All 13 learning units, 4 transfer pillars, program components and session dates in full detail.
This academic and practical dossier contains the unabridged architecture of the Scientific Trainer program: from the four-step transfer methodology and eight workspace components to graduate video interviews, every individual session date, and corporate invoice registration.
Personal project guidance instead of an anonymous self-study course
Optional person certification to ISO/IEC 17024
60+ specialist publications by the academic director
What science changes
Experience becomes a professional position that carries weight.
Scientific Trainer is not another training in methods, instructional design or marketing. You work on the operating system: on your business model if you are self-employed, on your role if you are responsible for internal L&D. Your experience is the capital here, your DNA. Science makes it connect to what is needed from now on.
From good practice …
You know many methods. But your professional core stays hidden between familiar models and interchangeable promises.
Methods are easy to copy.
The difference comes only from your own understanding and your reasoned position.
Trend knowledge quickly sounds plausible.
Without research, myths, half-knowledge and strong claims are hard to spot.
Impact is often promised.
Without suitable indicators it remains open what your offering or programme actually changes.
After your project work
You stand behind an offering or programme of your own with a professional core that does not come from the next toolbox of methods.
Deep understanding: why the approach you chose can work and where its limits lie.
Your own position: which findings you connect and what you stand for professionally.
A stronger offering or programme: what follows from your position for structure, methods and transfer.
Credible impact: where change could later become visible.
For companies and internal L&D teams
From seven participants the Scientific Trainer runs as a dedicated company cohort, in German or English, embedded in the Scientist-Practitioner Programme with Masterclass, continuing education and applied studies. Individual participants from companies continue to book here on this page.
Science is the upgrade. Your experience remains the starting point.
You understand more deeply why people learn and change. You tell reliable findings from claims that merely sound plausible. And you connect several fields of research into a professional position of your own.
What comes out of this is not simply more knowledge but a stronger offering: independent, defensible, and with a plan for how its impact can become visible.
NeuroscienceLearning & change
PsychologyPerception & decision-making
Systems theoryPeople & organisation
Neuroscience-informed learning designTransfer. Impact in everyday work
AI & researchwork faster, check for yourself
EvaluationPlanning indicators & data
It all comes together inyour transfer concept, ready to present.
13 learning units, and each one answers a question in your project.
6Foundation units6Transfer units1Final day
Module 01Foundations · Units 1–6
Unit 01Translating science into practice & critical thinking
Separate peer-reviewed empirical findings from popular training myths and establish the evidence base for your project.
Unit 02AI tools for L&D
Deploy AI for literature synthesis and instructional structuring while retaining full control over source verification, data privacy and professional judgement.
Unit 03Neuroplasticity & synaptogenesis
You check which statements about learning and change hold up neurobiologically and how they become relevant for your project.
Unit 04Applied neuroanatomy & embodied cognition
You experience an embodied learning format and check what of it makes sense for the target group and learning objective of your own design.
Unit 05Neuropsychology
You take perception, emotion, motivation and decision-making into account where they actually influence the behaviour of your target group.
Unit 06Bio-psycho-social system levels
You avoid single-factor explanations and place causes and interventions at the biological, psychological and social level.
Module 02Transfer · Units 7–12
Unit 07Neuroscience-informed learning design & future skills
You translate learning principles into concrete learning steps, exercises and transfer tasks in your project.
Unit 08Artificial intelligence in L&D
You decide where AI usefully supports your own work and where AI competence itself has to be part of the learning objective.
Unit 09Evaluating impact and ROI
You define the change you want, possible indicators, data sources, points of measurement and the limits of what your evaluation concept can say.
Unit 10Neuropsychotherapy & evidence-based coaching
You check which therapeutic models can be carried over into coaching and training in a professionally sound and responsible way.
Unit 11Behavioural economics & neuroleadership
You analyse decision-making and leadership situations and give reasons for which models actually help your project.
Unit 12Neurosystemic change processes
You place your training in the wider context of change and plan what has to happen before, during and after the learning intervention.
