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The Wolfgang-Gentner-Programme

for Technical Doctoral Students at CERN

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Education Programmes at CERNSummer Students (2 – 3 months, ~250 students each year)

students in their 3rd/4th year, mainly physics, also computing and engineering sciences

lectures + participation in a group at CERN (small project)Technical Students (6 – 12 months, presently 164 students)

Diploma and Master students in technical sectorsspecial programme for FH students from Baden-Württemberg

Doctoral Students (2 – 3 months, presently 162 students)

technical topics (no physics analysis of e.g. LHC data, no theory)German special programme (Wolfgang-Gentner-Programme)

Fellows (2 – 3 years, presently 532 Fellows)Junior-Fellowships: technical grade required, no PhD neededSenior-Fellowships (Post-Doc): PhD required

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German Special ProgrammeSpring 2007: CERN visit of State Secretary Meyer-Krahmer from BMBF (German Ministry for Education and Research)

result of visitcreation of “CERN Nutzungsinitiative” to support better usage of CERN by Germany

new German special programme for technical Doctoral Students (Wolfgang-Gentner-Programme) is part of “CERN Nutzungsinitative”

in addition to existing CERN Doctoral Student Programme(almost) identical conditionsdifference: funding (subsistence) by BMBF

mid- and long term goals:better usage of CERN resources by Germanymore German staff at CERN (long term), presently ~7.5% German staff

Start: October 2007after rise over 3 years

about ~40 – 45 German Doctoral Students (out of ~160 total)

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ExpendituresBMBF

funding of subsistence at CERNUp to 36 months initially granted (12 + 12 + 6 + 6 months)basic monthly subsistence 3679 CHF (single, no family, no children, ~3000 Euro)

tax free, 4.02% deduction for health insurance, additional family + children allowances

travel reimbursementstravel to home universitytravel to annual national meetings of relevant German association (DPG etc.)travel of German supervisor to CERN (e.g. Gentner Day)

CERN (group)integration costs

language course (typically 1 French or English course)tools needed for work (PC, notebook etc.)

travel reimbursementstravel to international conference (with talk)invitation of German supervisor to CERN

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Topics and Contact Persons

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Renewal of Gentner ContractFirst contract from 2007 has finished 31 December 2011New contract BMBF – CERN – DESY started 1 January 2012

runs until December 2014, then annually extended until December 2017main changes

funding of up to 13 new students per year = 39 students over 3 yearspresently, on average ~37 students in the Programme

candidates from all EU countries eligible to applyfirst contract restricted to German candidates only

full 3 years (36 months) grantedwas initially 30 months + 6 months extension on request

unchangedcandidates need to be enrolled at a German Universitytravel reimbursements on same level as beforeother conditions do not change

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New BrochureOld flyer and poster from 2007 a bit outdatedNew brochure under work (~8 pages)

prefaceCERN introductioncontact persons at CERNstatements by active and former Doctoral Students + photo(s)

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New Web Design

Will also contain statements by Doctoral Students (as in brochure)Deutsch/English version

To be released within next weeks

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More InformationGeneral information on the CERN education programmes

CERN-HR home pagehttps://hr-dept.web.cern.ch/hr-dept/

topics for PhD theseshttp://hrapps.cern.ch/public/f?p=124:7:471149713871611

Wolfgang-Gentner-Stipendienhome page

http://cern.ch/wolfgang-gentner-stipendien/contact persons

http://cern.ch/wolfgang-gentner-stipendien/ContactsCERN.htmlfrequently asked questions (for Doctoral Students)

http://cern.ch/wolfgang-gentner-stipendien/Doktoranden/FAQ.htmlhow to apply

https://cern.ch/hr-recruit/students/german-doct.asp

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Wolfgang GentnerWolfgang Gentner (1906 – 1980)

German nuclear scientistmajor fields of work on

nuclear photo effect, gamma rays, biophysics, archaeometry

connected to CERN since the early daysfrom 1951 – 54 participating in negotiations leading to the foundation of CERN (together with Werner Heisenberg)director of the CERN synchrocyclotron and first CERN Research Director 1954 – 59chair of CERN Scientific Policy Committee 1969 – 71President of CERN Council 1972 – 74

appointed 1959 as first director of the new Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg

WolfgangGentner (1965)