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Research and Early Career Support

Head:

VA Dr. Christian Schmitt-Engel

Phone: + 49 9131/85-20722
Email: christian.schmitt-engel@fau.de

Deputy:

VAe Dr. Henriette Müller-Ahrndt

Phone: + 49 9131/85-22807
Email: henriette.mueller-ahrndt@fau.de

VAe Dr. Sonja Pötzsch

Phone: + 9131/85-24875
Email: sonja.poetzsch@fau.de

Responsibilities:

Research services

  • Providing advice and support connected to the acquisition of public funding and intramural research funding programs
  • Providing advice and guidance during proposals for collaborative research (from drafting the proposal to the review)
  • Coordinating quality assurance across the board for collaborative DFG research projects and evaluating and monitoring proposals and experience gained during previous reviews
  • Supporting and coordinating the FAU Excellence Strategy
  • Digitalization of research support
  • Organizing and accompanying network meetings and events for encouraging interdisciplinary collaborative research projects (e.g. FAUnetwork-CRC, FAUconnect)
  • Establishing, providing conceptual support for and guiding central institutions

Services for early career researchers

  • Central port of call for information and services for doctoral candidates (FAU Graduate Center), early career researchers and their supervisors and mentors
  • Courses for researchers at all faculties (program of the Graduate Center and FAUnext)
  • Administration, optimization and quality assurance of the processes for obtaining a doctoral degree, in particular with respect to the FAU Office of Doctoral Affairs, and coordinating systems for recording and managing data on doctoral candidates
  • Providing advice and support on an academic career and other career paths (including Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI), FFL)
  • Developing offers and services for attracting early career researchers
  • Assistance and quality assurance in establishing doctoral programs, cooperative doctoral degrees with universities of applied sciences (e.g. Bavarian Academic Forum BAYWISS) and doctoral degrees with international partner universities (“Cotutelle” model)
  • Cross-sectional coordination and implementation of projects and offers for supporting early career researchers within FAU and in collaboration with extramural research institutions

Further email addresses, phone numbers etc. for Research and Early Career Support

from UnivIS - Information System of the FAU

Leitung

  • Dr. Schmitt-Engel, Christian, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20722, Email: christian.schmitt-engel@fau.de

stellvertretende Leitung

  • Dr. Müller-Ahrndt, Henriette, Phone number: +49 9131 85-22807, Email: henriette.mueller-ahrndt@fau.de
  • Dr. Pötzsch, Sonja, Phone number: +49 9131 85-24875, Email: sonja.poetzsch@fau.de

Coaching und Leitung FAUnext

  • Dr. Schnurbusch, Silke, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20699, Email: silke.schnurbusch@fau.de

Binationale Promotionen & Promotionsberatung

  • Dr. Zeißler, Elena, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20260, Email: elena.zeissler@fau.de

Blog, Website, FAUnext

  • Pliakogianni, Nasia, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20720, Email: nasia.pliakogianni@fau.de

Seminarprogramm

  • Puls, Kerstin, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20721, Email: kerstin.puls@fau.de

Digitalisierung des Promotionsprozesses, FAUattract

  • Dr. Kearney, Christopher, Phone number: +49 9131 85-71363, Email: christopher.kearney@fau.de

Promovierendenerfassung und -beratung

  • Drafz, Julia, Phone number: +49 9131 85-71366, Email: julia.drafz@fau.de

Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI)

  • Pliakogianni, Nasia, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20720, Email: nasia.pliakogianni@fau.de

Verwaltung von Stipendien und allgemeine Anfragen

  • Schmidt, Christa, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20724, Email: christa.schmidt@fau.de

Zulassung zum Dr. med., Dr. med. dent., Dr. rer. nat., Dr. rer. biol. hum.

  • Brownlie, Silke, Phone number: +49 9131 85-24163, Email: promotion-zulassung@fau.de

Zulassung und Promotionsverfahren zum Dr. phil., Dr. theol.

  • Weiland, Helge, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26402, Email: promotion-phil-theol@fau.de, Email: helge.weiland@fau.de

Promotionsverfahren zum Dr. rer. biol. hum

  • Wagner, Naemi, Phone number: +49 9131 85-22341, Email: promotion-med@fau.de, Email: naemi.wagner@fau.de, Email: promotion-biolhum@fau.de

Promotionsverfahren zum Dr. med., Dr. med. dent.

  • Wagner, Naemi, Phone number: +49 9131 85-22341, Email: promotion-med@fau.de, Email: naemi.wagner@fau.de, Email: promotion-biolhum@fau.de

Promotionsverfahren zum Dr. rer. nat.

  • Deger, Irene, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26003, Email: promotion-nat@fau.de, Email: irene.deger@fau.de

Exzellenzstrategie

  • Dr. Böhm, Christina, Phone number: +49 9131 85-71092, Email: christina.boehm@fau.de
  • Dr. Pötzsch, Sonja, Phone number: +49 9131 85-24875, Email: sonja.poetzsch@fau.de
  • Dr. Schmitt-Engel, Christian, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20722, Email: christian.schmitt-engel@fau.de

Beratung und Anschubfinanzierung DFG-Verbundinitiativen SFB, FOR

  • Dr. Böhm, Christina, Phone number: +49 9131 85-71092, Email: christina.boehm@fau.de
  • Dr. Pötzsch, Sonja, Phone number: +49 9131 85-24875, Email: sonja.poetzsch@fau.de
  • Zaburdaeva, Larisa, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26330 (Mo.,Di.,Mi.,Fr.), Email: larisa.zaburdaeva@fau.de

Beratung und Anschubfinanzierung DFG-Verbundinitiativen GRK

  • Dr. Müller-Ahrndt, Henriette, Phone number: +49 9131 85-22807, Email: henriette.mueller-ahrndt@fau.de
  • Dr. Schmitt-Engel, Christian, Phone number: +49 9131 85-20722, Email: christian.schmitt-engel@fau.de

Emerging Fields Initiative (EFI)

  • Zaburdaeva, Larisa, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26330 (Mo.,Di.,Mi.,Fr.), Email: larisa.zaburdaeva@fau.de

FAUconnect

  • Zaburdaeva, Larisa, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26330 (Mo.,Di.,Mi.,Fr.), Email: larisa.zaburdaeva@fau.de

Digitalisierung der Forschungsunterstützung, Forschungsinformationssystem - CRIS

  • Jahn, Annika Sarah, Phone number: +49 9131 85-26388, Email: annika.sarah.jahn@fau.de



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