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- Interesting Literature
- Other Research Opportunities
- Job Finding Tips and CV building
- Job Posting Sites
- General Career Development Resources
- Reports On Postdoctoral Training And Employment Trends
Interesting Literature
At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Second Edition
by Kathy Barker
Since 2002, the first edition of the
best-selling book, At the Helm, has helped thousands
of researchers transition to running their own labs. The second edition has been
substantially revised and updated, offering advice on adapting to the changes
and challenges that the years have brought.
Setting up and staffing a lab, getting
funded, mentoring and being mentored, career development – all of these are part
of postdoctoral education. At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory,
Second Edition can help new graduates and postdocs with the
leadership skills needed for professional development.
The author, Dr Kathy Barker, discusses a wide range of management
issues and the skills that promote success with extensive use of interviews and
a text enlivened with quotations and real-life examples. New topics include
collaborations contracts, performance evaluations, communicating with
non-scientists, tips for succeeding on the tenure track, and professional
development.
For more information about the book and to order a copy, please visit
Other Research Opportunities
Programs for all degree levels
The Summer Internship
Program (SIP)
SIP welcomes eligible high school, college, graduate, and professional
students to spend eight to ten weeks conducting biomedical research with NIH
investigators.
The Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO)
Program
The INRO program is
for students with strong academic standing who are from populations
underrepresented in biomedical research. Candidates who are a senior, medical
school student, or doctoral candidate, and from a population underrepresented in
the biomedical sciences are eligible. Student expenses for
travel, hotel accommodations, and meals will be covered for this 4-day
exploratory program.
Postdoctoral Programs
Postdoctoral Training in the NIH Intramural Research Program
Eligible U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have recently
received a doctoral degree can come to the NIH as Postdoctoral
IRTAs to complete up to five years of postdoctoral research.
Eligible international scholars who are recent doctoral degree
recipients can conduct up to five years of postdoctoral research
at the NIH as Visiting Fellows; they generally come to the NIH
on J1 visas. Both groups are considered NIH trainees, rather
than employees.
Other Postdoctoral Programs at the NIH
Clinical
Fellows and Research Fellows
Physicians and dentists whose duties at the NIH include the
provision of clinical services in addition to their research are
appointed as Clinical Fellows. They are temporary NIH employees
as are Research Fellows. Postdoctoral fellows can be promoted to
Research Fellow. An individual can spend an additional three
years as a Research Fellow after reaching the five-year limit of
the Postdoctoral Fellow appointment. Both Clinical and Research
Fellows are eligible for
Intramural Loan Repayment.
Job Finding Tips and CV building
UC Berkeley http://career.berkeley.edu/Phds/Phds.stm
- Job search tools
- CV building
- Cover letter
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Interview process
Faculty Development Sites
- "Preparing future faculty" http://www.preparing-faculty.org/
- Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning at UNM
- New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NMAGEP)
- American Society for Cell Biology, Women in Cell Biology Resources
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
National Postdoctoral Associations and other University-based Associations
Job Posting Sites
- Science Careers On-line http://recruit.sciencemag.org/
- Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/jobs/
Life Sciences
- The American Society for Cell Biology has a Job Board listing positions in academia, industry and government
- The Career Center of Bio Online posts employment opportunities in industry.
- Biospace.com has a search engine for biotech jobs
- Biotechfind is a directory of international links covering the fields of biotechnologies and including a Biotechnology Career Center
- Medzilla.com has a search engine for jobs in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, health care and science
- Nature Jobs has articles about career development and a search engine for job listings
- Sciencejobs.com has a search engine for science-related jobs in the U.S. and international
- Science Magazine's Nextwave has a job posting site with many resources including automated email updates of new positions in your field.
Academic
- Academic Careers
Online lists teaching and administrative jobs in colleges
and universities.
The Academic Position Network is a very clear and concise web listing of positions, primarily in the United States. - The Chronicle of Higher Education's Career Network has a listing of academic positions in the U.S. and many other career resources.
- HigherEdJobs.com has a search engine with faculty and administrative university positions.
Government
- USA JOBS and America's Job Bank are job listing sites for the US Office of Personnel Management and the US Department of Labor. While both and are broad sites, they do advertise some advance research positions with Federal and State entities.
- The National Science Foundation has a listing of vacancy announcements in all areas of administration and science.
- The National Institutes for Health posts job openings with their Jobs @ NIH search engine.
- The Center for Disease Control also posts employment opportunities.
General job listing sites
- Monster.com is one of the leading online career networks.
- Science Careers Job Seeker is a leading provider of cost-effective online recruitment solutions for employers worldwide.
- The JobNext Career Network provides job search and free resume services, targeting mostly recent graduates.
- Careerbuilder.com and Employmentguide.com are other good sites.
General Career Development Resources
Career Development Center for Postdocs and Junior Faculty is a resource site produced by Science Magazine. It has great advice on job hunting, career transitions, scientific salaries, funding, lab management and many other topics important to an aspiring scientist.
"Managing Your Own Lab", by Dr. Thomas Cech, President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (PDF article) addresses the need for mentoring postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty on starting their own lab (including personnel recruitment and training, grant writing, and budget management).
Re-envisioning the PhD, has an extensive list of professional development and career resources
Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows from FASEB. This document will get you thinking about your career plan and provides you with talking points for discussions with your PI.
Reports On Postdoctoral Training And Employment Trends
Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists A 1998 National Research Council study.
Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering A National Science Foundation (NSF) report from annually gathered data on employment trends for scientific fields.
Addressing the nation's changing needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists (2000), from the National Academies of Science