Infos for doctoral researchers at the IMPRS-gBGC

Information for newcomers and to stay connected

• Getting started in Jena: accommodation, documents needed
• Welcome page of the University: accommodation
• more info e.g. about German language and insurance is available here.

Improving your skills

• Upcoming IMPRS courses are announced on the home page and by email.
• An overview of past courses is available here
• Additional opportunities
• Useful resources e.g. on scientific communication
• German courses

Documents & procedures

• IMPRS agreement (May 2022) (also details the credit point system)
• Enrollment at university
• Establishing your PAC and organizing meetings
• business trips (reimbursement of conference and summer school participation etc. )
• guidelines for good scientific conduct etc. are available here.
• Templates for slides & posters

Support offer

If you are not satisfied with your situation as a PhD researcher (supervision, topic, financial situation), please talk to somebody whom you can trust instead of resigning to the situation. If in certain situations your adviser is not the right contact person, a strictly confidential meeting with

• Susan Trumbore, Sönke Zaehle or Markus Reichstein (as directors) or
• Ombudsperson or
• Equal Opportunity Commissioner or
• Contact for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion or
• Steffi Rothhardt as IMPRS coordinator or
• PhD representatives, currently: David, De Shorn, Theertha, Flávio, Linda, Ingrid
• Advisory Services at the Graduate Academy
• Employee Assistance and Coaching, Renate Ellinger, phone: 571606, Email
• free, 24-h hotline (external, anonymous) consulting service by the Fürstenberg Institute

can be organized. This offer is only meant to help you finding ways to improve your situation, you do not have to fear any negative consequences.

This page was last modified on June 08, 2022, at 03:48 PM