Future Career Program: Innovation

The entire workshop is in English.

Program description and target audience

How does an innovative idea come about? Can you learn creativity techniques? Can you use entrepreneurial thinking in science? What is "Design Thinking" and can I use it for my research and career planning?

Yes! As part of the Future Career Program: Innovation!

With the Future Career Program: Innovation we offer you in cooperation with DRESDEN exists the opportunity to internalize innovation as a personal development in a small, interdisciplinary group of selected participants. Even without a sparkling (business) idea, you can get to know and apply entrepreneurial thinking and acting. You develop new ideas in different areas of life or projects, such as your career, your research, a possible business Startup, your commitment to a topic and side project and implement them in applications.

The program is aimed at postdocs and doctoral candidates at the end of their PhDs, who want to be innovative. Be it in research, in business or even as a founder. The special feature of the program is that you do not have to come up with an idea, but you will develop it in module 1.

The prerequisite for participation is a confirmed membership in the Graduate Academy and participation in all modules. If you are not yet a member, please request your membership here.

We conclude with a transfer after work, where you receive your certificate and can network with representatives from the start-up scene. Your participation here is optional.

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Content and schedule

In the four modules that build on one another, key competencies are developed mediated on the following topics:

• Innovation and creativity techniques | May, 3^rd-4^th , 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Sarah Remmel |online
• Design thinking and prototyping | May, 18^th-19^th , 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Yvonne Horn & Linda Borowski |online or HZDR R. 114/203
• User perspective, Unique Selling Proposition, Intellectual Property & Freedom to Operate | June, 9^th-10^th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Linda Borowski & Dorit Teichmann | online or HZDR R. 114/203
• Effective communication and pitch training | July, 7^th-8^th , 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Dr. Markus Schmittberger | online or Graduate Academy, R. 2+3

• (optional) Transfer After Work | July, 13^th,  3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. | HZDR innovation

Individual Coaching / Career Consulting
The participants of the program can also take part in a coaching session or individual career planning if required.

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Important Notes

• Being a certificate program, attendance at all modules is expected! Participation in individual workshops is not possible.
• After the successful completion of the program participants will receive a comprehensive certificate containing detailed course descriptions. 

• All events are held in English. Participants can work on their projects in both German and English.

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Application requirements

The make-up of the group and the motivation of the participants are decisive for organizing a program optimally suited to their needs.

Therefore, if you are interested in applying for the Future Career Program: Innovation please submit the following documents:

• a completed application form, the pdf form is available here,
• a declaration of support from your PI or supervisor, the form is available here

Please submit the application documents as a pdf document via email to:  , not later than April 14th, 2022.