The CTNR provides the framework for an educational programme for doctoral candidates of CTNR members. The doctoral researcher get the possibility to be supervised by a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC aims to provide guidance for both the doctoral candidate and their supervisors, in order for them to reach a successful end of the project.

• The TAC consists of 3 CTNR members (supervisors).
• The TAC Meetings will be organised by the doctoral candidates.
• Typically, the TAC meets twice in the 1^st year and once per year thereafter (initial and annual report meetings).
• For each TAC meeting, a written report and an oral presentation has to be prepared by the doctoral candidate.
• The meetings focus on the evaluation of the report, presentation, research performance and theoretical knowledge, the evaluation of the thesis project and work done so far, and recommendations for the following year.

More information about the CTNR TAC Programme (PDF).

The doctoral candidates are free to choose the supervisors faculty wide. As a selection, the CTNR provides a pool of potential TAC members who have declared their willingness to join. Doctoral candidates can choose and contact them as potential supervisors (also unrelated to the subject).

University Medicine Rostock:

• Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Holzmann, Institute of Medical Genetics
• Prof. Dr.med. Dr.rer.nat. Markus Kipp, Institute of Anatomy
• Prof. Dr. med. Timo Kirschstein,  Oscar-Langendorff-Intitute of Physiology
• Prof. Dr. med. Rüdiger Köhling, Oscar-Langendorff-Institute of Physiology
• Prof. Dr. med. Michael Kölch,  Department of Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy in Childhood and Adolescence
• Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Peter Kropp,  Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Angela Kuhla, Rudolf-Zenker-Institute for Experimental Surgery
• Prof. Dr. med. Carsten Spitzer, Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine
• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Storch,  Department of Neurology
• Prof. Dr. med. Birgit Völlm,  Forensic Psychiatry
• Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Zettl,  Department of Neurology

The CTNR offers two Clinician Scientist positions in the Neurosciences for the research protected time of two years within the specialist/subspecialist training time to conduct a theoretical research project in the field of Neurosciences. The programme consists of an individual clinical, scientific and soft skill educational curriculum and runs under the regulation of the Rostock Academy of Science (RAS, see below).

Call: closed 

• Application Guideline
• Template Project Description
• Template CV

The CTNR Young Neuroscientist Programme includes the financial support of early career scientists in theoretical, preclinical, clinical or non-medical subjects (e.g. psychology, natural, engineering, social sciences) with a neuroscientific focus (preferably related to HealthTechMedicine — Neurosciences).

The proposed project should contribute to the strategic aim of the CTNR: The expansion of existing or new local (e.g. Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering of the University of Rostock) national or international cooperation by the initiation of cooperative research projects.

Accordingly to the availability of funds, a position (100%, E13, TV-L) for a period of max. 12 months is advertised to CTNR institutes only.

Deadline: 31 March 2024

• Programme Guidelines
• Project Proposal (template)

Proposals and Apendencies have to be submittet in a PDF document to ctnr{bei}med.uni-rostock.de