Unit 13Presentation & pitch
You bring all project decisions together, present your transfer concept and answer professional questions.
Your path to a finished project
Four steps from knowledge to impact.
Every learning unit works on your real project. You do not simply collect research. You turn it into a better decision.
01
Understand
Why does something work, why does it fail?
You connect neuroscience, psychology, systems theory and your own context. That way you see more than individual methods.
You gaina deeper understanding of what works
02
Judge
What holds, and what do you stand for?
You examine sources, contrary findings and limits. Then you formulate the professional core that you stand behind yourself.
You developa professional position of your own
03
Design
What follows from that for your offering?
You translate your judgement into a training, consulting model or L&D project of your own, with fitting learning and transfer steps.
You builda stronger offering of your own
04
Make an impact
Where does change become visible?
You plan fitting indicators and data sources. On the final day you present understanding, position and design as one whole.
You createan impact plan and a project pitch
What you actually book
Not a course to click through. A workspace for your own project.
The components are not add-ons. Each one solves a concrete problem in finishing your transfer concept.
Core element
Your real transfer project
A training, coaching offering, consulting model, a learning journey or an internal L&D project that you genuinely intend to implement.
Everything in the program is applied to it.12 × 3 hours
Interactive live evenings
Professional input, examination of examples, discussion of limits and immediate transfer to your project.
So that knowledge turns into a project decision the same evening.Weekly
Implementation office hour
Space for questions about sources, conceptual dead ends, priorities and the next concrete step of work.
So that your project moves on between sessions.6–18 people
A small, experienced learning group
People from different industries check whether your concept is understandable and bring in their perspective.
So that unclear points show up before the client conversation.1 full day
Final day with the project pitch
You present the problem, the professional core, methods, transfer and the evaluation plan, and you answer questions.
So that the material becomes a whole you can show.Optional
TÜV Rheinland person certification
Separately bookable exam preparation course and external examination procedure to ISO/IEC 17024.
So that your individual qualification can also be checked publicly.
Real final projects
This is how varied your own project may be.
These topics were worked on as transfer concepts in Scientific Trainer. They show the range of projects, not a guaranteed success in the market.
Corporate Learning · Pharma
Neuroscience of storytelling for effective communication
Negotiation · consulting
Neuropsychological grounding for a negotiation model of your own
Public administration
Innovation lab in the context of municipal job centres
Leadership development
Self-regulation in leadership, grounded in neuropsychology
Diagnostics
Scientific foundations of a strengths-profile certification
Online training
Neuroscience-informed design of communication in video calls
The larger purpose · Complexability
AI is taking over parts of thinking. What is needed is Complexability.
The industrial revolution replaced muscle power. AI is now taking over parts of human thinking, particularly in demanding knowledge work. What gains value is what sits above that: analytical, critical and creative thinking, and the ability to stay connected to what will be needed from here on.
We call that Complexability: the capacity for complexity plus the capacity to connect. In research its foundation is called Absorptive Capacity: not only taking in what is new, but letting better thinking and better action grow out of it. For organisations this is a question of survival: whoever cannot take up and use what is new loses the ability to innovate. You practise this capacity on your own project.
After every piece of work with AI, both should be better off: the work and the person who answers for it.
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Franz explains Scientific Trainer
In about five minutes: how experience becomes a position that matters for the future.
At the end you have your own transfer concept, ready to present.
The connection to YouTube is established only when you click.
What participants say about Scientific Trainer
What changed in practice after the program.
Trainers, coaches, consultants and L&D leaders report on scientific depth, concrete transfer projects and the benefit for their work.
Dr. Tobias PfallerMedicinal Chemistry, Global Pharma · Resilience Trainer
“This is what makes learning rewarding. The three-level perspective helped me integrate my scientific and practical skills into a coherent business model.”
Coherent Architecture
Birgit ThedensChair of the Board, German Association for Coaching & Training (dvct)
“I now design my training programs so that significantly deeper knowledge transfer and lasting behavioural impact are achieved. Unreservedly recommended.”
