Career Support

The Talent Center of the HR department supports you as a postdoc to develop your (future) career in- or outside academia. They offer both individual career coaching and collective training opportunities, information sessions and activities.  

Individual career coaching 

You can register for an individual career coaching trajectory in which an experienced career coach helps you to find answers to your career questions. Each trajectory is tailored to fit your individual career question(s) and need(s). Both postdocs with career prospects beyond and in academia are welcome! 

You can find more details and information on what to expect, the main principles, the trajectory, the target group and the registration on Pintra (after login). 

Collective training opportunities, information sessions and activities 

The Talent Center offers:   

• A tailor-made training programme in which courses about career development, applying for a job and the development of your (transferable) skills are organised regularly.  
• ​Career sessions that aim to give more insight in a wide range of career opportunities beyond and in academia. The sessions range from open testimonials to more straight forward information sessions about various career paths for PhD holders.
• Mentoring events for those who have the ambition to build an academic career. Would you like to be well informed about the possible steps you can take as a postdoc and get some honest feedback or insights from those who have gone before you? Then the speed mentoring event might be something for you!  

Make sure to also check out the Postdoc Community on LinkedIn for tips and tricks on how to manage a career beyond and in academia. On this platform, set up by the Talent Center, you can connect with your fellow postdoctoral researchers and share (career) opportunities.  

Contact: postdocs@uantwerpen.be 

Thanks to the Support Young Researchers Grant (“subsidie Omkadering Jonge Onderzoekers” - OJO), PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers can submit proposals for initiatives focused on career development. These initiatives should focus on facilitating and supporting the transition of young researchers to careers beyond academia.

Contact: OJOcall@uantwerpen.be  

If you’re looking for information, advice or support on applying for research funding, take a look at this page.  

Contact: research@uantwerpen.be