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# UZH for Postdocs and PhDs at a glance

**Source**: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/counseling/postdocs-overview.html
**Parent**: https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/counseling.html

## Table of contents

- [Academic career](#_Academic_career)
- [Employment](#_Employment)
- [Funding](#Funding)
- [Mobility](#Mobility__)
- [Continuing education and courses](#Continuing_education_and_courses_)
- [Career & Networking](#Career__&_Networking)
- [Scientific integrity](#Scientific_integrity__)
- [Advice and information](#Advice_and_information)

## Academic career

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Overview Academic Career at UZH | [UZH for Researchers](https://www.research.uzh.ch/en/junior-researchers.html) |
| Events with focus on postdocs and contests | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html) |
| Assessment practices for research, researchers and research performing organisations | [OpenScience | Research Assessment](https://www.openscience.uzh.ch/en/research-evaluation.html)  [UZH Action Plan](https://zenodo.org/records/15703600) |
|  |  |

## Employment

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Employment as a PhD candidate or teaching and  research assistant (new regulations from 1.1.2024) | [Graduates.uzh.ch](https://www.graduates.uzh.ch/en.html) |
| Legal principles and regulations  governing employment | [UZH for Staff](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-staff.html) |
| Career Discussion Guidelines for Researchers | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/counseling/career_discussions.html) |
| Open Positions of the University of Zurich | [UZH | Working at UZH](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/explore/work/jobs.html) |

## Funding

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Funding for Early Career Researchers: Career Grants, Short Grants, Travel Grants | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/funding/grc-new-grants.html) |
| Funding for Postdocs: UZH Postdoc Grant | [UZH for Researchers](https://www.research.uzh.ch/en/funding/postdoc/uzhpostdoc.html) |
| Funding for doctoral candidates: UZH Candoc Grant | [UZH for Researchers](https://www.research.uzh.ch/en/funding/phd/uzhcandoc.html) |
| Funding for researchers: [UZH Entrepreneur Fellowships](https://innovation.uzh.ch/en/offers/take-action/entrepreneur-fellowships.html) (Bio & MedTech sowie Digital Innovation) und durch [UZH Innovation Grants](https://www.innovation.uzh.ch/en/offers/take-action/innovation-grants.html) | [UZH Innovation Hub](https://innovation.uzh.ch/en.html) |

## Mobility

| International Students and Scholars | [UZH for International Students and Scholars](https://www.internationals.uzh.ch/en.html) |
| Grants for short research stays | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/funding/grc-new-grants.html) |
| Calls for international summits /  Summer Schools | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/funding/international-networking.html) |

## Continuing education and courses

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Courses interdisciplinary competences | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/skills.html) |
| Workshops und Events – Innovation und Entrepreneurship | [UZH Innovation Hub](https://innovation.uzh.ch/en/offers.html) |
| Courses and workshops gender equality and diversity | [Equality, Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.edi.uzh.ch/de/angebote/workshops.html) |
| Continuing education at the UZH | [UZH Continuing Education](https://www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/en.html) |
| University teaching and learning | [UZH Continuing Education / Hochschuldidaktik](https://www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/en/hochschuldidaktik.html) |
| IT further education and training | [UZH Zentrale Informatik](https://zi-training.zi.uzh.ch/en/page/home) |
| Language courses | [Language center UZH / ETH](https://www.sprachenzentrum.uzh.ch/en.html) |

## Career & Networking

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Focus Events and Networking programs | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/events.html) |
| Open Positions at UZH | [Working at UZH](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/explore/work/jobs.html) |
| External Jobs | [UZH Career Services](https://uzhcareer.ch/en/jobs/) |

## Scientific integrity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Plagiarism Control | [UZH | Lehre und Lehrentwicklung](https://www.teaching.uzh.ch/en/teachingstaff/plagiate.html) |
| Scientific integrity, code | [Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences](https://akademien-schweiz.ch/en/themen/scientific-culture/scientific-integrity-1/) |
| UZH Integrity Ordinance and Advisory Body | [UZH for Researchers](https://www.research.uzh.ch/en/procedures/integrity.html) |

## Advice and information

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Overview of contact points and conflict counseling | [Graduate Campus](https://www.grc.uzh.ch/en/counseling/conflicts.html) |
| Working conditions, advisory services, family center,  and spots | [health@UZH](https://www.health.uzh.ch/en.html) |
| Care and life balance | [Families at UZH](https://www.families.uzh.ch/en.html) |