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Coordination Office for the promotion of early career researchers

The Coordination Office for the promotion of early career researchers in the Vice-Rectorate Research supports young academics to ensure they produce outstanding work during their academic career.

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The coordination office was created in 2013. It supports academic high-fliers in accordance with the university's "Strategy 2030" which is particularly committed to promoting early career researchers.

The Coordination Office addresses doctoral students as well as postdocs. It organizes suitable measures (e.g. support with specific funds), offers advice, launches and coordinates interfaculty initiatives and projects for the promotion of early career researchers.

The advisory service is aimed at young scientists of every Faculty, who are before or after the next academic career step. The advice takes place in coordination with other institutions, which are supporting the young researchers.

Services

Promotion

The Coordination Office for the promotion of early career researchers supports researchers at doctorate and post-doctorate level with specific funds.

To the Fund for the Promotion of Young Researchers

To the Initiator Grants

To the 120%-Care-Grant

To UniBE Doc.Mobility

Advisory services

The Coordination Office advises the early career researchers on planning their academic career and provides support particularly in the evaluation of funding options at post-doctorate level.

The PhD

After your PhD

Career topics

Coordination

The secretariat of the Commission for the Promotion of Early Career Researchers at the University of Bern runs the Coordination Office. It ensures coordination with all service offices and institutes of the university committed to promoting early career researchers. It provides information within the university and to the outside to suit the target group concerned.

The working group for the promotion of early career researchers bundles the expertise of the different units of the central administration. The working group is managed by the Coordination Office.

Boards

Commission for the Promotion of Early Career Researchers

The Commission for the Promotion of Early Career Researchers advises and supports the Executive Board of the University of Bern in all matters concerning promotion of early career researchers.

The Commission

  • oversees, among other things, specific university programs for the promotion of early career researchers
  • compiles recommendations
  • and is responsible for all information on the promotion of early career researchers.

The Commission is composed of delegates from all faculties, intermediate staff, students as well as university offices which are particularly committed to matters concerning the promotion of early career researchers. The Commission is chaired by the Vice-Rector for Development, Prof. Dr. Virginia Richter.

The next meeting of the Commission will take place:

Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 9.00 a.m.

Member list of the commission (PDF, 42KB)

Working group for Academic Careers

The working group for Academic Careers bundles the expertise of the different units of the central administration.

The following offices and departments are directly involved with questions regarding the promotion of early career researchers:

  • Vice-Rectorate International and Academic Careers: Coordination Office for the the Promotion of Early Career Researchers, Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programmes; the Office for Transferable Skills and the Welcome Center
  • Vice-Rectorate Research and Innovation: Administrative Office Research Commission; Grants Office
  • Vice-Rectorate Quality and Sustainable Development: Office for Equal Opportunities
  • The Human Resources Office
  • The Intermediate Staff Association
  • The University Library

The working group has the following main goals:

  • regular, institutionalized exchange of information on ongoing measures for the promotion of young scientists
  • supply of expertise for decisions by the university's governing bodies.
  • consulting of other university units.
  • collecting best practice, developing model examples and input of recommendations into the inner-university decision-making processes.
  • exchange with internal and external university bodies, while also maintaining contact with other universities and institutions of higher education.

Contact and information: Matthias Hirt, Coordination office for the promotion of early career researchers, matthias.hirt@unibe.ch