Career Prgram fr female PhD students, pstdcs, and grup leaders Guide fr applicants
The prgram is crdinated by the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center and supprted by the Swiss Federal Office fr Gender Equality fr the perid 2017 2019. Cntacts Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center Dr. Melanie Paschke paschkme@ethz.ch Dr. Manuela Dahinden mdahinden@ethz.ch Prject partners Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center University f Zurich, ETH Zurich & University f Basel Life Science Zurich University f Zurich & ETH Zurich Office fr Gender Equality University f Zurich & University Basel Career Services University f Zurich Explratry wrkshps and visits are carried ut with cmpanies in the Life Sciences. 1
Are yu a female researcher at the crssrad between university and industry? Are yu interested in finding ut mre abut career penings fr wmen, especially in Switzerland, at the interface f research, innvatin and industry? Yu want t develp yur research idea fr an innvatin prject, and yu are asking yurself hw this culd generate a new technlgy, prduct r service either in cperatin with an existing enterprise, r as a start-up f yur wn. D yu need knw-hw t launch such a prcess? Are yu cncerned abut the shaping f innvatin t generate psitive futures and ask yurself hw t align it with scietal needs? Yu ask yurself hw t develp yur talents and hw t have a wrk-life balance. Yu want t increase yur self-cnfidence, internalize yur strengths, and trust yur decisins. In that case, this career prgram is just right fr yu. 2
What can yu expect? feminn ffers career develpment fr wmen scientists interested in the science-innvatin interface. Experienced career advisers, caches, innvatin experts, and executives frm successful life-science enterprises share their wrk experience and visins with yu. They will take yu thrugh the fllwing (and ther) questins: What is yur next career mve? D yu want t wrk in the Research & Develpment department f a private enterprise? D yu seek t develp yur wn innvatin prduct ut f yur research? What cmpetencies are required fr this? Hw d yu envisage cmbining yur career and private life? Innvatin ecsystem feminn`s fcus is n idea generatin. In additin, yu will receive advice and access t funding pprtunities t start yur wn innvatin prject. 3
Prgram This six-mnth prgram starts in Feb 2018 and cmprises the fllwing stages: Career retreat Fur full day sessins: 12-15 Feb, 2018: 9:00 17:00 With Dr. Daniela Gunz & Dr. Rger Gfrerer, Career Services, University f Zurich Innvatin seminars Five 4-hur evening sessins: 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 May, 2018: 18:00 22:00 With Dminik Wensauer, Startup@UZH, Andrea Degen, Eurelatins AG, Maria Olivares, University f Zurich, Unitectra & ETH Transfer Office, amng ther Training Develping leadership cmpetencies Tw full day sessins: 7/8 March, 2018: 9:00 17:00 With Dr. Olga Pard, HR Develpment, ETH Zurich Negtiatin skills fr cnflict situatins, business deals Tw full day sessins: June 2018: 9:00 17:00 With tba Cmpany visits and explratry wrkshps Fur days: April Juli 2018: tba Credit Pints PhD students will receive 4 ECTS; pstdcs will receive a certificate f attendance and 92 hurs accredited t the PSC Career Develpment Prgram fr Pstdcs. 4
We strengthen yur career cmpetencies n the basis f yur wn resurces. CONTROL knw yurself feminn ffers career cunseling and clarifies yur demands and expectatins Career retreat A fur-day intensive career retreat ffers t yu the pprtunity t reflect n: These are my cmpetencies. These are my resurces. This is what I can trust myself t d. What is my mtivatin? What drives me? What d I want t achieve r change? 5
