Don’t You Forget About Me
Revisiting the loss of a colleague
Not that Kind of Network: Tales of Developing a National Reputation
Spoiler: It is never too early to start cultivating your professional reputation.
Angry Academics
Are you feeling surrounded by buzzkills and unhappy academics? You aren’t alone. Here’s some protips for not becoming the angry academic.
Questions for STEM Profs to Ask Before Filing Taxes
Death and taxes….how academics can make one less painful than the other.
What I Wish I’d Known Before I Wrote My K
Three K awardees share the advice they wish they’d received before preparing career development awards.
Which Study Section Should I Pick? Try the Assisted Referral Tool!
One important aspect of submitting grants to the NIH is selecting an appropriate study section. While the general descriptions on the CSR website can be helpful, they often require further investigation, which can (and should) include contacting SROs, talking to current or former study section members, and/or looking up similar types of grants on RePORTER […]
Read This: Insights on Priorities Including Doing Less
Top picks from the most balanced academic leader we know.
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WIN-WIN: Best Academic Life Hacks and Advice Blog Contest WINNER!
Congrats to David Sacks for the winning post “Think You’re an Imposter? Here’s How to Know for Sure” in our WIN-WIN travel award contest and runners up Pipette Protagonist, The Cranky Reviewer, and Josh Fessel.
Empowering Women through Mentoring
I still remember my first time in a lab. I was doing my last year of college and I got a fellowship to collaborate for a few hours a day in a research lab. It was an old and rusty lab, and my PI was in the first steps of her career, trying to get […]