Die Open Door Talks der Dahlem Research School bieten einen Einblick in unsere Angebote von der Perspektive Promotion bis zu Fördermöglichkeiten für Postdocs.

Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen!

Open Door Talks im Wintersemester 2025/2025

Open Door Talk Doing Your Doctorate@FU / Financing the Doctorate(online

Date: 10 September 2025, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Language: English

Learn more about the different possibilities of doing a doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin, important administrative steps, potential challenges and how to find funding for your doctoral research.

Please pre-register if you want to receive the talk presentation after the event (see below).

→ Direct online access for the Open Door Talk:
meeting link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m4f21dbd63ef3cfc8ef3e2a9952f673ae; Meeting number (access code): 2791 687 5868; Meeting password: kbPx5pJJt58 (52795755 when dialing from a phone or video system)

→ Please pre-register here to receive information after the event

Vergangene Veranstaltungen

18. June 2025, 4-5pm: "Go-Out-Tag: Going Abroad – Options for Doctoral Researchers", hybrid event online and at Seminarzentrum Silberlaube, room L115, Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26, 14195 Berlin

Learn about different (funding) opportunities of spending time abroad during your doctorate. In cooperation with the FU International Affairs Division. No registration required. 

→ To participate online, please click here

20. Mai 2025, 10-12:00 Uhr: "Doctoral Research and Care Responsibility"
(online @DRS, Language: English)

For doctoral researchers with kids and those thinking about starting a family
Are you juggling doctoral studies and care work? Are you working on your doctorate and thinking about starting a family? This Open Door Talk, which is organized in cooperation with FU’s family office, will provide you with essential information on parental leave, allowances and childcare options. In addition, two doctoral researchers from different disciplines will share their experiences of simultaneously pursuing research and managing a family and are available to answer your questions.

→ Further information and registration

Open Door Talks im Wintersemester 2024/2025

26. März 2025, 14 Uhr: "Perspektive Promotion"
Doing your Doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin / Information on Elsa-Neumann-Fellowship Program (online @DRS, Language: English)

Sie befinden sich in der Endphase Ihres Studiums? Sie haben die Prüfungen abgeschlossen und überlegen, ob Sie dem Studium eine Promotion folgen lassen sollen? Vielleicht wurde Ihnen auch eine Promotion nahe gelegt? Die Entscheidung für oder gegen eine Promotion hängt nicht nur vom geeigneten Thema ab, sondern auch von der Klärung einer Vielfalt organisatorischer und persönlicher Fragen.

Bei der Abwägung des Für und Wider stehen Ihre Motivation, Ihre beruflichen Ziele und nicht zuletzt Ihr Hang zu mehrjährigem selbstdisziplinierten wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten auf dem Prüfstand. Ist die Entscheidung für eine Promotion gefallen, gilt es die wichtigen organisatorischen Aspekte wie Betreuersuche, Finanzierung und Zulassung zu klären. Wer sich mit diesen Fragen frühzeitig auseinandersetzt, legt die Grundlagen für ein erfolgreiches Dissertationsprojekt.

Bei Interesse an einer Promotion können Sie auch unsere Checkliste prüfen. Im Anschluss an den Open Door Talk findet eine Informationsveranstaltung zur aktuellen Ausschreibung für die Elsa-Neumann-Stipendien des Landes Berlin für Promovierende statt.

→ Registration (closed)

12. Februar 2025, 14 Uhr: "What's Next, Doc?" by Research Division of Freie Universität (in presence @DRS, Language: English)

Are you nearing the end of your doctoral project and planning a career in academia? Maybe you already are a Postdoc and need further orientation on how to finance your future research? In this Open Door Talk, the team of Freie Universität’s research funding service will inform you about funding options for postdoctoral research projects.

They will introduce funding opportunities for the various disciplines from a postdoc perspective and present a short overview of interdisciplinary and discipline-specific programs and their requirements as well as tipps and information regarding proposal writing.

Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/102817

16. Januar 2025, 13.00 Uhr: "Material crisis and loss of motivation during the doctorate?" (in presence @DRS, Language: English)

Doctoral studies come with a number of challenges. Perhaps these common challenges sound familiar to you? The material crisis, where either too little or too much data is available, is a fairly common problem. In addition, many doctoral candidates suffer a crisis of meaning and doubt the relevance of their own research. And, of course, low motivation can also occur.

In such situations, it can help to actively (re)shape your own doctoral project! In this Open Door Talk, we will present opportunities to use the funding provided by the Una Europa University Alliance for you and your doctoral project:

• Establish contact to scientists at a partner university, conduct research together and overcome your material crisis through cooperation (funding: Una Europa Seed Funding).
• Invite peers from partner universities to FU Berlin, expand your scientific network and gain new motivation (funding: Una Europa Early Career Host Program).
• Take part in one of the numerous Una Europa Summer Schools and get a new perspective on the importance of your own research (Funding: Una Europa Summer Schools).

This event takes place in cooperation with Una Europa.

Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/102815

Meeting number (access code): 2791 687 5868