Transfer & Lasting Impact
Iris TeicherHigher Education Consulting · Former University Chancellor
“I was able to translate what I learned directly into a live client project. Thoroughly convincing and recommended without reservation.”
Immediate Project Transfer
Video statements
Eight graduates tell their own story.
How they use scientific depth, project guidance and transfer in their concrete work. Each YouTube video is loaded only after you click.
Dr. rer. medic. Franz Hütter, M.A.Academic director & personal project guidance
Who guides your project
Science becomes practical when an experienced researcher spars with you on your own project.
Dr. rer. medic. Franz Hütter bridges cognitive neuroscience, psychology and systems theory with two decades of executive advisory work across corporate L&D, coaching and consulting. He designed the Scientific Trainer curriculum and personally mentors your capstone project.
In the live online sessions and weekly faculty office hours, you examine your sources, assumptions and architectural decisions directly with Franz — rigorous, collegial and with zero anonymous ticket systems.
Dr. rer. medic. doctorate on genetic determinants of the capacity for empathy
60+ specialist publications and three books
University teaching in Applied Cognitive Neuroscience
APA Teacher Status Member
This fits if …
You have experience and want to finish a real project.
You already design or take responsibility for training, coaching, consulting or L&D projects.
You bring a real project in which decisions have to be made.
You are ready to examine cherished models and to cut weak claims.
You keep working on your project between the live sessions.
This does not fit if …
You only want to collect knowledge or obtain a certificate as quickly as possible.
You are looking for a full entry-level qualification in training or coaching.
You want to consume lectures only, without a project of your own.
You expect ready-made promises of success instead of critical examination.
You expect a fully conducted study and data analysis to be delivered to you during the course.
Dates & Tuition
Two cohorts starting January 2027. Three tiers. Direct online enrolment or corporate invoice.
Select your cohort (English on Mondays live online or German on Tuesday evenings CET) and choose your scope: the core Scientific Trainer program, the ISO/IEC 17024 accredited certification track, or the three-year Masterclass fellowship.
Cohort ST-EN-1 · in English · Mondays Live Online · Starts 11 January 2027
Seats available · 6:00–9:00 pm CET · 5:00–8:00 pm GMT · 12:00–3:00 pm EST
Twelve live online Monday sessions until 12 April 2027, final presentation day on Monday, 19 April 2027 (9:00 am–4:45 pm CEST / 8:00 am–3:45 pm BST), spring break on 22 & 29 March 2027. See all 13 session dates & syllabus schedule ↓
ST-EN-1 · from 11 Jan 2027Core Track
Scientific Trainer
2,900 €net per person (approx. $3,150 USD / £2,450 GBP) · 12 live sessions + final day
Executive continuing education built around your own real-world transfer project with 1:1 faculty mentorship. Credential awarded: Advanced Scientific Trainer (BRAIN-HR). ISO/IEC 17024 certification can be added later for 1,200 €.
3,900 €net per person (approx. $4,250 USD / £3,300 GBP) · 2,900 € program + 1,000 € certification package (save 200 €)
Everything in Scientific Trainer plus the exam preparation day on Wednesday, 28 April 2027 and externally audited personnel certification to ISO/IEC 17024 by TÜV Rheinland (Certipedia ID 0000081633) — your admission key to the Masterclass.
Includes reduced participant tuition (450 € instead of 600 € net) for all open Hard-Facts 1-day seminars during your cohort.
Includes Scientific Trainer, ISO/IEC 17024 certification by TÜV Rheinland, and three years in the Senior Scientific Masterclass (psychometric instrument design, empirical field evaluation, statistical analysis & co-authored publication).
Optional: Continuing Education Flatrate for Masterclass fellows, 1,800 € net per year.
