The Graduate Academy of TU Dresden and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) have every reason to celebrate: A review panel of the Helmholtz Association has positively evaluated the joint HZDR-TUD Postdoc Center.

Intending to support postdoctoral researchers in their professional career planning, the Postdoc Center began its work at the start of 2020 and is now entering its second funding phase.

Since then, more than 200 workshops have been carried out. In addition, over 200 individual consultations and coaching sessions have been conducted for 1,230 postdocs (196 at the HZDR).

Paths to a professorship

Once the decision to pursue an academic career has been made, the postdoc phase is the decisive phase in which the foundation for a successful academic career is laid. To provide the best possible support for scientists on this career path, the Postdoc Center designed and implemented new formats:

• The Postdoc Talks highlight career-relevant aspects of the postdoc phase,
•  the Mentoring Program Academia supports postdocs in their personal and professional development and planning for a scientific career, and
•  the Grant Writing Boot Camp is aimed at postdocs working on their proposal to an external funding organizations.

Career paths outside academia

The reviewers were particularly positive that the Postdoc Center, with its career paths in business and science management, also focuses on non-academic careers.

In addition to numerous workshops on career development or leadership and management skills, distinctive certificate programs, such as the Future Career Program: Business odor the new Future Career Program: Innovation, can be completed.

The program is complemented by various networking formats such as Company Visits, Cross-Mentoring-Program and Career Lunch Talks.

You may find further information and an overview of the services and programs
of the Postdoc Center HZDR-TUD here:

• Postdoc Center | TUD
• Postdoc Center | HZDR