1. Workshop for Junior Scientists - Fellowships to Germany - Dr. Oliver Lange Selection Department Head of Division Life Science

2. Funding for going abroad Question: Which is the right funding organization? Answer: It depends!

3. Career steps throughout a scientific life BMPhDPD Ass APFP 0 years after PhD Postdoc Experienced „Mid-Career“ Established 4-6 10-12 tenure likely tenure unlikely

4. Networking and Internationalization BMPhDPD Ass APFP 0 years after PhD Postdoc Experienced „Mid-Career“ Established 4-6 10-12 Internationalize yourself Internationalize your group

5. 12 Programmes „coming to Germany“ Humboldt-FoundationDAAD 04 Humboldt-Fellow Georg-Forster-Fellow Kovaleskaja-Award Bessel-Award Humboldt-Award Humboldt-Prof. years after PhD BMPhDPD AssAPFP 18 Georg-F-Award

6. EURAXESS Germany Germany’s role in the EU-wide network of EURAXESS Services Centres to facilitate cross-border, research-related mobility Information and personal counselling for internationally mobile researchers: ●funding programmes ●job offers ●immigration and residence, taxation Internet portal and contacts: www.euraxess.de

7. Research location Germany Question: Which is the best university in Germany? Answer: Wrong question!

8. Research location Germany Universities Leibniz Institutes Max Planck Institutes Helmholtz Centres Fraunhofer Institutes Greifswald Rostock Hamburg Bremen Hannover Berlin Magdeburg Halle Leipzig Dresden Jena Nürnberg München Freiburg Saarbrücken Frankfurt a. M. Dortmund Münster Bonn Göttingen Heidelberg Stuttgart Kiel Aachen Marburg Mainz Karlsruhe Köln

9. Research institutions ●approximately 100 universities: research in all disciplines ●81 Max Planck Institutes: basic research, especially in the natural and biosciences but also in the humanities and social sciences ●60 Fraunhofer Institutes: applied research ●18 Helmholtz Centres: technical-scientific and biomedical research ●86 Leibniz Institutes: research ranging from knowledge-oriented basic research to applied research

10. Research location Question: So - which IS the right place in Germany? Answer: An excellent researcher close to your research interest!

11. Humboldt Network Online ●Public network -search and find Humboldtians electronically -search the Bibliographia Humboldtiana ●Protected area (for Humboldtians) -access the details and contact addresses of all Humboldtians -administer entries in the Bibliographica Humboldtiana and your personal profile www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/researching-the-network.html

12. www.campus-germany.de www.daad.de/ipp www.daad.de/research-explorer www.phdgermany.de www.dfg.de/gepris How to find your Supervisor © Prof Boga

13. There are some hidden keywords in google: German website: site:.de URL containing "uni" (or “mpg”, “fhg”, “hzi”) inurl:uni looking for a Professor: Prof. keywords of your research topic: microbial ecology Put all this into one line: site:.de inurl:uni Prof. Microbial Ecology or site:.de inurl:mpg Prof. Physical Chemistry The Dr Verweyen way © Prof Boga

14. Reputation rules the world Question “What makes me interesting?” Answer “Reputation”

15. Reputation – throughout the career BMPhDPD AssAPFP GradesXXXx(x) PublicationsxxXXXXX Conferences (chair) (Attend / Awards) XxXxX xXxX xxxx x (x) X TeachingxxX Regional / National Awards xxXXXXxx International Award xxxXX

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