Support for Early Career Researchers

Research Academy

Graduate Center
Writing Center
Toolbox scientific writing and publishing
Publishing and Open Access
Contact persons of the Research Academy
Events

We are the central point of contact for the promotion of early career researchers at Aalen University. Are you employed as a scientist or interested in a doctorate? Then you have come to the right place.

Program SoSe 2026

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The Research Academy was founded in 2021 as part of the "WINPROFSHIP" project in the federal-state program"FH-Personal" and is open to all doctoral candidates, doctoral students, the supervising professors and all researchers at the university. The Research Academy builds on the interdisciplinary Research Academy, which has been organized since the winter semester 2016/2017.

Writing Center

In the writing center, we accompany your academic writing processes and support you in writing scientific texts, e.g. research proposals, doctoral theses and scientific articles. Our offer includes workshops and talks; lectures as well as individual advisory services. We also provide individual support for your writing project. We support you

in gaining an overview of your writing project.
in developing a time and work plan for your writing project.
in specifying the topic of your writing project.
in creating a concept and outline for your text.
in useing reading and writing techniques for effective text creation.
with text feedback, especially on the "red thread" and linguistic formulations.
to maintain your motivation for your writing project.
to effectively overcome writer's block.
to find open access publication opportunities.

Publishing and Open Access

The research-oriented Aalen University of Applied Sciences encourages all its researchers to publish Open Access via the Open Access Policy. In the Publication Guide you will find information on the clear naming of the institution of higher education, the clear identification of authors, explanations on the publication process and publication funding as well as information and advice centers.

If you have any questions, please contact the Open Access Representative of Aalen University of Applied Sciences at openaccess[at]hs-aalen.de.