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The KISSWIN project (also: KISSWIN.de ) is a central communication and information platform for young researchers on the Internet. As such, KISSWIN.de wants to create transparency and orientation aids for Germany as a research location and offer quick and individual support as well as advice on funding opportunities. This is intended to help find the right funding for young scientists in Germany. The KISSWIN project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
target group
The internet platform is aimed at
- Students at universities and technical colleges
- Working people with the intention of doing a doctorate
- PhD students , postdocs , postdocs , junior research group leaders and junior professors
- Foreign and German academics at home and abroad
- Research Training Groups
- Anyone interested in an academic career in Germany.
background
To ascertain the situation of young scientists in Germany, the educational reporting is supplemented by the Federal Report on the Promotion of Young Scientists (BuWiN). Based on the findings of the BuWiN, the KISSWIN project was developed as a communication and information system on the Internet. The subject of this project is the development of an internet platform which can be used to generate and disseminate information on the situation of young scientists in Germany as well as on relevant career paths and funding opportunities.
Development and content
After the project started in November 2007 and a development phase, the KISSWIN.de internet platform was launched as part of the kick-off conference “Desire for a scientific career in Germany! Paths, funding and networks at a glance ”in the bcc Berlin Congress Center on October 28, 2008 online . The internet platform offers all the relevant information on career paths and funding opportunities as well as on the central contact persons and organizations in Germany as a research location. A permanent further development of the internet platform, both in terms of content and function, can be seen. The content layout is under joint editorial of the Center for Learning and Knowledge Management / Department of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (ZLW / IMA) of the RWTH Aachen 4.0 Technology transfer and research funding implemented and of the Department of the RWTH Aachen. The portal currently offers:
- Information on academic career paths, funding opportunities, funding organizations
- Funding research, databases
- Job exchange
- Editorial news, reports and appointments
- Community and forum
In addition, young scientists can receive individual and free advice from experts via an email and telephone service and ask their questions on topics relating to careers and funding in the German research landscape.
literature
- Federal report on the promotion of young scientists (BuWiN). Edited by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Department of Young Scientists, Scientific Further Education. Bonn-Berlin 2008. Download
- Burkhardt, Anke (Ed.): Science venture. Academic career paths and the funding system in Germany. Academic Publishing House, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-931982-58-4 .
- Kreckel, Reinhard (Ed.): Between PhD and Professorship. The scientific staff in Germany compared with France, Great Britain, USA, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. Academic Publishing House, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-931982-61-4 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- www.KISSWIN.de - Official homepage of KISSWIN
- www.buwin.de - The Federal Report on the Promotion of Young Scientists (BuWiN) on the Internet
- www.bmbf.de - Official homepage of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)