The GGL has won a grant worth €15,000 in the competition of the equal opportunity commissioner of the Justus Liebig University for our project “Women in the Life Sciences”.

This project consists of several components designed to get more talented female doctoral students to pursue a scientific career and will run for two years.

We are planning several lectures by internationally accomplished female scientists. By highlighting extraordinary female scientists as role models, we want to emphasise the compatibility of career and family. There will also be lectures investigating the role and position of female researchers in science.

Thanks to our grant, the GGL will also be able to finance child care during these lectures and for other plenary events such as the Annual Conference.

We will also be having various workshops on topics like time and self-management, communication strategies or career planning and family for young female researchers.

Furthermore, we will be starting a mentoring program by next semester which will give interested students an opportunity to look into potential career paths and a chance to establish networks.

Please check this site for regular updates on Women in Life Sciences.

For questions, please contact Edith Laser.