Project Info

The Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG), newly established in the second phase of CRC 1211, offers a qualification programme to early-career scientists working in or closely associated to CRC 1211. It consists of an interdisciplinary scientific training programme, an internal grants programme to foster international co‐operation and networking, and support for activities initiated by the doctoral candidates themselves. These components do not replace but complement the offers provided by the disciplinary graduate school at everyone’s home institution. The overall aim is educating a generation of truly interdisciplinary doctoral candidates in the fields of Earth and Life Sciences, which is of growing importance in the course of ongoing and accelerated global change.

Forging and maintaining an international, interdisciplinary network in the area of Earth and Life Sciences is at the core of the IRTG.

After their time in CRC 1211, our early‐career scientists will be well placed to pursue successful careers in fields ranging from scientific research and teaching, via research in industry, to higher administration and management in governmental and non‐governmental organisations (e.g. project management, complex systems, science communication). Across these employment areas, interdisciplinarity is seen as a major asset, yet in postgraduate training it is often just a buzz word. In CRC 1211 we will train people who will gain real, relevant experience in interdisciplinary work between several areas of the Earth and Life Sciences and who will have learned to truly think “out of the box” of their restricted subject area. Our graduates will be open to contrasting insights and will be experienced in familiarizing themselves with new subject areas swiftly and securely.

Find further detailed information about the IRTG here.