Where Have All the Scientists Gone?

Maureen Gannon, PhD

The PI career seems to have become the "alternative career"

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Spring Conference Season Essentials

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The weather is finally warming up, and we’re now into spring conference season. Go prepared with this grab-bag of tips and tricks from across the web.

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Five Tips to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Build Your Network

Rebecca Helton, MA

Networking. It’s one of those things we all know we should do, but for many people, it just doesn’t come naturally. From The Glass Hammer: Five Tips to …

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#*@*! Plan Is Not a Four-Letter Word.

Durango Kid, PhD

Writing a grant proposal? Do you have a plan for how you will get it written, reviewed, and submitted on time? A PLAN? Yes, a plan. What can a plan …

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Should Tenure Still Depend on an R01?

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With several years of flat federal support for science, is it still reasonable to require one or two independent research grants (R01s) before going up for tenure?  For some …

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Acing Your Observational Research Aims

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All research proposals – grants, dissertations, internal funding – must ace the description of aims.

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8 Ways to Get an R01

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Let NIH tell you common pitfalls, how to find the best study section, and what reviewers want. We've linked you directly to each point in this video.

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Early Career Researcher Travel Grants

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Are you less than five years out from your PhD, have you published in eLife, and could you use $1,000 to travel to a conference?

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Batman and Robin: Woes and Wins in Picking Collaborators

Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.

Three real stories ranging from amazing boon to painful bust for an assistant professor. Thoughts on what it takes to make a great collaboration.

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Getting Evaluated - Time to Bite the Bullet and Ask If You're a Jerk

Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.

Fighty Squirrel recently ran into one of her forest friends from another realm of the academic woodlands who has been serving on a fancy schmancy hiring committee. Asked how things …

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