Concise Information | Exchange | Space for Questions

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The Science Support Center’s Brown Bag Sessions offer UDE researchers concise information and an opportunity for informal, interdisciplinary exchange. Each session focuses on a current topic related to research, funding, career development, or transfer – often complemented by a brief expert input.

The sessions typically take place around lunchtime and are mostly held online. Depending on the topic, they are aimed at different target groups within the University of Duisburg-Essen.

The Brown Bag Sessions regularly address current topics related to research funding, support for early career researchers (GC Plus), as well as research transfer and startup initiatives (GUIDE). Topics covered so far include:

Funding and Grant Applications

• DFG Funding in Practice: Direct Grants
• DFG Funding in Practice: The Walter Benjamin Programme
• Academic and Scientific Networks
• Seed Funding: Postdoc Seed Funding and Advance Funding for First-Time DFG Proposals
• Horizon Europe at a Glance
• EIC Pathfinder
• Funding Initiatives of the Volkswagen Foundation

Research Transfer and Entrepreneurship

• Start-up Funding Programmes

Career Development and Networking

• Mentoring in Academia