Annual progress report and annual status conversation

Annual progress report

Doctoral candidates who have been definitively admitted to the doctorate write an annual progress report on the status and planned progress of their research project, as well as on any significant deviations from the research project described in the doctoral plan.

Recommended content of the progress report

Abstract

Present the background of your research project, list its main goals, describe the methods to be used and the expected results as well as their impact for the field and beyond.

Progress to date

Present the research work you have undertaken since your last progress report, describe the results obtained (including publications) as well as the relevance of these undertakings for your project. Link your work and results to the feedback and steps you had agreed on in your last doctoral committee meeting and annual status conversation.

Significant changes from the research project described in the doctoral plan

Describe shortly if there have been significant changes from the original project plan and explain why.

Potential next steps

Describe which next steps you plan to do in your research work.

References

List the sources of all work referred to in the doctoral plan.

Procedure

Submit your annual progress report as a PDF file by e-mail to your doctoral committee before the annual doctoral committee meeting and the annual status conversation between the doctoral student and the doctoral thesis supervisor.

Please note:

It is the responsibility of the doctoral student and the thesis supervisor to keep this document until completion of the doctorate.

DownloadThis template (DOCX, 31 KB)vertical_align_bottom can be used for the annual progress report.

Annual status conversation

The subject of the annual status conversation is the assessment of the doctoral student, the situation within the research group, career and personal development and, if necessary, the appropriate measures that need to be taken. It is conducted confidentially between the supervisor of the doctoral thesis and the doctoral student.

Doctoral students write an annual progress report in preparation for the annual status conversation. The annual progress report is sent by the doctoral candidate to the thesis supervisor.

A copy of the signed protocol of the annual status conversation is sent by the doctoral thesis supervisor to the second advisor for his or her information.

Scientific progress (basis: annual progress report) is discussed in the D-BIOL at the annual meetings between the doctoral students and the doctoral committee.

DownloadThis template (DOCX, 45 KB)vertical_align_bottom can be used for the protocol of the annual status conversation.

Please note:

It is the responsibility of the doctoral candidate and the thesis supervisor to keep this document until completion of the doctorate.