Grants/Jobs
Writing/Presenting
Theoretical 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
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Interviewing
for academic jobs
Seminar
suggestions |
The
B&B primer on first job haggling: pdf or text |
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| ScienceCareers:
The
academic scientist's toolkit |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Navigating
promotion and tenure: strategies for the newly-employed
Mentoring |
| Chronicle of
Higher
Education: Careers and information
for first-time applicants |
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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: #91 |
Applying
for academic positions: #105
Writing
a teaching philosophy statement: #998, #193
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Interview
preparation guide for positions in academia: #94
The
academic job talk: #1085, #31
Campus
interview - the research presentation: #749
Talking Yourself Up - How to Score Points During an Interview and What to do After it's Over: #977
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General
principles for responding to academic job offers: #47
The
right start-up package - it's not just about the money: #56 |
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| 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 |
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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
Time
management for new faculty |
| Grants |
Postdoc
funding |
Grad
funding |
Academic
job searches |
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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 postdoctoral
fellowships in Biology
NSF Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellows
Society
for Conservation Biology Smith
Fellows
World
Wildlife Fund Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund
Environmental
Leadership Program
James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellowship in Studying Complex Systems
National
Academy of Sciences Research
Associateship Programs (grad funding too)
Life
Sciences Research Foundation
NOAA
Climate and Global Change
Living
Oceans Foundation
Presidential
Management Fellowship Program
AAAS
Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
NAS
Christine Mirzayan Policy Fellowships
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
University
of Minnesota Institute on the Environment
Underrepresented
groups
Ford
Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Graduate
Women
in Science
American
Association of University Women
L'Oreal
UC
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
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Governmental
National
Science Foundation Doctoral
Dissertation Improvement Grants, Biological
Sciences and Graduate
Research Fellowship Program (see also here as well as the
UM
advice on the NSF GRFP)
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
West
Coast Sea Grant
Steven
Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship (AFS)
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)
Soros
Fellowship for New Americans (international students)
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Status
Ecology and evolution jobs forum
(replaced the job
status wiki: spreadsheet; main 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
Postdocs: IBP
Pathways to Science
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)
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