NEGOTIATION FOR SCIENTISTS BOOTCAMP

The “EMBO Negotiation for Scientists” bootcamp will explore your approach to negotiation, focusing on your mindset and the tools you’ll need to create lasting partnerships. The three-day virtual bootcamp will be held in English on Zoom. The bootcamp is hosted by Dr. Sam Krahl of EMBO, and free of charge for participants. 

Dates: March 25 through 27, 2025, daily from 8am-2pm PT

Applications Closed

Participants in this bootcamp will gain an understanding and mastery of the negotiation process, which will support them in reaching their professional as well as private goals. As you work to define your negotiating abilities in this context, the course will provide insight into building collaborative relationships and teach how to use effective questioning techniques and verbal / non-verbal communication. Throughout the bootcamp, the trainers will offer tools, techniques, and insight tailored specifically to the laboratory/research setting. By the end you will learn to prepare and lead negotiations, from the steps of building and making an offer, to reaching an agreement. 

In addition to the taught lessons from the trainers, the course is highly interactive and practical, involving case-studies, role play, small group work and discussion sessions. Participants will be actively involved in the course, discussing their own life experiences and being self-reflective, in a stimulating and guided process.

To keep the learning environment to an effective size for collaboration and support, we will be admitting participants through an application process. The application portal will be open from January 29 - February 28 at 5 PM Pacific Time (extended deadline!). Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Admitted applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline.

Eligibility & Expectations

• Full three day course attendance and interaction in discussions and breakouts is expected from all participants; including any homework
• The course will require your full focus and it will not be possible to pay attention to your other responsibilities and duties during the course hours on the three days of training
• Participants will need a web camera, microphone, and a quiet place with reliable internet from which to attend the course
• The course is designed for senior postdocs to early career PIs (within 6 years of your first independent position)
• Participants must be a CZI Science grantee, either funded directly or on a team and/or group member of a grantee, or a collaborator of CZI Science
• The course is capped at 20 people
  

LABORATORY LEADERSHIP BOOTCAMP

The “EMBO Laboratory Leadership” bootcamp covers your approach to leadership and help you define how you want to lead and manage your research group or other teams. The three-day virtual bootcamp will be in English on Zoom by Dr. Sam Krahl and Dr. Natalie Bamford of EMBO, and is free of charge for participants. 

Dates: April 28 - April 30, 2025, daily from 8am-2pm PT

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The bootcamp is focused on your leadership and the strategies and tools needed to run a healthy and productive research group. As you work to define your leadership style in this context, the course will provide insight into how to cultivate positive relationships, how teams work best together, and how to identify and resolve interpersonal barriers to the effective conduct of research. Throughout the course, the trainers will offer tools, techniques, and insights tailored specifically to the laboratory/research setting for the leadership of people, good communication, healthy resolution of conflict, and the management of workloads and responsibilities. Each module begins with an introduction from the trainers followed by the use of a range of interactive tools – both in self-reflection and in small group breakout activities – to integrate examples, experiences, and ideas from participants into the learning environment. 

To keep the learning environment to an effective size for collaboration and support, we will be admitting participants through an application process. The application portal will be open from February 12 - March 12 at 5 PM Pacific Time. Apply as soon as possible; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Admitted applicants will be notified no later than March 21, 2025.

Eligibility & Expectations

• Full three-day course attendance and interaction in discussions and breakouts are expected from all participants; including any homework
• The course will require your full focus and it will not be possible to pay attention to your other responsibilities and duties during the course hours on the three days of training
• Participants will need a web camera, microphone, and a quiet place with reliable internet from which to attend the course
• The course is designed for those in leadership roles, from postdocs to early career PIs (within 6 years of your first independent position) 
• Participants must be a CZI Science grantee, either funded directly or on a team and/or group member of a grantee, or a collaborator of CZI Science
• The course is capped at 20 people