REGARD Workshop: Finding and applying for funding in academia
Event details
| Date | 12.05.2017 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 17:00 |
| Speaker | Susanne Matuschek, MATUSCHEK CONSULTING, St. Gallen |
| Location |
University of Neuchatel
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| Category | Internal trainings |
Description and objectives
This workshop is for advanced PhD students and Postdocs who plan to apply for a fellowship or grant.The objectives of this workshop are:
Approach
Theory by the trainer combined with individual work, practical exercises, group discussions and feedback. Practical exercises are based on CV and career concept of each participant. The career concept will be prepared by the participants before the course starts and according to trainers requirements (details will be communicated at the latest two weeks before the workshop).
Target audience
Female PhD students & Postdocs
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Registration & Participation fee
Participation is free for members of partner institutions.
Registration is done online and opens 6 weeks before the course begins: www.unifr.ch/regard
The REGARD programme is addressed to young female academics of the next generation and for women professors of the universities of French-speaking Switzerland, HES-SO and EPFL. The REGARD programme is organized by the gender equality offices those institutions.
The objective of the REGARD program is to develop skills and offer concrete tools for career management and supervision. These workshops also create spaces for discussion and exchange of experiences among researchers. They also aim to increase awareness of gender equality issues in academic careers.
This workshop is for advanced PhD students and Postdocs who plan to apply for a fellowship or grant.The objectives of this workshop are:
- Receive information about funding organizations and suitable funding possibilities especially for women researchers (Switzerland and EU) and in respect of
- the academic level and career plans
- Know the most important features about planning and preparing an application and a research project
- Practical exercises: analysis of the current career situation of each participant and work on the first part of an application.
- Group coaching: participants present and discuss their career concept within the group and receive feedback by the trainer (see Approach)
Approach
Theory by the trainer combined with individual work, practical exercises, group discussions and feedback. Practical exercises are based on CV and career concept of each participant. The career concept will be prepared by the participants before the course starts and according to trainers requirements (details will be communicated at the latest two weeks before the workshop).
Target audience
Female PhD students & Postdocs
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Registration & Participation fee
Participation is free for members of partner institutions.
Registration is done online and opens 6 weeks before the course begins: www.unifr.ch/regard
The REGARD programme is addressed to young female academics of the next generation and for women professors of the universities of French-speaking Switzerland, HES-SO and EPFL. The REGARD programme is organized by the gender equality offices those institutions.
The objective of the REGARD program is to develop skills and offer concrete tools for career management and supervision. These workshops also create spaces for discussion and exchange of experiences among researchers. They also aim to increase awareness of gender equality issues in academic careers.
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Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required