Cohort ST-DE-1 · in German · Tuesday Evenings · Starts 12 January 2027
Seats available · 18:00–20:55 CET
Twelve Tuesday evenings in German until 13 April 2027, final presentation day on Tuesday, 20 April 2027. See all individual dates ↓
ST-DE-1 · from 12 Jan 2027Core Track (German)
Scientific Trainer (DE)
2,900 €net per person · 12 live sessions + final day
Twelve evening webinars in German plus final day with your own transfer project. Credential: Advanced Scientific Trainer (BRAIN-HR). ISO/IEC 17024 certification can be added separately (1,200 €).
3,900 €net per person · 2,900 € program + 1,000 € certification package
Everything in Scientific Trainer (German cohort) plus exam preparation day on Thursday, 29 April 2027 and TÜV Rheinland personnel certification to ISO/IEC 17024.
Includes reduced participant tuition (450 € instead of 600 € net) for all open Hard-Facts 1-day seminars during your cohort.
Fund your seat via your organisation’s L&D budget or request a formal procurement invoice
Employer Sponsorship & Stipends: Employed L&D leaders and internal practitioners regularly fund their seat through corporate L&D budgets or annual professional development stipends, as your required transfer project directly delivers a validated capability, training architecture or evaluation plan for your organisation. Team & Enterprise Rates: A 5% volume discount applies from the second participant onwards; dedicated in-house cohorts for pharma, biotech and corporate L&D teams start from 7 participants.
Standalone ISO/IEC 17024 Certification Package: Exam preparation day (Wednesday, 28 April 2027 for ST-EN-1 · Thursday, 29 April 2027 for ST-DE-1) plus personnel certification to ISO/IEC 17024 audited by TÜV Rheinland. Booked together with the program: 1,000 € (total 3,900 €). Booked separately after graduation: 1,200 €: View standalone certification package.
You know before booking when each session takes place.
Open the course you are considering. Public-holiday and school-holiday breaks are already taken into account.
Course ST-EN-1 · Monday evenings from 11 January 2027English · 6:00–9:00 pm CET · 5:00–8:00 pm GMT · 12:00–3:00 pm EST
Cohort runs from 11 January to 12 April 2027 · Final presentation day on 19 April 2027 (9:00 am–4:45 pm CEST / 8:00 am–3:45 pm BST / 3:00–10:45 am EDT)
Foundations block · six Monday evenings
Toolkit for translating science into practice
Toolkit for artificial intelligence and research
Neuroplasticity: the physiology of learning and development
Neuroanatomy: hands-on learning with modelling clay
Neuropsychology: the biology of perceiving, thinking and acting
Neurosystemics: the big picture in the bio-psycho-social system
Transfer block · six Monday evenings
Neuroscience-informed learning design and future skills
Artificial intelligence in L&D
Evaluating impact and ROI
From neuropsychotherapy to evidence-based coaching
Behavioural economics and neuroleadership
Neurosystemic change and transformation support
Final day: presentation of the transfer concepts · 9:00 am–4:45 pm
TÜV person certification can be added separately; dates follow after coordination with TÜV Rheinland.
Course ST-DE-1 · Tuesday evenings from 12 January 2027German · 18:00–20:55
Course runs from 12 January to 13 April 2027 · final day on 20 April 2027
Foundations module · six Tuesday evenings
Toolkit for translating science into practice
Toolkit for artificial intelligence & research
Neuroplasticity: the physiology of learning & development
Neuroanatomy: hands-on learning with modelling clay
Neuropsychology: the biology of perceiving, thinking and acting
Neurosystemics: the big picture in the bio-psycho-social system
Transfer module · six Tuesday evenings
Neuroscience-informed learning design and future skills
Artificial intelligence in L&D
Evaluating impact and ROI
From neuropsychotherapy to evidence-based coaching
Behavioural economics and neuroleadership
Neurosystemic change & transformation support
Presentation of the transfer concepts and course conclusion · 9:00–17:00
TÜV person certification can be added separately; dates follow after coordination with TÜV Rheinland.
