Mastering Peer Review: Strategies for Success for Natural and Life Scientists - online

Participant Profile

Advanced doctoral candidates in the Natural and Life Sciences.

Objectives

The aims of the workshop are:

• to understand the peer review process, its different forms and its limitation

• to learn what editors and reviewers expect from grant proposals and research articles

• to deal with feedback and criticism in different cultures

 Content

•  Definition of peer review

•  Which skills are needed to master the peer review process?

•  The different types of peer review

•  Criteria checked by editors and reviewers for grant proposals and research articles

•  Common reasons for rejection of grant proposals and research articles

•  Giving and receiving feedback and criticism in Germany and across other cultures

 Please note

 If there are free spots, we also allow postdocs to participate.