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Wanted: Really Smart Suckers - Grad school provides exciting new road to poverty
in Should You Go to Graduate School?
The Village Voice, April 27, 2004.
Graduate School Survival Guide
in Grad School Survival Guides
" Concise suggestions for: getting the most out of the relationship with your reseach advisor or boss, getting the most out of what you read, making continual progress on your research, finding a thesis topic or formulating a research plan characteristics to look for in a good advisor, mentor, boss, or committee member, avoiding the research blues. "
Berkeley Career Center guide to writing the Grad Statement
in Applications: Statements of Purpose, References
It's quite comprehensive and has everything you need to write a good Statement of Purpose.
Top Ranked Graduate Schools in the Biomedical Sciences
in Graduate School Listings and Rankings
This website provides advice and guidance for prospective graduate students in the biomedical and biological sciences. Because of the importance of funding in graduate education, this website concentrates on schools and programs that are well-funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Know how to beat the odds
in Choosing a Postdoctoral Position
New Scientist, March, 2006. "An aspiring postdoctoral scholar could be forgiven for feeling some anxiety about the next few years of their career. Open any science magazine and you'll be told that life as a postdoc can be fraught with perils such as low pay, few benefits and, worst of all, a lack of career prospects. It doesn't have to be like that. If you know how to navigate the system, you can emerge with the skills needed to progress to the next stage."
NIH Pathway to Independence Award
in Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jobs
"This initiative will develop and implement a new Pathway to Independence Award Program (PI) designed to facilitate receiving an R01 award earlier in an investigators research career. The primary, long-term goal of the PI Award Program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported independent investigators."
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
in Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jobs
" The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation established to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. Its emphasis is on the career development of outstanding scientists and on advancing areas in the basic medical sciences that are underfunded or that have a shortage of qualified researchers. " The fund has a number of fellowships for postdoctoral work and for early career scientists.
Street Savvy Science, Chapter 4: Evidence of Productivity: The Cover Letter
in Career Guides
"Many people believe that the cover letter is a throwaway, and that the resume or CV attached is what counts. While it is entirely true that the resume has to be well written and have good content, the cover letter's job is to point to the key selling points, and to make it more specific to that reader. Just like the cover of a magazine."
The Basics of Science C.V.'s.
in Resumes and CVs
" The cover letter and curriculum vitae may well be the two most important documents you will ever write, since they are the first things most academic search committees see. "
Postdoc jobs at jobs.phds.org
in Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jobs
Postdoc job listings
Grants in Graduate Studies
in Funding: Graduate Fellowships and Grants
" GIGS is a database of grants for graduate and post-graduate students, provided by U.S. government, international, corporate and private funding agencies, in addition to grants from departments within New York University. "
Should You Go to Graduate School?: Here are some important questions to consider before you
in Should You Go to Graduate School?
Is graduate school right for you? Here are some serious questions to consider before you make this commitment.
Going In With Eyes Open
in Choosing a Postdoctoral Position
"A checklist of questions has been written by the International Postdoctoral Committee (IPC) of the NPA to aid prospective postdocs in search of positions that will give them a fulfilling experience. By reading through these questions, by understanding the reasoning behind them, and by finding out the answers that are important for you, you will develop a much clearer idea of what a particular postdoctoral position has to offer. We hope that this checklist will empower those considering a postdoc, especially international candidates who are not acquainted with the US system, to find appointments that suit his/her needs."
GRE General Test: Verbal and Quantitative Review
in GRE General Test: Verbal
Review materials for the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE general test from ETS.
How to write a great research paper
in Communication Skills
Great advice from Simon Peyton Jones at Microsoft Research.
Salary Fights
in Salary Information
An article which examines pay gaps between professional school professors and everyone else
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship (VF)
in Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jobs
"For foreign national doctoral-level scientists within five years of obtaining their doctoral degree"
Should I Go to Grad School?
in Should You Go to Graduate School?
" Short answer: no. Long answer: maybe, but... "
HigherEdJobs.com
in Higher Education / Teaching Jobs
Listings for faculty and staff positions at colleges and universities.
Landing an Academic Job: the Process and the Pitfalls
in Home
Great advice on the application and interview process in academia from Jon Dantzig, the chair of the faculty recruiting committee at UIUC's Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department.
The Noel Smith-Wenkle Salary Negotiation Method
in Negotiating Your Salary And Position
"Salary negotiation is something at which hiring managers are usually a lot more proficient than the people they hire. In the interest of leveling the playing field, here is a method for salary negotiation that has worked for me and many others."
Graduate Programs in Statistics
in Graduate School Listings and Rankings
A list compiled by Mitchell Watnik
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships for Scientists and Engineers
in Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jobs
One and two-year program. Congressional internships, fellowships in global stewardship, diplomacy, risk-assessment, technology policy, defense policy, and environmental policy.
Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions
in Applications: Statements of Purpose, References
Dave Burrell's online guide to getting in to grad school.
SalaryExpert.com
in Salary Information
" The most comprehensive salary site on the Internet, offering free wage, benefit, and cost-of-living survey information. "
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