Third-party Funding Experts Programme (= Drittmittel Expert:innen Programm)
For more information on how to apply and the next program cycle, please visit our German website.
The success of a scientific career as a postdoc and in applying for a professorship depends to a large extent on the competence to acquire third-party funding. To enable young scientists at GGS to acquire this competence already during their doctoral or postdoctoral phase, the GGS has developed the programme "Third-party Funding Experts".
Participate exclusively in an intensive education programme for 9-months in which you will develop the competencies to develop third-party funded projects and to write project proposals.
Benefit from the exchange within the group, from collaboration in learning tandems and from individual coaching by a trainer.
For more information on how to apply and the next program cycle, please visit our German website "Drittmittel Expert:innen Programm".
This is what previous participants said:*
"What I particularly like about the programme is that the participants get a systematic and very comprehensive insight into the topic of third-party funding applications - with everything from the project idea to editing and submitting an application. The seminar has high practical relevance because the participants work on their own applications and are also supported in individual coaching sessions and receive helpful feedback."
"We have a friendly and open work climate. The idea that participants are organized in tandems to be able to support each other beyond the seminar sessions is helpful"
"The Third-party Funding Expert Programme has helped me a lot from the first session in co-developing, editing, and revising research proposals. The trainer went through all the important steps and aspects with us, from the project idea to the submission of the proposal, and enriched the sessions with her expertise and experience. In addition to the professional exchange with and the advice from the trainer - by the way also going beyond the sessions - the partnership exchange with the other PhD students and postdocs is also helpful for feedback and further development of the projects. I recommend the Third-party Funding Expert Programme to anyone who is currently writing project proposals or planning to do so in the future. With the GGS Third-party Funding Expert Programme, I feel well equipped with a specific perspective on calls for proposals, the 'toolbox' for writing them, and the critical eye for editing."
"I was encouraged and motivated in my plans. The atmosphere and the cooperation at each of the workshops were very constructive."
"I liked the interdisciplinarity of the participants. Because of this you're getting feedback on your third-party funding proposal from a nondisciplinary but qualified point of view."
"In concrete terms, two of our own applications were created during this phase, both of which were submitted to third-party funding providers. Overall it is impressive to see how many applications can be developed and submitted in a time span of six months thanks to the expert guidance and support from participants in the course"
*The statements were translated from German.
Participation requirement:
You are willing to attend the entire programme if possible (two excused [!] absences max.), to work on your own proposal between the individual event days, to give your tandem partner regular feedback and to discuss the progress of your own project, and to be included in the GGS expert pool as a third-party funding expert as well as to advise other junior researchers on third-party funding acquisiton.
Language of the event: German
| Usual Modules/Content |
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| Kick-off meeting and introduction in collegial consultation |
| Module 1: Funding opportunities and funding organisations |
| Module 2: Strategic career planning with third-party funding |
| Optional writing session 1 |
| Module 3: Application structure and project planning |
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Optional writing session 2 Optional writing session 3 Optional writing session 4 |
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Individual coaching (each participant has a contingent of at least 2,5 hours incuding text feedback and reading time, one unit = 30 minutes) |
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Module 4: Best practices: Learning from application examples, experiencing the review process |
| Module 5: Discussion of the individual proposal texts |
| Module 6: Project pitch and presentation |
| Closing event |
We would like to thank the Women's and equal opportunity officer and the departments 01, 02, and 03 for their financial support of the programme:
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Since 2018, the programme has been funded by the Departments of Law (01), Economics (02), and Social and Cultural Sciences (03). |
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In 2016 and 2017, the programme was funded by the Women's and Equal Opportunity Officer as part of the JLU Ideas Competition. |
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