Newsletter for postdocs June 2026
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Newsletter for postdocs June 2026
Welcome to the new issue of the Graduate Academy's postdoc newsletter!
Today you receive our newsletter for June 2026. We take a look at our workshops that await you up to and including August and present events of our partners, different information as well as calls AND, as always, a highlight of the month - be sure to scroll to the end!
And here’s another tip: a few workshops of the Graduate Academy have already been added to StudIP for the winter term 2026/27 and are worth a look.
The Team of the Graduate Academy
Our workshops until August 2026
- 22 June 2026 and 23 June 2026
Tailor-made Job Applications - 26 June 2026
Grammar review - 06 July 2026
Effective Time Management for Early Career Researchers (waiting list only)
Important information about registration and allocation of places for our offerings!
- We have new terms and conditions! To ensure interdisciplinarity, no more than half of the available places for each Graduate Academy program will be allocated to members of the same faculty. By registering, you agree to the Graduate Academy’s terms and conditions.
- Please also note that registration for the offerings of the Graduate Academy takes place via StudIP and is binding. You cannot cancel your registration yourself. If you do not have StudIP access, please contact graduiertenakademie@uol.de via email.
- Registration is always provisional at first. The Graduate Academy will verify whether you are eligible to participate and whether spots are available. Afterward, access will be granted in the order of the registration date! (You will then receive an automatic email).
- If you are unable to attend the event, please cancel your registration by emailing us. This will allow people on the waiting list to move up.
Ongoing offers
- Webcasts on career development for postdoctoral researchers
Since October 2025, we have been offering webcasts (self-study videos) on the following topics:
„Becoming a professor!”
„First audition? Applying for (junior) professorships” as well as
„Planning and developing your academic career. I'm off then! Ways out of academia!”
If you are interested in one of the webcasts, please consult the website of the Graduate Academy to find more information. - E-Learning Course: „Good Scientific Practice”
How should research results be documented? How to cite correctly? How do you deal with image sources? The eLearning course provides answers to questions about correct scientific work Good academic practice in the doctorate. P.S.: General recommendations for dealing with (generative) AI in doctoral dissertations have been published by UOL at the end of 2024.
Offers from PE.OE on GWP for supervisors: https://uol.de/peoe/fuehrung/fuehrung-in-der-wissenschaft (under seminars and training) - Career counselling for postdocs by the Vice President for Academic Career Paths, Equal Opportunities and International Affairs
Wednesdays between 8 and 9 a.m.
Registration at: sekretariat.vpn@uol.de - Measures to ensure equal opportunities at the UOL
- Individual coaching
Funds for the temporary employment of assistants
Conditions see the website of the Graduate Academy.Applications are possible at any time.
In winter semester 2026/27, the new round of the mentoring programme "Progressio. Successfully shaping top positions in science" starts, which is aimed at advanced female postdocs (desirable: at least 3 years after the doctorate), junior research group leaders and junior professors with and without tenure track who are aiming for a professorship or a permanent leadership position in academia.
Just released: Two interviews with participants from the 2024/25 cohort!
Application deadline: 30 June 2026
Any questions? → graduiertenakademie@uol.de
Workshops organised by our cooperation partner BYRD Uni Bremen
As a UOL postdoc, you can take part in the events organised by our cooperation partner BYRD (University of Bremen) ! Register now!
- 05.06.2026 KI transformiert qualitative Forschung?! (online, German)
- 11.06.2026 Academic Publishing with Open Access (online, English)
- 26.06.2026 Revise, Rewrite, Review: How to edit your academic texts as a non-native speaker (Campus, English)
- 06.07.2026 Das eigene Bild in der Wissenschaft - Selbstdarstellung zwischen Anspruch und Klischee (Forum am Domshof, German)
- 13. and 14.07.2026 How to Get into the German job market! (Campus, English)
Did you know?
- Starting with the summer term the new conditions of participation of the Graduate Academy are in place!
