KHYS Infomail June 2026

  • Next edition:July 15, 2026

News from KHYS

▶ Final Call: KIT Award for Outstanding Doctoral Supervision
Deadline: June 12

▶ Call for Applications: Individual Career Coaching with External Coaches
Deadline: June 29

▶ Workshop: Grundlagen des Projektmanagements
July 6 and 7

▶ Writing Course: Shut Up and Write!
September 7 to November 9

▶ Workshop: Kreatives Gestalten von Präsentationen. Arbeiten mit Sketchnotes
September 30 and October 1

▶ New Website: HIDA Project Funding @ KIT
KHYS implements the HIDA Course Funding and the HIDA Mobility Program at KIT.

News from KIT 

▶ Reminder: Co-Develop Mental Health Measures at KIT That Truly Make a Difference!
Share your thoughts and provide useful information about personal barriers and facilitators during your doctorate in the survey and/or participate in one of the ▶ ideation-workshops.

▶ Welcome Event at Campus South & North: Good Morning, Karlsruhe!
Campus South: June 15 and July 13; Campus North: June 29 and July 27

▶ Empowerment-Tag Baden-Württemberg Stiftung für Studentinnen, Doktorandinnen und Postdoktorandinnen: Die Qual der Wahl - Gute Entscheidungen treffen
July 14; spots are limited, so don't wait too long!

▶ KIT Library: "Vom Prompt zum Paper"  Mit KI zur erfolgreichen Thesis-Verteidigung (Online)
June 16

▶ INTL Buddy Program: International Board Games Night
June 19

▶ International Scholars & Welcome Office (IScO): Excursion to Heidelberg Cabrio-Sightseeing
June 20; More events and offers: ▶ Latest IScO Newsletter

▶ Science Meets Stage: Join the Eucor Science Slam Competition!
Trainings on June 25 and 30; event: December 1

▶ KIT Library: Recherche: Datenbanken, Suchmaschinen und KI-Tools (Online)
June 26

▶ Leadership Talent Academy (LTA): Apply Now and Get More Information
Info Sessions: June 29 and 30; Deadline: July 21

▶ KIT Energy Center: Graduate Research Forum "Visions for Tomorrow’s Energy Syste" (Doctoral Symposium)
Registration deadline: July 1; doctoral symposium: July 16

▶ KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS): Summer School on Graph Neural Networks
Registration deadline: June 30; summer school: September 21 – 25

▶ International Affairs (INTL): Deutschrunde – Walk-ins Are Welcome
every Wednesday

External Events and Calls for Applications

▶ Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA) Online Event: Leading with AI by Your Side 
June 12

▶ DAAD: Program "Future Network Weimar Triangle: Science for Europe"
Deadline: June 15

▶ HIDA Online Event: Agentic AI – Safe Autonomous Agents
June 16

▶ RWTH Aachen University – Science & Fiction: A Collaborative Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
Deadline: June 23; event: July 7

▶ Online Info Talks Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Emmy Noether Programme
June 25

▶ CIFAR Helmholtz Fall School on Data Science & the Brain
Deadline: June 17; event: October 16

▶ Helmholtz School for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HeSIE): Smart Startups – Leveraging AI & Digital Tools for Founders
July 1

▶ Vector Stiftung – Junior Research Group Leader: STEM for the Environment
Deadline: July 15

▶ Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg 2026: Great Minds, 3 Minutes, 1 Day in Heidelberg
July 22

▶ Innovative Frauen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft sichtbar machen – Handlungsempfehlungen für die Praxis (Online)
July 7

▶ Heidelberg Postdoc Symposium 2026
Deadline (abstract submission): June 14; event: July 10

▶ Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship
Deadline: June and October

Explore More

▶ Research Office (FOR): Latest Newsletter

▶ KIT-Gründerschmiede: Latest Newsletter

▶ International Scholars & Welcome Office (IScO): Latest Newsletter

▶ ResearchConnect: KIT's Funding Database

▶ HIDA Course Catalog: Data Science Related Trainings Throughout the Helmholtz Association