The Graduate Center for Chiral Electronics (GraCE) offers a structured program to support scientific and personal development of young scientists promoting a successful career in academia and non-academic research and development.
GraCE provides a unique platform for education, early-career support, and innovation transfer. Our goal is to foster a vibrant, collaborative research environment that empowers emerging scientists at different stages of their career:
The interdisciplinary and tailored top-level training program of GraCE focuses on networking and scientific exchange, scientific training, and key competencies.
GraCE is embedded in well-established graduate structures of all nodes:
All early-career researchers (ECRs) of GraCE receive individual training within their research groups, benefiting from each group’s expertise and state-of-the-art research facilities. In addition, GraCE offers a comprehensive training program featuring tailored lectures and seminars, opportunities for scientific exchange, and development of key competencies. With this program, GraCE prepares ECRs for successful careers in academia and industry and fosters a strong collaborative ECR network.
Research supervision, career mentoring, and individual coaching.
Lab exchanges and research visits.
GraCE fosters a well-connected community of early-career researchers.
Good scientific practice, gender and diversity sensitization, academic writing, patent applications.
Gain practical experience in complementary scientific fields.
Dedicated retreats and international conferences for early-career scientists.
Offered by (associated) CCE PIs.
Courses on CCE-relevant topics at all three nodes.
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