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Doctoral researchers, postdocs and junior group leaders of all Faculties – are you an excited researcher, a talented illustrator, or simply someone with a curious mind? This is your chance to shine!

Create an awe-inspiring image that captures the essence of your research.

We would like to accompany your start at HHU by offering a variety of helpful information for all new doctoral students and postdocs as well as the opportunity to connect with other researchers during the "Welcome Days".

Germany’s largest independent research funding organization offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. Join their online talk and get to know the DFG and its funding portfolio for postdocs. They will give a quick overview on all of their programmes.

Our partner TwentyOneSkills offers a wide range of online courses specifically for all working in science and research.

The fund serves to relieve the burden on female scientists at HHU who, in addition to research and teaching, also have child care responsibilities.

For each successfully acquired third-party-funded project of at least 100,000 €, young scientists at HHU receive a bonus of 5,000 € as a freely available budget. The programme is an incentive for the acquisition of third-party funding by young scientists. It is financed by the Strategic Research Fund (SFF) and applies to HHU's non-medical faculties.

The Falling Walls Conference wants to tear down walls and overcome boundaries: In our minds, in our thoughts and in our actions. Be there and present your reserach project, your business plan or your social ideas in just 3 minutes! The successful participation in the regional Rheinland lab on 12.09.19 at the University of Cologne is the ticket to the final in Berlin.

The Schering Stiftung and the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung offer start-up grants to fund promising research ideas by young scientists. Support is provided for projects in the fields of biochemical, neuroscience or immunological basic research with biomedical implications. The program is explicitly aimed at highly motivated young investigators who wish to pursue an independent career and conduct their own research which is different from that of their supervisors. Applications for the Young…

The Spring School will provide an introduction to and an overview of current research topics in biophysics of living systems, with an emphasis on understanding biological structure, dynamics and function. Registration now open! Application deadline: 20 December 2017