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"I think I have been lucky in the choice of topics to work on, topics which later turned out to be useful for developments in an apparently different direction."

An excellent doctoral education should not be left to chance.

Though the competition may be stiff, getting into such a high profile field has its own career rewards.

"We are always on the lookout for people with project management skills." --Jochen Knolle

"Scientists are always focused on experiments, gaining knowledge, but there is the human side that you need to be exposed to early on." -Anton Wutz

Stephen James: "As a scientist, you must be willing to work toward making a product." Gaining new knowledge for its own sake it not enough.

Out on a mountain, Mather says, "you have to work with the situation" and solve the practical difficulties as best you can.

"Graduates are more or less offered leading positions at farms and wineries, and after a while you can find these young people in top positions of the wine industry."

Given the opportunity, Jana Kadukova says she would definitely be keen to work abroad again. "In my opinion, everyone should try this once in their life," she says

Lewis, who trained as a geoscientist to doctoral level, describes her work at Dstl as 'research, but a different kind of research.'

"You have a lot to learn, but when you can argue the case of your patent application successfully to a patent examiner, it's great," says Sarah Thompson.

Early-Stage Training fellowships offer Ph.D. researchers the opportunity to pursue specialised training for a period of 3 months to 3 years as part of their doctoral training.

"I found that I didn't need to follow current trends as much. I became a bit more trusting of my own judgments, a bit more trusting that my own curiosity would take me directions that other people might find interesting as well," says Jeremy Baumberg.

" I feel I am doing a good job, and I have enough money from grants to continue my work, but I still have to leave."

[H]er team currently consists of an impressively diverse group including computer scientists, physicists, biochemists, and chemists.

"The best thing about it [CASE award] is it gives you a feel for what industry wants." –Robert Phillips

Irrespective of the market science writers aim for, Merlin Goldman stresses doing your homework before sending in your piece: "Get examples, look at them carefully, pitch style correctly, and get it right the first time."

Mathematics researchers, Crowdy says, need to "develop [their] own style. Follow your heart. Don't be afraid to go out on your own."