Workshop on November 21th, 2024

The Liaison Office São Paulo of Freie Universität Berlin, the Liaison Office for Latin America of Technical University of Munich, the Brazil Center of the University of Münster, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Potsdam, Heidelberg University and Technische Universität Berlin cordially invite prospective post-doctoral researchers to this Opportunities Online-Workshop for Argentina 🇦🇷, Brazil 🇧🇷, Chile 🇨🇱, Colombia 🇨🇴, Ecuador 🇪🇨, Paraguay 🇵🇾, Peru 🇵🇪, Uruguay 🇺🇾 and Venezuela 🇻🇪.

Book your individual one-on-one video call with representatives of German universities and institutions for the week following the workshop (Nov 22 & 25).

Doing a PostDoc in Germany means to work in an international and competitive system with a lot of opportunities to enhance your research career and your international network. We invite you to get to know the German system and opportunities for your research stay at German top universities. Learn about PostDoc career steps, financial grants and benefits and get in contact with other interested researchers and PostDocs that have recently returned from Germany.

Date

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Time

8:00 -10:30 (Bogotá, Lima)

10:00 - 12:30 (São Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires)

PROGRAM

Part 1: Online Workshop, November 21, 2024 (ZOOM Webinar)

Learn everything you need to know about how to do a postdoc at these excellent German universities and the financing opportunities in Germany in this virtual session. This session is dedicated to participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

8:00 (Bogotá) 10:00 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | Welcome & Opening Remarks

Welcome & Moderation: Jan an Haack, TU Berlin & Jörn Benzinger, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Doing your postdoc in Germany – an Introduction: Christiane Wüllner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

8:15 (Bogotá) 10:15 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | Opportunities & Funding

German Research Foundation (DFG) - Laura Ferreira 
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) - Christiane Wasmann
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Regional Offices in Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá - Reinhard Babel & Katharina Fourier 
EURAXESS - Charlotte Grawitz 
 
8:45 (Bogotá) 10:45 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | Funding Q&A

with DFG, AvH, EURAXESS and DAAD

9:00 (Bogotá) 11:00 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | Universities – Opportunities & Funding

​Postdoc opportunities at:

University of Münster: Laura Redondo
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB): Jörn Benzinger
Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin): Christian Lazar
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin): Jan an Haack
University of Potsdam (UP): Sven Dinklage & Liliana Mayer
Technical University of Munich (TUM): Carla Herrmann & Sören Metz
Heidelberg University: Nancy Iribarren & Inés Recio

9:45 (Bogotá) 11:45 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | How to get started. Q & A Session

Personal and academic requirements, where to look for calls and job offers, first contact with a potential host, and much more!

10:15 (Bogotá) 12:15 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | Wrap-Up

Matchmaking How-to, Closing Remarks, Summary and Wrap Up

10:30 (Bogotá) 12:30 (São Paulo, Buenos Aires) | End of Part 1

 

Part 2: Matchmakings (universities-in-germany.org Platform)

November 22 & 25:

Directions on how to book your individual consultations will soon follow.

 

Event language is English

 

Partners:

The event is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Research Foundation (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Euraxess.

Registration

 

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