Workflow »Renewal of contracts«

The renewal process should start at least four months before the end of the contract.

General notes

  • Reliable and predictable career paths are an important concern of the CRC. Therefore extensions of contracts should be discussed with employees at an early stage.
  • According to the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (Wikipedia), contract duration must be adapted to the qualification goals; short contract durations are to be avoided.
  • Contract duration less than 12 months are only possible at the CRC, if a reliable / realistic future planning for the time after the end of the CRC contract is documented (an earlier contract termination is possible at any time by mutual agreement).
  • Should interim financing for new employees be needed to avoid a short contractual period, you may contact the board early which can - if available - use lump sum funds of the CRC.

Requirements for renewals

  • Presentation (i.e. talk or poster) in the iRTG or CRC seminar (not older than 12 months at the end of the contract).
  • Additionally for extensions for doctoral researchers:
    • Updated annual report (not older than 6 months at the end of the contract).
    • Brief statements of both supervisors concerning the status of the doctoral project including a prognosis and the expected date of thesis defense.
  • Additionally for extensions for postdoctoral researchers:
    • PostDoc writes a career and research plan, attaches a publication list and an updated CV,
    • PI/JRGL writes a short comment on the plan.
  • Please send the request for the prolongation of a contract at least four months before the expiry of the contract to both spokespersons. All requirements of the workflow must be fullfilled three months before the expiry of the contract. Otherwise, contract extension cannot be guaranteed.

Procedure

  • The application with the current contract end and the desired extension period will be sent by the PI/JRGL by e-mail to the spokespersons, Marlis Hochbruck and Wolfgang Reichel.
  • The above requirements are checked by the iRTG spokesperson (for doctoral researchers) or by the Executive Board.
  • The decision is made by the board and then communicated to the PIs/JRGLs and the employee.
  • The completed and signed form Qualifizierungsbefristung (deutsch / englisch) should be send to Sonja Becker by the PIs/JRGLs
  • If a salary (complementing the CRC funding) is paid from other sources, Sonja Becker also needs the corresponding account assignment.