| Month | Date | Course Topic | Trainer/Lecturer | type |
| March | 4 - 6 | Getting started - how to cope with the challenges of a PhD | Dr. Bärbel Tress, Tress Academic | introductory |
| 12 - 13 | Introduction to Ocean Data View (ODV) | Dr. Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo, Århus University | expert | |
| 24 ONLINE! | Understanding Peer-reviewed publishing | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | introductory | |
| 25 - 27 ONLINE! | How to publish in peer-reviewed journals | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | expert | |
| 31 March - 1 April (Helgoland) Postponed to autumn! | Introduction to the R language | Dr. Markus Molis, AWI | ||
| April | 6 - 8 (takes place as an online training) | How to present at international conferences | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | expert |
| 7 - 9 (Bonn) (takes place as an online training) | Research Skills Development Course III | HGF | transferable skills | |
| 20 - 24 (Helgoland) Postponed to autumn! | Statistics - an Introduction to Parameter Estimation and Hypothesis Testing (using R) | Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, AWI | ||
| 23 - 24 Postponed to autumn! | Medientraining für Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen | Sina Löschke, Schneehohl & Tim Schröder, Oldenburg | transferable skills | |
| 28 Apr - 2 May (Brhv - Helgoland Cancelled!!! | Seagoing practical on RV Heincke, leg 1 | Prof. Dr. J. Bijma & Prof. Dr. V. Unnithan | introductory | |
May | 2 - 6 (Helgoland - Helgoland) Cancelled!!! | Seagoing practical on RV Heincke, leg 2 | Prof. Dr. J. Bijma & Prof. Dr. V. Unnithan | introductory |
| 27 - 29 (takes place as an online training) | How to apply for an academic job | Dr. Bärbel Tress, Tress Academics | transferable skills | |
| June | 23 (takes place as an online training) | How to review a scientific paper | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | expert |
| 30 (Helgoland) | Visibility and Impact of Research | Gudrun Witzler, AWI library | introductory | |
| July | 1 (Helgoland) | How to stay up to date: WS on current awareness | Gudrun Witzler, AWI library | |
| 1 - 8 (Austrian Alps) | Geological and glaciological field trip to the Austrian Alps | Prof. Dr. O. Eisen & Dr. Christoph Meier | expert | |
| 7 - 9 | Basics in GIS & Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop 10.x | Dr. Antonie Haas, AWI | expert | |
| September | 9 - 11 | Getting started - how to cope with the challenges of a PhD | Dr. Bärbel Tress, Tress Academic | introductory |
| 10 - 11 (Potsdam) | Self and Time Management | Sabine Lerch, soft skills for science | transferable skills | |
| 22 - 25 | Lecture week | |||
| October | 6 | Visibility and Impact of Research | Gudrun Witzler, AWI library | |
| 7 | How to stay up to date: WS on current awareness | Gudrun Witzler, AWI library | ||
| 20 | Understanding peer-reviewed publishing | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | introductory | |
| 21 - 23 | How to publish in peer-reviewed journals | Dr. Gunther Tress, Tress Academic | ||
| November | 25 - 26 | Leadership skills | Sabine Lerch, softskills for science | transferable skills |
