The Baskett Lab: grant/job links and resources

The Baskett Lab: Theoretical evolutionary and community ecology applied to conservation biology

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Grant & job resources

Academic career development: searching, applying, interviewing, negotiating, and navigating academic jobs
Funding & job searches: grants, postdoc funding, grad funding, and job searches (resources on grant writing are on the writing/presenting page)

Academic career development

Source	Searching/overview	Applying	Interviewing	Negotiating	Starting the job
Spencer Hall's Resources for grad students and post docs	Job quest in ecology and evolution Applying, interviewing, and getting the job you want in Academia	Getting Yourself on the Shortlist	Interviewing for academic jobs Seminar suggestions	The B&B primer on first job haggling: pdf or text
ScienceCareers: The academic scientist's toolkit		Writing a research plan Tips for a successful CV Writing a winning cover letter Writing the teaching statement	Interviewing plus additional related articles The job talk	Overview of the process and key negotiating points
DIALOG/DISCCRS Resources for Early-Career Development	Job Search Strategies and Tips Academic Job Hunting Tips and Advice	In Pursuit of the Perfect Letter of Reference	Preparing for an academic job interview		Navigating promotion and tenure: strategies for the newly-employed Mentoring
Chronicle of Higher Education: Careers and information for first-time applicants		The basic science of C.V.'s C.V. for the sciences The basics of cover letter writing How to write a statement of teaching philosophy Getting great letters of recommendation	Asking the Right Questions What to do when they say, 'tell us about your research' How to handle difficult interview questions Giving a job talk in the sciences How would you teach this class?	The right start-up package for beginning science professors Faculty salary stats	Pushing them through From seminar to study group
Tomorrow's Professor	Matching your characteristics to the institution	Applying for academic positions Writing a teaching philosophy statement	Interview preparation guide for positions in academia The academic job talk Campus interview - the research presentation	General principles for responding to academic job offers The right start-up package - it's not just about the money
Others	UCOP Academic Career Advice Articles The Job Search from Carleton Geosciences Applying for a job, haggling for a job, and keeping a job NCEAS Academic Career Development Advice The Graduate Junction: Advice forum Rice University NSF Advance program: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position		Qualms and questions for an academic interview Questions to ask (and be prepared to answer) at academic job interviews	Negotiating your first faculty position	Carleton Geosciences Early Career pages with advice on teaching, tenure, etc. Nature's guide for mentors Advisor, teacher, role model, friend HHMI/BWF Resources for the Development of Early-Career Scientists: Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty and Entering Mentoring Advice for pre-tenure faculty from the University of Washington Management for Beginners

Funding & job searches

Grants	Postdoc funding	Grad funding	Academic job searches
Governmental NSF Biological Sciences NSF Biological Oceanography NSF CAREER (faculty early career development) NSF Waterman (young researchers) Department of Agriculture Department of Defense NOAA Sea Grant Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (NSF/NOAA) Center for Disease Control Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Land Management Tahoe Basin Non-profit/Foundations Mellon Foundation (conservation and the environment) Packard Foundation (conservation and science) Burroughs Wellcome Fund (biomedical sciences) Guggenheim Foundation (natural sciences) Beckman Foundation (young investigators in life sciences) Sloan Foundation (science and technology) Heinz Endowment (environment) Mott Foundation (environment) Moore Foundation (environmental conservation and general science; solicited proposals only) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration James S. McDonnell Foundation (specific topics in science) Databases Grants.gov Community of Science	Fellowships NSF - Biological Informatics Society for Conservation Biology Smith Fellows World Wildlife Fund Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund Environmental Leadership Program National Academy of Sciences Research Associateship Programs Life Sciences Research Foundation NOAA Climate and Global Change Living Oceans Foundation Institutional postdocs National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) UC Davis Center for Population Biology University of Michigan Society of Fellows Miller Research Fellowships (Berkeley) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Scripps Institution of Oceanography Friday Harbor Laboratories (UW) Center for Ocean Solutions Santa Fe Institute International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Smithsonian Institutution American Museum of Natural History Underrepresented groups Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Graduate Women in Science American Association of University Women L'Oreal UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program	Governmental National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, Biological Sciences and Graduate Research Fellowship Program Environmental Protection Agency Science To Achievement Results (EPA STAR) and National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellowships Department of Energy Graduate Fellowship Program and Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship Smithsonian Institutution NRC Research Associate Programs Environmental/non-profit Welder Wildlife Foundation Fellowships The Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research Wildlife Conservation Society Research Fellowship Program Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program American Museum of Natural History Grants and Fellowships Field work support Sigma Xi Explorers Club The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Resesarch Marine/aquatic National Sea Grant International Society for Reef Studies/The Ocean Conservancy Fellowship Living Oceans Foundation PADI Foundation Project AWARE Underrepresented groups Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Graduate Women in Science Association for Women in Science American Association of University Women L'Oreal Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (NOAA - marine)	Status Job status wiki: old site; new site Listings Positions - ESA Physiological Ecology (faculty, postdoc, and graduate) Naturejobs Science Careers Ecological Society of America > Career Opportunities Society for Conservation Biology Evolution Jobs Council of Environmental Deans and Directors: Jobs, Fellowship, and Awards Opportunities (academic and non-profit jobs; all levels) Community Of Science Academic Careers Online Sigma Xi Resource Center ESA Theory Section Wiki Listservs Ecolog listserv (grants, faculty and postdoc job postings, news, etc. related to ecology) DISCCRS and DIALOG listservs (grants, faculty and postdoc job postings, news, etc. related to climate change and aquatic sciences, respectively)

Last updated December 2009