The Science Day focuses on early career researchers and the topic of “science communication”. Early career researchers are given the opportunity to present their innovative research ideas to the university public in a compact and vivid way to encourage discourse within the university across disciplinary boundaries.
Program:
Science Slam (in German)
A selected group of early career researchers compete against each other in the style of a science slam. They pitch their own project ideas and can receive up to 50,000 euros to realize their projects.
Science Communication Talk (in English)
Dr. Barry W. Fitzgerald,
TU Eindhoven & BW Science:
„Science Communication lessons with Iron Man and Santa Claus“
Get-together
Registration:
For planning purposes, please register via the Ulm University training portal.
Click here to register for the event.
(Note: The link leads to the training portal of the provider aktivKONZEPTE).
Or send us an e-mail to protrainu(at)uni-ulm.de.
Special offers on 23 October 2024 for early career researchers
"Science Communication" with Barry W. Fitzgerald:
Further information about Barry W. Fitzgerald:
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How to seize the opportunity in 2025?
First, submit your idea. A selected group of researchers will then gain access to a professional pitch training and present their projects to the university public on Science Day itself.
Finally, based on the documents submitted as well as the presentations, the best two applications will be awarded by a jury and receive the following funding amounts:
1st place: EUR 50,000
2nd place: EUR 30,000
The funding can be spent on materials, equipment and assistant staff. Please refer to application guidelines to see how exactly the funds may be used.
| 09 October 2024 | Selection of the applicants who will be allowed to pitch at the Science Day 2024 |
| 15 October 2024 | Online Pitch Training (2 p.m. – 5p.m., voluntary) |
| 22 October 2024 | Rehearsal Pitch |
| 23 October 2024 | Presentation of the pitches on Young Researchers' Science Day |
| 01 January 2025 | Start of funding |
| July 2025 | Next call for proposals |
This table is meant to serve as a rough orientation to help you with your personal long-term schedule. Please allow for minor changes at short notice.
Downloads & Links
The updated funding directive and application template for the next call for proposals will be available in July 2025.
Information on data protection according to German law (Art. 13 DSGVO) - German only
Ulm University celebrated its young researchers at the 3rd Young Researchers' Science Day. At the heart of the event was the Science Slam, in which six young researchers competed against each other. The winners, Dr Maximilian Förster and Luisa de Roy, shared the prize money totalling EUR 80,000.
Communications expert Antje Diller-Wolff gave a talk on how to deal confidently with media contacts. The following video can be accessed via Ulm University's internal network.
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Luisa de Roy, Dr. Dominik Melville, Novitasari Sinambela, Dr. Maximilian Förster, Marco Mannes, Prof. Dieter Rautenbach, Dr. Magdalena Meyer, Antje Diller-Wolff, Dr. Cornelia Estner, Clarissa Gobiet, Pia Beyer-Wunsch
(Foto: Elvira Eberhardt / Uni Ulm)
At the 2nd Young Researchers' Science Day at the Ulm University for young scientists, EUR 80,000 in prize money was again awarded.
EUR 50,000 for first place in the pitch competition went to social psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Michael Barthelmäs. Second place and EUR 30,000 went to the biochemist Dr. Matthias Mack. A mobility voucher of EUR 1,500 was awarded to each of the other four candidates.
The Young Researchers' Science Day has already become very well established.
The following video shows the lecture by Dr. Eleni Vomhof on the topic of "Anwendungsfelder der Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Wirtschaft". As a graduate in biophysics from the Ulm University and Technical Marketing Specialist at the company WITec in Ulm, she explains in her lecture the important role science communication plays in her everyday work.
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Clarissa Gobiet, Dr. Cornelia Estner, Dr. Matthias Mack,
Dr. Subrata Mandal, Dr. Michael Barthelmäs, Dr. Eileen Bendig,
Dr. Michael Schön, Pia Beyer-Wunsch, Dr. Brecht Donvil,
Prof. Dieter Rautenbach
(photo: Elvira Eberhardt / Uni Ulm)
Successful premiere of the 1st Young Reasearchers' Science Day at Ulm University! The innovative pitch format was very well received by all the people involved and also by the audience, which is why the 2nd Young Researchers' Science Day is also planned for 2022.
The video below shows the lecture by Dr. Patrick Honecker on the topic of "Wissenschaft und Kommunikation". (Please note: Due to technical problems during the lecture, the video was edited.)
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Pia Beyer-Wunsch, Clarissa Gobiet, Prof. Dieter Rautenbach,
Dr. Silke Werle, Dr. Michael Melzer, Dr. Flora Scheffenbichler,
Dr. Jens Friedland, Rida Rehman, Prof. Michael Weber,
Dr. Cornelia Estner
(photo: Carola Gietzen Fotodesign / Uni Ulm)
