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26 Jun 2018 | 08:05 GMT

Why a career-planning tool may not help as much as it’s meant to

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Career paths, CV, PhD, Postgraduate

Why a career-planning tool may not help as much as it’s meant to

Individual development plans or IDPs—multi-part worksheets that help junior researchers asses their skills and map out possible career paths—are often touted as valuable training tools. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), for example, “strongly encourages” IDPs for all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers funded through the agency, and many US institutions have made them mandatory.  Read more

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  • graduate student
  • idp
  • individual development plan
  • myidp
  • PhD student

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26 Mar 2018 | 11:00 GMT

The autopilot postdoc

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, PhD, Postdoc, Research

Leader

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  • acdemia
  • career decisions
  • career path
  • david giltner
  • Karin Bodewits
  • Leaving academia
  • PhD
  • Philipp Gramlich
  • postdoc

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02 Mar 2018 | 13:00 GMT

A year in the life: from the lab bench to the writing desk

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Mobility, Postdoc

A year in the life: from the lab bench to the writing desk

Leaving’s never easy. Especially when leaving a world as complex and intricate as academia, says Judith Reichel.  Read more

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  • academia
  • alternative career
  • career change
  • career path
  • journalism
  • Judith Reichel
  • Leaving academia
  • network
  • postdoc
  • scientific writing

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20 Dec 2017 | 08:00 GMT

Know the odds

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Faculty, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Uncategorized, US

Know the odds

Both supply and demand have contributed to an research-and-development (R&D) career bottleneck, according to a 15 December Science article signed by the 10 research leaders, who call themselves the Coalition for Next Generation Life Science. US federal research funding, when adjusted for inflation, declined by nearly 20% from 2003 to 2016, according to the article. Meanwhile, PhD candidates continue to enroll in doctoral programmes. The result is that only one in 10 trainees will gain a tenure-track position within five years of receiving their PhD. Many PhD holders then spend longer than they had anticipated in postdoc training positions, sometimes taking multiple fellowships while waiting for academic job openings to materialize. And the ones who do land such positions are taking longer to secure their first independent grant.  Read more

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  • career
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  • faculty
  • industry
  • PhD
  • postdoc
  • regulatory affairs
  • science communications
  • tenure track

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15 Nov 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Abandon ship, or learn to swim: the gamble young scientists must make

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Funding, PhD, Postdoc, Research

Abandon ship, or learn to swim: the gamble young scientists must make

Job stability and a career in research are rarely put together. Science is a windy, grueling, uphill climb that might end abruptly at the edge of a cliff. Halloween is a particularly scary time for Australian scientists, as it signals the release of #NHMRC project grant results. Right now, many laboratories are facing difficult decisions due to rejected funding for next year. It’s not a surprise — we see it everywhere — yet it’s a shock that affects the entire scientific community. For early career researchers across the globe, it’s a timely reminder to carefully consider and plan for the future.  Read more

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  • academia
  • atma ivancevic
  • career path
  • early career researchers
  • ecrs
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  • grant
  • grant funding
  • grant rejection
  • industry
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01 Nov 2017 | 13:00 GMT

A long and winding road into medical communications

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Postdoc

A long and winding road into medical communications

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  • academic
  • career
  • career path
  • career paths
  • erica brockmeier
  • medical communications
  • PhD
  • scientist

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27 Sep 2017 | 13:00 GMT

How to escape a ‘paint-by-numbers’ career

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Ask the expert, Career paths, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, US

How to escape a ‘paint-by-numbers’ career

If you’re like me, you entered university with a plan: to follow a career path that many had followed before. This is common, because school trains us to follow directions. Earning a degree involves predefined steps:  … Read more

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  • Academia to Industry
  • career design
  • career path
  • create
  • david giltner
  • david m giltner
  • own path
  • physics
  • Transferable skills
  • turningscience

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26 Sep 2017 | 10:00 GMT

Adios to academia

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Business, Career paths, CV, Faculty, Industry, PhD, Postgraduate, Research, US

Adios to academia

US science and engineering PhD students are losing interest in academic careers because their career preferences change throughout their training, finds a study – not because of limited faculty-job availability.  Read more

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23 Nov 2015 | 17:00 GMT

The faculty series: Setting up your own lab

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Faculty

The faculty series: Setting up your own lab

We’ve covered setting up your own lab before, but there’s an awful lot more for you to consider when you begin your tenureship. Here’s some more of the story.  Read more

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  • career path
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22 Oct 2014 | 06:00 GMT

I knew I wanted to be a scientist when…

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Career paths

I knew I wanted to be a scientist when...

I knew I wanted to be a scientist when I was five. My dad worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and brought home pictures of Jupiter and Saturn taken from space. They were printed on poster paper with a glossy finish, and I would take them out at school and show them to everyone.  Read more

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