Managing research

The successful acquisition of third-party funding is becoming increasingly important for the postdoctoral academic career path. This event will provide an overview of different possibilities to apply for financial support for your own research project and your own position, and practical advice on how to apply.

Young researchers are expected to be mobile and to establish networks across borders in early stages of the academic careers and to move independently in the international scientific community. A variety of funding institutions and programs are available for this purpose. This event will give you an overview of the most important funding opportunities for short-, medium- and long-term stays abroad (teaching and research), and practical advice on how to apply.

There is no guarantee of success, but with the right approach you can avoid many stumbling blocks when preparing a third-party funding application. In this event, you will receive practical advice on how to find the right funding format, how to present your project, and last but not least, what you need to consider when planning your expenses. 

“Scientific integrity forms the basis of trustworthy science”, according to the preamble of the DFG's Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice. The interactive lecture will discuss what scientific integrity and scientific misconduct mean in this context and show that there are gray areas between the two extremes based on the most common problems in questions of supervision, publishing and data management. Participants will be given an overview of the most important national and international regulations on compliance with good scientific practice and will learn about the statutes specific to the University of Greifswald and the existing ombudsman system.

Science communication has the task of making research visible. This task is now becoming increasingly relevant as a prerequisite for the funding of third-party projects.
But what should the actual implementation by scientists look like? Is it just a matter of building a website, is podcasting experience urgently required or is it enough to “do something with social media”? Various formats and tools for science communication are presented here.

How do I assume my responsibility as a researcher, which guidelines do I have to consider when developing a research idea and the subsequent application? Good scientific practice means dealing not only with methodological but also with ethical issues of the research process. For most third-party funding agencies, this idea has already found its way into guidelines and specifications for applications and project design - and is thus standard practice. Important ethical principles should already be reflected upon during the development of a research idea as well as during the application process and should also be taken into account throughout the entire research project. 
How do I assume my responsibility as a researcher, what requirements do I have to take into account when developing a research idea and the subsequent application?

The collection, analysis and archiving of research data has long been part of everyday scientific life. Digital data processing has opened up new opportunities for collecting, viewing and publishing research data. However, the tried and tested strategies are also facing new challenges - a good plan for managing and sharing the growing volumes of data in research projects is therefore essential. 
In this talk, we will present the data lifecycle in detail and show basic concepts of data management as well as suitable, freely available tools for an easy start into all phases of data management.

Scientific publishing is one of the core tasks of scientists in order to document and present the results of their own research and ultimately to subject them to a quality check. Today, adequate scientific publishing includes not only the selection of a suitable form and place of publication, but also the securing of usage rights as well as free access (open access) to published research results. The lecture will therefore focus on how to find a suitable publication medium, what open access means, which paths lead to open access publication and which other issues need to be considered in scientific publishing.

Research transfer is about sustainable science. Scientists have a responsibility to make the results of their research accessible and thus usable for society. This is particularly important in areas where comprehensive changes or rapid technological advances raise questions about their consequences for society or the environment. Therefore, your own scientific work should not stop at the result, but should actually contribute to the practical solution of a problem and thus be applied. Discover the application potential of your research topic - be it a clinical study, a scientific experiment or a humanities project!