Review: RSO event on VR grant applications

Review: RSO event on VR grant applications

November 4, 2021Posted inEvents, NewsNo Comments
Just after lunchtime on the 26th of October the Research Support Office (RSO) of Umeå University hosted a webinar on the “Do’s and Don’ts” when applying for the upcoming VR grants in March/April 2022. Writing an application for a starting or research project grants can be a daunting experience. You may ask yourself; “Where…
CaPS #4 – Jobs in Industry Vol. 1

CaPS #4 – Jobs in Industry Vol. 1

October 19, 2021Posted inCaPS, NewsNo Comments
Our 4th Career Paths for Postdocs Seminar (CaPS) was on “Jobs in Industry” which was high in demand by our audience. As the industry field is extremely broad, we will cover other industry jobs in future events. For the October seminar, we invited Maria Genua, a Biotechnology Sales and Tech Transfer manager at GAIKER Technology Centre in Spain.   Maria started her presentation with a quick overview of her career path. Later in…
CaPS #3 Review – Scientific Management

CaPS #3 Review – Scientific Management

October 11, 2021Posted inNewsNo Comments
Our third Career Paths for PostDocs Seminar (CaPS) covered the topic of Scientific Management. As the jobs within this field can vary quite a bit, we changed the format of the seminar a little bit this time – instead of one expert, we had a round-table discussion with 4 speakers…
UPS presents: Leadership Skills for PostDocs

UPS presents: Leadership Skills for PostDocs

October 7, 2021Posted inEvents, NewsNo Comments
We are excited to announce our 1st workshop on “Leadership skills”, from November 29 - December 2, 2021 via Zoom.  We will have an expert from Natural Science Career, Philipp Gramlich, who will work closely with the participants and help them to identify, and improve interpersonal skills to become a successful leader. The workshop consists…
VR & FORMAS grants seminar by RSO UmU

VR & FORMAS grants seminar by RSO UmU

October 1, 2021Posted inEvents, NewsNo Comments
The Research Support Office invites you to an online seminar with focus on the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet/VR) and Formas During the seminar, we will go through what these funders stand for and how you as applicant need to think and write in order to be successful. We will further…