Mastering Peer Review: Strategies for Success for Natural and Life Sciences

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

Participation

Advanced doctoral researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

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

During the workshop, participants can draft a cover letter for their next article. Therefore, before the workshop participants are asked to prepare the (preliminary) title of their next article.

Further Information

Postdocs are welcome to participate if spots are available.