- University Didactics events
"Teaching in English - Advice"
Individual appointment
Registration and further information - twillo - das niedersächsische Portal für offene Lehre (in German)
Bildungsmaterialien, Workshops und Online-Sprechstunden - Counselling and Coaching for Employees at the UOL
The counselling and coaching services are aimed at all employees of the University of Oldenburg. It is available directly during working hours - without bureaucratic obstacles. The counsellors are bound to confidentiality and all concerns are treated in strict confidence.
Please feel free to get in touch. - The BIS Digital Humanities Service offers a wide range of interdisciplinary services, such as workshops on individual methods, tools and programming languages (e.g. digital literary studies, AI audio transcription, Python), weekly open consultation hours, and a monthly get-together as a place for exchange, networking, and low-threshold skills acquisition. For further information, see the service homepage.
- Interested in start-ups? Then quickly register for the start-up newsletter of the Gründungs- und Innovationszentrum of UOL!
- Uni Oldenburg / Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement
„Herzgesundheit im Fokus” für alle Beschäftigten der UOL (in German language)
Veranstaltungen März bis Juni 2026 - DFG information events on funding opportunities for researchers at early career stages
For dates see DFG website - DFG workshops and information events on the topic of equal opportunities
For dates see DFG website - DFG e-learning „Mitigating Bias in Scientific Evaluation and Decision-Making Processes”
individually usable e-learning course, currently only available in German, for further information see DFG website - DFG offer: Check of CVs
for Walter Benjamin-, Emmy Noether- or Heisenberg-Programme - Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung - Info events on different funding opportunities
Humboldt Discoveries info event: Feodor Lynen-Research Fellowship - conduct research abroad – as a visiting researcher with members of the worldwide Humboldt network!
Humboldt Discoveries info event: Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programm - Scouting for talent – recruiting international research talents funded by the Humboldt Foundation - Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München
sichtbar.sein.selbst.gestalten - Sichtbarkeits-Konfigurator für Wissenschaftlerinnen (in German)
Förderschwerpunkt „Innovative Frauen im Fokus” des BMFTR - UGO-Award for Excellent Doctoral Supervision (website only available in German, unfortunately)
New procedure! If you require more information and/or the nomination form in English language, please contact us via graduiertenakademie@uol.de
Nomination period: 01.06. bis 31.07.2026 - Very important! Lower Saxony Postdoc Survey „Time Experience” (in English)
Please respond by 10.06.2026! Estimated time: 10 minutes - Science Slam
17.06.2026, 19:00 h, Aula der UOL (A 11)
Registration is open for internal students via Stud.IP and for external students via email to scienceslam@uol.de - HS Bremen und HS Bremerhaven
„Erfolgreich bewerben auf eine HAW-Professur” (Online-Workshop, in German)
24.06.2026, 15-17 Uhr
Anmeldung - German Postdoc Network
Fake Papers, Real Damage: What Early-Career Researchers Should Know About Paper Mills (online lunch talk, in English)
Date: 26.06.2026, 13:00-14:00 h
Registration - Winterschool „Design your future” für Postdocs - Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg
Der Weg zur HAW-Professur: 4 online-Workshops (in German)
Anmeldeschluss: 03.07.2026 - Falling Walls Lab Münster (Call for Applications)
11.09.2026, REACH - Euregio Start-up Center in Münster
(preparatory event for the „Falling Walls Science Summit” in Berlin 06.-09.11.2026)
Application deadline: 01.08.2026 - FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony 2026
The application period for the FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony 2026 is now open. A prize of €4,500 will be awarded for both the best data publication and the best software publication that demonstrate outstanding implementation of the FAIR principles or the FAIR4ResearchSoftware standards, thereby promoting transparency, accessibility, and reusability of scientific results. The award winners will be honored during the Data Days Niedersachsen on 25 November 2026 in Oldenburg. The application deadline is 19 July 2026.
Highlight of the month
Registrations are open for our Science Slam 2026!
The UOL Science Slam will take place again on 17 June 2026 starting from 7 p.m.. Registration is now open via StudIP. For external persons registration is via email to: scienceslam@uol.de. Find all the details here.