It is among the most important international trade shows focusing on networking and information for German researchers: the annual meeting of the German Academic International Network (GAIN), which was held in San Francisco this past August. German academics attend panel discussions, workshops, and talks and engage in dialogue with representatives of the German scientific and academic landscape, government, and industry. They also learn about funding and job opportunities in Germany and forge ties with research institutions, scientific and academic organizations, and higher education institutions. Prospective candidates get information on forming junior research groups, applying for professorships, and careers in the private sector and in science management.

The Berlin research landscape, of which the Berlin University Alliance is a part, has a lot to offer in all of these areas. Appealing options were featured at the event in San Francisco. BUA spokesperson and Freie Universität Berlin president Günter M. Ziegler was among those in attendance. “Especially with the range of support options we offer for researchers across all career phases, we set standards here in Berlin as a network of excellence within the German scientific and academic landscape,” Ziegler explains. “Now and into the future, we view Berlin as a creative and diverse metro region with excellent quality of life that offers career opportunities for bright and innovative minds from all over the world – in cutting-edge research, science management, and the relationship between science, academia, and the research sector and the city at large.”

Overview of options offered by the Promoting Talent program

For doctoral candidates

For postdocs

For established researchers

For managers in research and science management