Final Report Summary - GO-IN (GOETHE INTERNATIONAL POSTDOC PROGRAMME)
The GOETHE INTERNATIONAL POSTDOC PROGRAM (GO-IN)
Grant Agreement Number: 291776
Funded by the European’s Union FP 7, COFUND
36 postdoc fellowship years have been awarded to 22 young scientists, which have been hosted in one of seven key research areas at the Goethe University from 2013 to 2017. The program focuses mainly on incoming mobility and addresses junior researchers from all nationalities, who have minimum 4 years and maximum 10 years of research experience (incl. the phase of the PhD) before the start of the postdoctoral research grant being applied for. The fellowships lasted between 3-24 months according to the research project the fellow plans to execute at Goethe University. For the time of the fellowship all fellows received an employment contract according to the conditions of national regulations and the guidelines of the Marie Curie Program. This covers social security and payments of social benefits such as a contribution to pension funds and health insurance. The program emphasizes equal opportunities and strongly encourages the application of junior scientists, who want to resume their academic career, which has been interrupted because of familial reasons. The program runs an open, merit-based competition for the applying fellows and is founded on international peer-review.
The GO-IN PROGRAMME focuses on seven key research areas of the university, which are selected based on their capacities and outstanding international recognition: 1. Normative Orders, 2. Empirical Educational Research, 3. Structural Biology, 4. Biodiversity and Climate Research, 5. Oncology, 6. Gene and Cell Therapy, and 7. Economics, Finance and Management. Fellows selected the topic and supervisor for their research project freely from these seven topics. The program provides added value for both, the recruited postdocs and Goethe University: the postdocs will have the opportunity to gain essential international experience during a crucial stage of their career and research and the Goethe University benefits from scientists at their most creative stage of their academic development.
The individual career development of postdoctoral researchers is one main focus of the program and was monitored in a further evaluation. All fellows are continuing their career after termination of their GO-IN fellowship, and the majority of fellows stay as researchers in academia and start as group leaders or assistant professors. 83 % of the fellows stated that the fellowship had a high impact on their career development (17 % medium). Except one, all fellows are continuing their career in academia for instance as assistance professor at the Oxford University (UK). One fellow became director of preclinical studies in a private company in Dijon (France). The fellow, who was awarded a Humboldt fellowship, is now Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (USA). The researchers published in 39 publications and books, contributed as speakers and poster presenters to many conferences.
22 GO-IN fellowships have been awarded in total from four calls. 64 % researchers are female and 36 % male although more male researchers applied (33 female, 40 male). The countries of origin of the GO-IN researchers are Australia 1, France 3, Germany 3, India 2, Israel 2, Italy 3, Romania 1, Russia 1, Spain 1, United Kingdom 1, USA 4. The countries of origin from all applicant are Armenia 2, Australia 1, Canada, 1, Chile 1, China, 3, Croatia 1, Czech Republic 1, Egypt 2, France 4, Germany 4, Greece 2, Hungary, 1, Israel 2, India 12, Indonesia 1, Iran 2, Italy 9, Pakistan 3, Poland 1, Romania 3, Russia 3, Spain 3, Syria 1, Taiwan 1, Turkey 1, United Kingdom 3, USA 4.
GO-IN has an own webpage at the Goethe University web site (www2.uni-frankfurt.de/research/go-in) and is introduced on the webpage of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. For further information contact Dr. Bernd Märtens, Research Service Center, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Grant Agreement Number: 291776
Funded by the European’s Union FP 7, COFUND
36 postdoc fellowship years have been awarded to 22 young scientists, which have been hosted in one of seven key research areas at the Goethe University from 2013 to 2017. The program focuses mainly on incoming mobility and addresses junior researchers from all nationalities, who have minimum 4 years and maximum 10 years of research experience (incl. the phase of the PhD) before the start of the postdoctoral research grant being applied for. The fellowships lasted between 3-24 months according to the research project the fellow plans to execute at Goethe University. For the time of the fellowship all fellows received an employment contract according to the conditions of national regulations and the guidelines of the Marie Curie Program. This covers social security and payments of social benefits such as a contribution to pension funds and health insurance. The program emphasizes equal opportunities and strongly encourages the application of junior scientists, who want to resume their academic career, which has been interrupted because of familial reasons. The program runs an open, merit-based competition for the applying fellows and is founded on international peer-review.
The GO-IN PROGRAMME focuses on seven key research areas of the university, which are selected based on their capacities and outstanding international recognition: 1. Normative Orders, 2. Empirical Educational Research, 3. Structural Biology, 4. Biodiversity and Climate Research, 5. Oncology, 6. Gene and Cell Therapy, and 7. Economics, Finance and Management. Fellows selected the topic and supervisor for their research project freely from these seven topics. The program provides added value for both, the recruited postdocs and Goethe University: the postdocs will have the opportunity to gain essential international experience during a crucial stage of their career and research and the Goethe University benefits from scientists at their most creative stage of their academic development.
The individual career development of postdoctoral researchers is one main focus of the program and was monitored in a further evaluation. All fellows are continuing their career after termination of their GO-IN fellowship, and the majority of fellows stay as researchers in academia and start as group leaders or assistant professors. 83 % of the fellows stated that the fellowship had a high impact on their career development (17 % medium). Except one, all fellows are continuing their career in academia for instance as assistance professor at the Oxford University (UK). One fellow became director of preclinical studies in a private company in Dijon (France). The fellow, who was awarded a Humboldt fellowship, is now Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (USA). The researchers published in 39 publications and books, contributed as speakers and poster presenters to many conferences.
22 GO-IN fellowships have been awarded in total from four calls. 64 % researchers are female and 36 % male although more male researchers applied (33 female, 40 male). The countries of origin of the GO-IN researchers are Australia 1, France 3, Germany 3, India 2, Israel 2, Italy 3, Romania 1, Russia 1, Spain 1, United Kingdom 1, USA 4. The countries of origin from all applicant are Armenia 2, Australia 1, Canada, 1, Chile 1, China, 3, Croatia 1, Czech Republic 1, Egypt 2, France 4, Germany 4, Greece 2, Hungary, 1, Israel 2, India 12, Indonesia 1, Iran 2, Italy 9, Pakistan 3, Poland 1, Romania 3, Russia 3, Spain 3, Syria 1, Taiwan 1, Turkey 1, United Kingdom 3, USA 4.
GO-IN has an own webpage at the Goethe University web site (www2.uni-frankfurt.de/research/go-in) and is introduced on the webpage of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. For further information contact Dr. Bernd Märtens, Research Service Center, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