CONFIDENCE tls feminn ffers cmpetency-riented training Leadership training The curse aims t assist wmen scientists in develping leadership skills that will enable them t manage peple in their prjects and envirnments. Negtiatin strategies Hw t negtiate the resurces yu need, bth at wrk and at hme, fr a successful and satisfying career: time, funds, resurces, flexibility and mbility. Innvatin seminars Where des innvatin cme frm? Intrductin t the basic principles f innvatin management and knw-hw fr start-ups, incl. risk managment. Can yur research generate prducts? Gender-based perspectives in the innvatin prcess Des my research ffer gender-based applicatin scenaris? Business canvas and ther tls Hw t apply these tls t develp marketable prttypes frm yur research. Financing yur prject Presentatin f varius Eurpean and Swiss start-up financing instruments, incl. BiEntrepreneur Fellwship prgram; wmen researchers will talk abut Swiss CTI funding and their wn entrepreneurial experiences. Present yur wn prtfli Analyse yur pprtunities. What cmpanies d yu intend t apprach as cperatin partners in the framewrk f the explratry wrkshp? 6
CURIOSITY knw pprtunities feminn creates pprtunities Cmpany visits Raise yur visibility Wmen tend t be less visible t private industry and less present in the hidden jb market. Only 60 70 % f all appintments are channeled thrugh regular recruiting platfrms: all ther psitins are filled thrugh persnal cntacts. Fr this reasn, it is immensely imprtant fr yu t present yurself and yur research t industrial executives and leaders. Knwledge f relevant industries Where shuld I lk fr a partner interested in realizing my innvatin prject? What sectr f industry, what cmpany might be right fr me, t market my knwledge and ideas? Visits t private enterprises Rle mdels can pen drs t new career tracks. Yu will meet highly qualified wmen wrking in R&D, in leading crprate psitins, r as entrepreneurs in their wn right a valuable insight int the wrld f practice. 7
CONCERN plan feminn helps t plan the next steps Explratry wrkshps Prvide explanatins and access t the wrld f start-up financing fr yur prject. Intrduce yu t enterprises, wmen wh have launched their wn cmpanies, and business angels. Yu as well as they will get a better idea f yur ptential and that f yur research. Help yu t set up yur wn prtfli. At the end f the prgram yu will be in a gd psitin t cnfidently seek fr financing and t step int the next phase f yur jurney: implementatin. 8
Wh can participate? The prgram addresses female researchers frm the Life Sciences currently wrking as a PhD student, pstdc, r grup leader at the University f Zurich, ETH Zurich, r University f Basel. A maximum f 20 wmen per call will be admitted. Evaluatin criteria The prgram language is English, but we als expect participants t be able t fllw a discussin in German, as the cmpanies we plan t visit are generally German-speaking. Selectin f applicatins is dne based n the fllwing criteria: Relevance fr career develpment Des the CV shw that the applicant will prfit frm the prgram? Is the persnal develpment plan cnvincing? Has the applicant cnvincingly expressed her mtivatin fr participating in the prgram? Will the prgram give the applicant the new key cmpetencies that will enable her t achieve her wn and the prgram s gals? Relevance f research Is the research riginal? Are its innvative aspects evident? Has the applicant utlined hw her research results culd be transfrmed int an innvative prduct r applicatin? Are her ideas in this respect relevant and realistic? Infrmatin and applicatin frm www.plantsciences.uzh.ch/en/mentring.html 9
Call 1 Opens n Oct 1, 2017 Clses n Nv 15, 2017 (12:00) Ntificatin f acceptance n Jan 6, 2018 Call 2 Opens n June 1, 2018 Clses n Aug 20, 2018 (12:00) Ntificatin f acceptance n Sep 30, 2018 Advisry bard and admissin cmmittee Dr. Melanie Paschke and Dr. Manuela Dahinden, Prgram Funders and Directrs f the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center Dr. Christiane Löwe, Head f Equal Opprtunities Office, University f Zurich Dr. Rger Gfrörer, Head f Career Services, University f Zurich Lic. Phil Nicle Kälin, Head f Equal Opprtunities Office, University f Basel Dr. Silvie Cuperus, Head f Life Sciences Zurich, University f Zurich and ETH Zurich 10