Common use of Additional curriculum Clause in Contracts

Additional curriculum. (1) In addition to their own scientific research culminating in the doctoral thesis, the students are obliged to complete an additional training program. This additional curriculum encompasses courses and workshops on transferable and specific research skills, scientific and public outreach, as well as seminars, journal clubs, and retreats. The additional curriculum is individually tailored to the student’s specific demands. These activities are meant to improve the student’s individual skills, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ research collaborations and the exchange of experiences among fellow students, as well as to broaden their horizons within the field of organismal biology. (2) In the course of the three-year doctoral program, a minimum of 15 credit points (CP) have to be achieved. 4 CP are accumulated in the mandatory transferable skills, the specific research skills, and outreach activities, respectively. Additional CP can be achieved by further scientific activities such as scientific event organization or teaching (see Table 1). (3) Courses and workshops will be offered by the IMPRS for Organismal Biology. Nevertheless, students are encouraged to participate in activities offered by other scientific institutes and universities after prior consent of their direct supervisors and the program coordinator. The CP system is closely related to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and courses attended elsewhere are therefore easily creditable (1 ECTS = 25-30 hours of work). (4) It is the student’s responsibility to verify and document their achieved CP to the program coordinator. (5) Besides these highly-individual aspects of their curriculum, all students are obliged to participate actively in all scientific events of their advisor’s department (journal club, lab seminars, …) and to fulfill possible further requirements specific to the department. Furthermore, active participation at IMPRS symposia and retreats is also mandatory. Although these additional curricular events are rated as very important for the student’s scientific training, the student’s own scientific work will have priority where time constraints are an issue (e.g. field work). Non-attendance has to be agreed by the supervisor prior to the IMPRS event. (6) The participation in the IMPRS for Organismal Biology and the detailed additional curriculum will be certified individually by the IMPRS. Transferable skills Workshops (scientific writing, statistics, presenting, time management, grant writing, experimental design, teaching, research ethics, career development, database management, animal care, etc) normally, 2-day course is worth 1 CP (1 ECTS) According to ECTS 4 Specific research skills Lab courses, summer schools, internships, … According to ECTS 4 Outreach activities Presentations at international conferences First author publications in international journals Non-first author publications in international journals Public outreach (radio, newspaper, public talk, …) 1 CP / presentation 2 CP / publication 1 CP / publication 1 CP / outreach 4 1 2 0 1 Other scientific activities Active participation in PhDnet, organization of scientific events, active participation in scientific societies, teaching, … Depending on effort -

Additional curriculum. (1) In addition to Besides their own scientific research culminating in the doctoral PhD thesis, the students are obliged to complete an additional training program. This additional curriculum encompasses courses and workshops on transferable and specific research skills, scientific and public outreach, as well as seminars, journal clubs, and retreats. The additional curriculum is individually tailored to the student’s specific demands. These Theses activities are meant to improve the student’s individual personal skills, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ research collaborations and the exchange of experiences among fellow PhD students, as well as to and broaden their horizons horizon within the field of organismal biology. (2) In the course of the three-year doctoral program, a minimum of 15 credit points (CP) have to be achieved. 4 Four CP are accumulated mandatory each in the mandatory transferable skills, the specific research skills, and outreach activities, respectively. Additional CP can be achieved by further scientific activities such as like scientific event organization or teaching (see Table 1). (3) Courses and workshops will be offered by the IMPRS for Organismal Biology. Nevertheless, students are encouraged to participate in activities offered by other scientific institutes and universities after prior consent of their the direct supervisors supervisor and the program coordinator. The CP system is closely related to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and courses attended elsewhere are therefore easily creditable (1 ECTS = 25-30 hours of work). (4) It is the student’s responsibility to verify and document their achieved CP to the program coordinator. (5) Besides these highly-individual aspects of their curriculum, all students are obliged to participate actively in all scientific events of their advisor’s department (journal club, lab seminars, …) and to fulfill possible further requirements specific to the department. Furthermore, active participation at IMPRS symposia and retreats is also mandatory. Although these additional curricular events are rated as very important for the student’s scientific training, the student’s own scientific work will have priority where time constraints are an issue (e.g. field work). NonNot-attendance has to be agreed by the supervisor prior to the IMPRS event. (6) The participation in the IMPRS for Organismal Biology and the detailed additional curriculum will be certified individually by the IMPRS. Table 1 Overview of the minimum credit points per curricular element Credit points (CP) Curricular elements Calculation Min Transferable skills Workshops (scientific writing, statistics, presenting, time management, grant writing, experimental design, teaching, research ethics, career development, database management, animal care, etc) normally, 2-day course is worth 1 CP (1 ECTS) According to ECTS 4 Specific research skills Lab courses, summer schools, internships, … According to ECTS 4 Outreach activities Presentations at international conferences First author publications in international journals Non-first author publications in international journals Public outreach (radio, newspaper, public talk, …) 1 CP / presentation 2 CP / publication 1 CP / publication 1 CP / outreach 4 1 2 0 1 Other scientific activities Active participation in PhDnet, organization of scientific events, active participation in scientific societies, teaching, … Depending on effort -TOTAL 15