Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes)

Welcome to the website of the Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes). In 2023, the former WWU Graduate Centre became a research centre. As such, we continue to accompany you as an internal academy, dear doctoral researchers and postdocs, on the paths you take in your training. In close proximity to research, as well as working closely with the faculties – and also with a view to a variety of career paths – we contribute to a research culture which lives up to its responsibilities to society, makes emerging researchers strong and raises their visibility.

Workshops, event series and more

Register now for our programme!

Be part of it: Attend workshops on generic skills, good scientific practice or career development. Visit lecture and event series and profit from new formats such as coworking or digital information events. You can reserve your spot in our winter term events now via the in-house Professional Training Programme of the University of Münster.

Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Give your (new) career phase a boost!

Are you just starting your doctoral or postdoctoral phase at the University of Münster or want to give it a boost? The CERes Take-Off Days offer a balanced, customisable mix of information, networking and practical workshops – on site and online, in German and English. We look forward to meeting you!

Click here for more information and registration.

New format

Sharing informal knowledge

What actually happens behind the doors of professorial appointments committee? Have excellent researchers ever met a Reviewer 2? Unwritten rules, unspoken expectations, unofficial standards, hidden messages – some call it the “hidden curriculum” or implicit knowledge. We bare all! Learn more about this hybrid series entitled “Spill the tea!”.

Walk & Talk Sessions in the Botanical Garden

Exchange with peers – in motion

Would you like to take a short break and network across faculties, but at the same time wish to spend some time outdoors and go for a walk? If so, our Walk & Talk series is the right choice for you!
We meet during lunch time and exchange ideas on chosen topics in a casual atmosphere while walking in the Botanical Garden. Find more information on our Walk & Talk series.

Applications now open

Funding for your international mobility

Early Career Researchers of the University of Münster can apply for travel grants for laboratory and/or research visits as well as active conference and summer school participations.

The SAIL Mobility Fund funds research visits abroad of doctoral researchers and postdocs up to three years after their doctorate who have little or no access to funding.

Students and doctoral researchers can apply for the Santander-Mobility Fund for research visits in Germany and abroad.

Registration is open

REACH: Science to Start-up Convention

Are you wondering where else your research can lead? Then come to our free Science to Start-Up Convention at REACH and gain insight into how you can look at your own research from an entrepreneurial perspective in topic-specific workshops! Workshops from the fields of Energy, Education, Health and Green & CleanTech are available for you to choose from. Register here.