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A meeting place that promotes aca- demic and personal exchange between young researchers at the University of Freiburg and contributes to their sense of community – this is an initiative the board of directors of the booster asso- ciation Alumni Freiburg would like to support. Your donation can help make this project at your alma mater a reality. Today’s doctoral candidates are tomor- row’s professors and Nobel laureates. The worldwide competition to attract the best PhD students is also a matter of cardinal significance for the university’s future. Young researchers – especially those applying on an international scale – want to earn their doctorate at a univer- sity that doesn’t just offer them the ­opportunity to conduct top-level research bus also provides them excellent services. And it is often the services that aren’t directly related to doctoral studies that are the pivotal factors in their choice of a university. Room for Researchers of all Disci- plines, Levels, and Nationalities The University of Freiburg tradition- ally offers its doctoral candidates a lot and would like to offer them even more. The newly established Freiburg Aca- demic Coaching, Training, and Services (FACTS), for instance, is the counter- part of the Student Service Center for early-stage researchers: a central de- partment that unites all services – such as those concerning scholarships, pro- motional programs, and continuing edu- cation. FACTS is located at Erbprinzen- straße 12, where there is also a Welcome Center that provides support for international visiting scholars during their stay in Freiburg. FACTS would like to renovate a seminar room on the ­second floor of the building into a lounge for researchers from different disciplines, on different steps of the ca- reer ladder, and of different nationalities. The board of directors of Alumni Freiburg e.V. would be very grateful if you could support this initiative – and help make your alma mater even more attractive for up-and-coming young scholars. Meet, discuss, make contacts: Young researchers need a forum for academic and personal exchange. Photo: Bender The university would like to renovate this seminar room into a new meeting place for junior researchers. Photo: Kunz CAMPAIGN A Lounge for Young Researchers Alumni Freiburg e.V. Wants to Support Early-Stage ­Researchers at the University of Freiburg BOOSTER ASSOCIATION ALUMNI FREIBURG E.V Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jochen Schiewer (Chair), Rector of the University of Freiburg Dipl.-Volkswirtin Margret Böhme ­ (Deputy Chair) Rudolf-Werner Dreier (Managing Director), Press Relations Officer of the University of Freiburg Contact Diana Sack Phone 0761/203-8814 Email alumni@uni-freiburg.de Internet www.alumni-freiburg- foerderverein.de Bank Account Information Volksbank Freiburg eG Acct. No.: 12 747 500 oder 12 747 519 Bank Code: 680 900 00 Sparkasse Freiburg-Nördlicher Breisgau Acct. No.: 14 001 600 Bank Code: 680 501 01 15