Balancing family and academic work can be a challenge for doctoral candidates with children. The process of writing a publication or dissertation, in particular, can present doctoral candidates with a variety of challenges that lead to a lack of motivation and increased procrastination. The 4-day Scientific Writing Retreat provides strategies for planning scientific papers efficiently and gives participants the opportunity to make progress on their manuscripts under professional guidance and writing coaching and to benefit from the exchange with other writers. As a special offer for doctoral candidates with children (3-10 years), the writing workshop takes place during the Bavarian summer school holidays. While the parents concentrate on their writing projects, their children are looked after by professional childcare providers in the immediate vicinity of the writing course on all four course days.

Register now until 15 July 2025 for the next Scientific Writing Retreat with Professional Childcare: 

Course dates: 18.08. - 21.08.2025, daily 09:00 - 16:00 Uhr (childcare 08:30 - 16:30 Uhr) 
Location: TUM Graduate School, Boltzmannstr. 17, 85748 Garching (Garching-Forschungszentrum) 
Course fee: 100 EUR (80 EUR + 20 EUR childcare contribution), plus 20 EUR childcare contribution for each additional child 
Course language: English (childcare German/English) 
Registration via DocGS:  https://www.docgs.tum.de/de/node/1029509