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Research is challenging, diverse and creative - and this is what we would like to show in the next round of the annual 'pART of Research' calendar competition of Heine Research Academies and the Diversity Coordination Office. Under the motto: "Creative and Colourful", you can submit your picture entries and focus on both the many facets of research and the beauty of your research work. All photos, drawings, collages, etc. submitted by 31 May 2021 will be put to a public vote on the HeRA website.…

CaVaD 2021 specifically addresses PhD students and young scientists from all around the world who are involved in cardiovascular research.

The report presents empirical findings on the situation of early career researchers in Germany. The focus of the 2021 edition is on the career paths of doctoral researchers; other topics include working and employment conditions, qualification conditions during the doctoral phase, transitions to qualification, as well as career paths and professional prospects after the doctorate.

Soapbox Science Rheinland will take place in Cologne on 21 August 2021. The call for speakers to take part in Soapbox Science Rheinland ends on 28 February 2021.

Early Career Reseachers and citizen science practitioners are invited to apply for online summer school in June, hosted by the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, till 1 March, 2021.

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.

In spring 2019, doctoral researchers at the HHU have been invited to participate in the survey. If you have given your consent, you will be invited to the first follow-up survey in the next few days. Repeated participation will allow you to trace your professional and life history.
Even if you have taken a supposedly unusual path to or during your doctorate, or if you have not pursued your doctorate further in the meantime, your participation is very important. Only through the broadest possible…

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