Follow your own Track

Developing a Research and Funding Strategy

As competition continues to increase both in Germany as well as internationally, researchers and the institutions are forced to submit more and more applications for thirdparty funding. However, not all funding programmes may be suitable for realizing the goals of an individual researcher or the plan of a working group or institute. Selection panels and appointment committees also increasingly expect participants to present strategic concepts on how they plan to develop their research including their applications for third-party funding.
The aim of this workshop is thus to enable the participants to act strategically with regards to their middle- or long-term career goals and scientific ambitions resp. the goals their institution is pursuing.

In-person-Workshop

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
9.30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Individual meeting - online

Trainer

Dr. Beate Scholz

Language

English

Location

Poppelsdorfer Allee 31-33
53115 Bonn, 3rd floor

Target group

Postdocs | Established Researchers | Junior Research Group Leaders | Junior/TT-Professors

Track(s)

yourTRACK | Research Track

Certificate

Certificate of attendance | 
9 units are applicable within the "Careers Plus" certificates

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Content

  • Definition of short-, middle- and long-term individual or institutional goals
  • Overview of selected funding programmes
    • selection is based on participants’ documents which need to be provided collectively 14 days prior to the workshop
  • Analysis of criteria and perspectives of decision making bodies and reviewers
  • Individual draft, short presentation in the plenary, and discussion of a grant summary or strategic concept for acquiring third party funds
  • On the second day: Short coaching sessions

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Human Resource Development will cover all the costs incurred.

Yes. If an event is fully booked, we will put you on the waiting list. You may then move up the list if a space becomes free with enough time still to go before the event starts.

The premises of Poppelsdorfer Allee 31-33 will be barrier-free in the near future. At the moment construction work ist still taking place. If required please contact us in advance.

If you need childcare during the event, please contact the Office of Family Services at the University of Bonn.

The further training offers provided by Human Resource Development at the University of Bonn are only open to people who have signed a work contract with the University, are enrolled as a doctoral student, are conducting research on behalf of the University or are an associated member of a research consortium. 

You will usually be given a certificate at all our events that confirms your attendance at the event and its content.

We also offer a certificate program along the three "Career Tracks": "Research", "Research Management" and "Business & Organizations". For more information, please see the corresponding page of the certificates. If the currently displayed training course can be credited to one of the three "tracks", this is indicated accordingly.

There is currently no certificate as part of the yourTRACK program.

Contact

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Sabine Kurth-Driessen

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