Careers in motion!

Your opportunities

Study programmes & PhD programmes

• Master’s degree course in “Experimental Medicine”
  Additional degree course for medical students focussing on biomedical research
• CiM-IMPRS Graduate Programme
  Structured PhD programme in the interdisciplinary research fields of cell dynamics and imaging

Project funding

• Pilot projects
  Funding for interdisciplinary research projects carried out by PhD students and postdocs

Mobility in Germany and abroad

• Train Gain Fellowships
  Grants for junior researchers for research stays outside Münster, both in Germany and abroad
• Travel Awards for participating in scientific conferences
  Grants for junior researchers to participate in scientific conferences both in Germany and abroad

Events

• "Pioneers in Cell Dynamics & Imaging" lecture series
• Inflammation & Imaging Lecture
• Brown-Bag Lunch
  Talks given in an informal atmosphere over a lunchtime snack – organised by junior researchers for junior researchers
• Microscopy seminars
• Interdisciplinary symposia by the CiM-IMPRS Graduate Program
  Annual conference with speakers from across the globe, organised by PhD students

Career networks

• Young Academy
  Career network for postdocs and junior research group leaders
• "Women in Science" network
  Career network for junior women researchers
• Women-in-Science Network Medicine Münster
  The Women in Science Network of the Medical Faculty

Research infrastructure

• Imaging Network
  Cooperation network for biomedical imaging

Major focuses of our funding & career programmes

• Interdisciplinary research: project funding, research-oriented training programmes, networks and series of events – these programmes offer opportunities not only for putting into practice innovative research ideas in the field of cell dynamics and imaging, but also for acquiring interdisciplinary skills and broadening your horizons. One important aspect in our field is to link scientific and clinical perspectives with one another and thus facilitate the transfer of basic research results to clinical applications.
• International research: Excellent research needs the best minds from all over the world, as well as a lively exchange of knowledge – reaching across geographical and cultural boundaries. We enable junior researchers to undertake external research stays both in Germany and abroad – and promising students come to Münster to begin their careers in our international graduate programme. Internationally renowned researchers are our regular guests as speakers, cooperation partners or advisers.
• Equal opportunities: In all our activities we consciously take into account aspects which make it easier for researchers to combine having a career and a family. Also in our concepts, we particularly incorporate support for the career development of junior women researchers, as women are still underrepresented in leading positions in the academic world.

• Career stories from our research network