter@hzdr.de. We would be happy to advise you!