Course V · Monday evenings from 21 September 2026 · fully bookedGerman · 18:00–21:00
Course runs from 21 September 2026 to 9 January 2027 · optional TÜV person certification on 18 January 2027
Know-how block · six Monday evenings
Toolkit for translating science into practice
Toolkit for artificial intelligence & research
Neuroplasticity: the physiology of learning & development
Neuroanatomy: hands-on learning with modelling clay
Neuropsychology: the biology of perceiving, thinking and acting
Neurosystemics: the big picture in the bio-psycho-social system
Transfer block · six Monday evenings
Neuroscience-informed learning design and future skills
Artificial intelligence in L&D
Evaluating impact and ROI
From neuropsychotherapy to evidence-based coaching
Behavioural economics and neuroleadership
Neurosystemic change & transformation support
Final day and optional TÜV examination
Presentation of the transfer concepts and course conclusion · 9:00–16:00
Optional TÜV written examination · 9:00–10:00; colloquia from 10:00 to 18:00 the same day, if needed also on 19 January.
Implementation office hour every Friday from 11:30 to 13:00.
Franz will get back to you. Questions are welcome at fh@brain-hr.com.
Executive Syllabus & Employer Justification Kit
Take the full syllabus, schedule and business case with you.
Download the complete curriculum immediately or request a formal provisional seat reservation and quote for your organisation’s L&D budget or procurement review.
Your transfer concept becomes a business developed further on a scientific footing.
In Scientific Trainer you bring your project to presentation readiness. In the Senior Scientific Masterclass you develop it further over three years in your live business: with entrepreneurial advice, scientific guidance and your own evaluation.
Complete package12,000 €net · Scientific Trainer including the TÜV package plus three years of the Senior Scientific Masterclass
The 12,000 € are the complete package: Scientific Trainer, the exam preparation course and the TÜV certification are included. Nothing is added on top.
A presentation-ready transfer concept for your own signature training, coaching offering or enterprise L&D initiative — complete with an evidence-checked scientific core, instructional architecture, transfer design and evaluation plan.
Do I need a prior degree in the natural sciences or statistics?
No. The program is designed for experienced practitioners in training, executive coaching, consulting and L&D. We translate primary research and statistical effect sizes into clear, applicable frameworks without requiring prior laboratory or mathematics training.
Which project can I bring?
For example a new training offering, a learning journey, a coaching or consulting model, an internal qualification program, or an existing format that you want to rebuild and examine professionally.
Do I already carry out an evaluation during Scientific Trainer?
You develop the plan for it: the change you want, possible indicators, data sources, points of measurement and the limits of what the results can say. Building measurement instruments in practice, collecting data and analysing it statistically are covered in depth in the Senior Scientific Masterclass or carried out as separate research.
Is the TÜV certification mandatory?
No. The program can be booked without the TÜV package. The optional person certification to ISO/IEC 17024 is an additional, externally examined proof of qualification. The Advanced Scientific Trainer qualification is the basis of admission to it.
How large is the group?
Typically 6 to 18 people learn together. From 10 participants onwards, a certified Scientific Trainer supports the group as a co-facilitator.
Can my employer fund my participation?
Yes. In the introductory call we are glad to work through the business benefit of your specific project. A volume discount applies from two people onwards; from seven people your own in-house cohort is possible.
What is the difference from the Senior Scientific Masterclass?
In Scientific Trainer you put your concept on a sound footing, present it and plan its later evaluation. In the three-year Masterclass you go on to work practically on measurement instruments, statistics, your own data and field evaluation.
Your project is the starting point
Give your expertise more influence and impact.
In the 25-minute call, Franz and you look at your specific project: where can science change your judgement, your offering and its later impact the most, and is Scientific Trainer the right step for that?
Curated Tuition Bundles: Save up to 24% across programs.
Combine the Scientific Trainer program with the Certified AI Practitioner, six Hard-Facts intensive seminars, or the three-year Masterclass fellowship. Four curated tuition bundles saving up to 24%, complete with a downloadable executive summary for procurement approval.
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Optional person certification to ISO/IEC 17024