Nacaps generates versatile research data on the study conditions for doctorates, career aims and professional development, as well as on the general life situation of doctoral researchers and doctorate holders in Germany. The first results of the study are accessible via a data portal.
The study results will be
- made available to Nacaps’ partner HEIs for monitoring, controlling and quality management via our data portal
- prepared for the expert public and decision makers in higher education and science policy in the form of reports, as a basis for evidence-based monitoring of young researchers
- made available to the scientific community for research purposes via the DZHW Research Data Centre (FDZ) in the form of anonymised data sets (scientific use files).
Your participation will influence future decisions, which are relevant for early career researchers.
Invitations will be sent out via email
By the end of February 2023 we will invite every doctoral researcher who has been registered in the past two years. You will receive a link via email that grants you access to take part in the online survey. We would like to encourage you to take part!
Even if you feel that you did not follow the usual path to, or during your doctoral studies, your participation is very important because only with a wide range of respondents can we gain a full picture of the doctorate landscape. This also applies if you discontinue your doctorate in the meantime or if you only came to Germany for your doctorate or if you intend to leave Germany after completing your doctorate.