PhD & Postdoc in Germany (Chile): In person Workshop + Online Matchmaking - with EURAXESS participation

Slides can be found on the agenda when available

The Liaison Office São Paulo of Freie Universität Berlin, the Liaison Office for Latin America
of Technische Universität München, the Brasilien-Zentrum der WWU Münster, Ruhr-
Universität Bochum, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and Technische Universität
Berlin cordially invite prospective doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to this
Opportunities Workshop for candidates from Chile.
 
This event is made possible by DAAD - IC Santiago de Chile, hosted and co-organized by
Heidelberg Center for Latin America and supported by Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation, DFG Office Latin America Office and EURAXESS.
 
Register now for our Workshop in Santiago de Chile (22 & 23 March 2023 – limited vacancies!)
and the Online Consultations (24 March 2023): https://bit.ly/chile2023
 
Book your individual video consultations with representatives of German universities and
institutions for March 24 by registering directly to our event: https://connect.universities-in-
germany.org/events/chile-2023/

Once you are registered, Individual calls can be booked under Agenda.

PROGRAM

Day 1 (March 22)

Overview of German Research Career & University Presentations (March 22) - Live at Heidelberg Center Latin America (HCLA), Santiago de Chile

09:30 (Santiago de Chile) | Welcome

Registration and Welcome Words

• Welcome | Inés Recio, Academic Executive Director HCLA & Susanne Reischmann, DAAD IC Santiago de Chile

09:45 German Research Careers 

• The German Research Landscape | Susanne Reischmann, DAAD IC Santiago de Chile
• German Research Careers – Your Pathway from PhD to Permanent Professor | Christiane Wüllner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Testimonial |  Research Ambassador of DAAD in Chile

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 University Presentations 

• Heidelberg University | Inés Recio
• Technical University of Munich | Tiffany Paulisch & Sören Metz
• Freie Universität Berlin | Christian Lazar
• WWU Münster | Laura Redondo
• Ruhr-University Bochum | Jörn Benzinger
• Technische Universität Berlin | Jan an Haack

General Q&A

13:00 Lunch Snack and Meet-up Representatives

14:00 Additional offers for PhD and Postdocs 

15:00 Round Tables 3 x 30 minutes

Coordination: Jan an Haack (TU Berlin) and Nancy Iribarren (HCLA)
- Life in Germany - Welcome/Culture/Language/Family: Jörn Benzinger (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Tiffany Paulisch (TUM), Christian Lazar (FU Berlin)
- Formalities Patrick Kujas (German Embassy): Susanne Reischmann & Claudia Rodríguez (DAAD Chile), Laura Redondo (University of Münster) 
- Comparing Research Careers in Germany and Chile: Gudrun Kausel & Christina Peters (DFG), Inés Recio (HCLA), Sören Metz (TUM), Christiane Wüllner (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

17:00 Wrap-up

Day 2 (March 23)

Day 2: How to Get Started: Funding & Writing Workshop (March 23)
- Live at Heidelberg Center Latin America (HCLA), Santiago de Chile

09:30 (Santiago de Chile) | Registration & Welcome

10:00 Tips and Hints Session
A general approach to funding and job opportunities in Germany, Christiane Wüllner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10:30 Opportunities and Funding

• DAAD: Susanne Reischmann
• DFG: Christina Peters
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Carmen Feijóo
• Euraxess: Charlotte Grawitz (Video) - Slides 

General Q&A

12:00 Lunch Snack
Meet Your Peers, University and Funding Representatives

13:00 Parallel Sessions: Presentation and Workshop 
Applying for a PhD and Postdoc / Different aspects of describing your research ideas in the application process

• For Social Sciences and Humanities
• For Engineering and Natural Sciences

14:30 Individual consultations with representatives

17:00 Wrap Up & Outlook to Virtual Consulations (March 24) 

Event language is English

Watch the video-recordings of the webinars about (video 1) Postdoctoral and Doctoral (video 2) research in Europe, both in Spanish and held on March 2022.

In these webinar, the EURAXESS Brazil team explains how researcher from Latin American and Caribbean can pursue a postdoc or a PhD in Europe, and how to find funding opportunities. 

Video 1 - Postdoctoral Research in Europe

Video 2 - Doctoral Research in Europe