Send this guide to your mum, include a link in your emails, or order R2D2 USB drives for all your grad students and nerdy friends.

Gifts for Grad Students & Post Docs

1. Fancy journal for their Nobel-winning thoughts  $22

2. Wireless presenter for wowing dissertation committees and interviewers  $14.99

3.  Leather laptop bag for being extra professional  $46.99

4. Natural selection bookmarks for their stacks of books  $9.96

5. Tassel Charger keychain for beautifying data  $7.49

6. Nerdy holiday reading  $11.06

7. Noise cancelling headphones for dissertatin’  $34.55

8. R2D2 USB drive  $12.75. And a movie date – you know they’re counting down the days

9. Stress relief for when it is NOT their fault  $9.60

10. Eye-pleasing calendar for bringing color to the lab  $20

11. Premium subscription for work and fun

12. Big Bang Lego set because we all dream of hanging out with Leonard and Sheldon  $59.99

Gifts for Professors

1. Ugly sciencey sweater for all their holiday party needs  $27.99

2. The only pencil they use that is always close by  $17.30

3. Online services delivered to their door – cleaner/snow shoveler/personal trainer/booze/food  $25 – $100

4. Awesome artwork from their research field  $75

5. Bluetooth locator for the absent minded professor  $26.99

6. Smartphone projector for meetings across campus and across the country  $99.99

7. Nerdy germy holiday decorations  $19.95

8. Memory sticks in bulk – see #5  $34.99

9. Just out and rife with giggles  $10.94. Or this book or this book 

10. Best gift from a student? A nice thank you note AFTER grades have been submitted  $4.90

Gifts for Caffeinated Academics

1. From scholars to deans, a perfect mug for any caffeinated academic  $13.95

2. Cold brew coffee gift set for fancy coffee right in the lab  $59.99

3. MiniPresso GR Espresso Maker for caffeine emergencies on the go  $49.97

4. Laboratory Beaker Mug to camouflage caffeine  $11.95

5. Perfect guidebook for coffee aficionados to get the science behind the bean  $15.03

6. R2-D2 Coffee Press to enhance lab productivity and happiness  $29.99

7. Coffee socks for frigid university buildings $14.99

8. Upright Bike Cup Holder for preventing coffee spills when they pop a wheelie on the way to faculty meetings  $25.00

9. Caffeine Molecule Travel Mug for love of their favorite compound  $21.95

10. Silver earrings to impress chemistry colleagues  $19.00. More nerdy science jewelry here

11. Barisieur Coffee & Tea Alarm Clock for a beautiful start their day  $340

Prices accurate as of 12/1/17

For hundreds of other gift ideas, visit our Pinterest board. It is stuffed full of all the thoughtful gifts and the tackiest science related offerings we could find.

OTHER RESOURCES

Gifts To Inspire Future Scientists

Darwin’s Tips for Surviving the Holiday Party at the Chair’s House

Best Science Themed Ugly Sweaters

Academic Gift Guide by Tenure, She Wrote

Science Christmas Cards

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