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careers resources
This site is geared to help Postdoctoral
Fellows. It contains links to sites with tips on grants, resources
for getting jobs (other postdocs, faculty spots, industry jobs), info on
academia vs. industry jobs, postdoctoral associations, average salary information,
career prospects and great science links.
NEW!
How to Write a First Grant.
NEW!
How To Get Started in Another
Country.
Jobs
and Career Resources
NEW!
Register to help
people find out about prospective labs in your department.
The goal of
this database is to help people to get opinions about prospective labs,
from people that work or have worked there. Here you can volunteer to put
people in contact with current students/post docs in labs in your department
or institution, or just to give your opinion about labs where you work
or have worked.
NEW! Making
the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs
and New Faculty (from HHMI and the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund).
This free downloadable
book is a collection of practical advice, experiences, and opinions on
laboratory management, from seasoned biomedical investigators and other
professionals.
Science
Next Wave
One of the best
career resources for scientists. The favorite website for most Postdoctoral
Fellows. It is a weekly on-line publication devoted to scientific training
and career development, provides global news, profiles of emerging careers,
and advice from experts and role models drawn from your international scientific
community.
Tomorrow's-Professor
Tomorrow's-Professor
is a collection of online "coaching" resources for scientific professionals
sponsored by Stanford University. Includes well-written and useful articles
of interest to all Posdoctoral fellows (Topics such as- Getting Published
as a Graduate Student in the Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research and Your
Scientific Career, How To Get All-Important Teaching Experience, Keeping
Your Research Alive, The Basics of Science C.V.'s, The Basics of Cover
Letter Writing, How to Get the Most Out of Scientific Conferences,
When Faculty Consulting Helps -- and When It Hurts --Your Career, Is the
tenure path the best route for you?, The Right Start-UP Package for Beginning
Scientists, Staying Ahead of Your Competition, The Need for Self-Promotion
in Scientific Careers).
Nature
Career Resources
Focuses on relevant
aspects of employment, research and career development. Mostly geared to
European Scientists. Includes a useful international grant finder.
NIH
Research Training Resources
Besides training
resources it also contains links to many Postdoctoral Associations.
National
Academy Press
Articles related
to enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers:
A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisors, Institutions, Funding Organizations,
and Disciplinary Societies
Report
from Postdoctoral Attendees at the Annual GREAT Meeting
The GREAT Group
was started in 1996 to provide a national forum for professional development
and the exchange of information and ideas related to biomedical graduate
education and postdoctoral training.
PhDs.org
Science, Math,
and Engineering Career Resources Science, Math, and Engineering Career
Resources Contains great information on Postdoctoral Fellowships and issues
relating to Postdoctoral employment.
Postdoctorate.net
A basic network
for postdoctoral professionals.
The
Scientist
A news journal
that all Life Scientists should read. Go to the Profession section which
includes articles such as- Funding Opportunities in the Life Sciences;
Writing a Paper that Will Get Published; Unstalling a Scientific Career,
and much more.
Funding
Opportunities
NIH
grant and Funding Opportunities
Funding
for Women
Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation
National
Science Foundation Funding Opportunities
American
Heart Association Funding Opportunities
Ford
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
COS
Funding Opportunities
The most comprehensive
source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 20,500
awards from around the world.
Great
Science
Sites
Interpreting
Biological Sequences
This site serves
as a step by step guide to sequence analysis. Winner of several web awards
and a strong candidate for one of the best science sites of the year.
ABIM
Online analysis tools
One of the best
Molecular Biology Analysis sites on the web.
PubMed
The best free
site for finding articles in your field. If you do not know about this
site you should.
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