Research Management & Leadership
Management Skills for Research and University
Target group: Postdocs, Junior and Tenure Track Professors
Language: English
Duration of the program: 4 months
The new call for applications for the 2025/26 round has begun. The application deadline is September 30, 2025.
The call for applications and all other current information and documents can be found below under Downloads.
Program overview
The program Research Management & Leadership equips postdocs, junior and tenure track professors with fundamental and research-relevant methods and instruments of management. In four workshop units, participants learn to strengthen their leadership, communication and project management skills. The topic funding is included as its own workshop. The program’s main idea is to go beyond general management principles by considering the nature of academic research, comprehensively bridging the gap between management skills on the one hand and research projects on the other hand.
Program goals
- Learning the basics of efficient projectmanagement
- Strengthen communication and conflict resolution skills
- Getting to know how to successfully acquire external funding
- Strengthen leadership and team skills
Conditions of participation & Additional information
The program is aimed at Postdocs, Junior and Tenure Track Professors of all scientific disciplines. Please note your status as one of the following:
- University of Potsdam
- Partner institutions
- External
The participation fee depends on your status. For further information please refer to the current announcement.
Participants from the University of Potsdam must be members of the Potsdam Graduate School. Membership is free and can be applied for here at any time.
Free childcare available during participation of the in-person workshops.
Application
Please submit the following application documents during the application period:
- Online registration
- CV
- Letter of motivation
- Short description of your research project (max 0.5 pages)
- Preliminary confirmation of participation
- If applicable coverage of costs
Download for documents
- Call for application (PDF, 206 KB)
- Checklist (PDF, 121 KB)
- Pre-confirmation of participation (Uni Potsdam) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Cost coverage declaration (Partner) (PDF, 116 KB)
- Cost coverage declaration (Externals) (PDF, 115 KB)
- Privacy statement (PDF, 259 KB)
