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We are finding that we are beginning to constrain some of our understandings and exclude some possibilities.

Because your career may depend on the outcome of these applications, it's a good idea to learn the details of the process.

The culmination of the Ph.D. is supposed to be the creation of an independent and self-sufficient scientist who can continue to contribute to the scientific enterprise.

An important part of all the universities' preparations is getting their research faculty ready for the change.

I’ve stopped wallowing in the “I feel so alone!” pity party I subjected myself to for the first month or two.

"I like the fact that I'm steering my own ship in terms of research. I feel like an entrepreneur." --Lance Silverman

"In the current environment, any increase is welcome." --Dave Moore, AAMC

"There is no doubt that having these kinds of unique tools available and having the strong multidisciplinary environment that allows for interaction gives us a lot of advantage to better understand science," says Jeff Blackmon, physics division, ORNL.

Science magazine's special section on sustainability and energy is also found online.

I'm probably going to evolve as I move along the path of that photon.

"We really value equally the technical ability of the candidate and their interpersonal leadership skills." - Vlatko Vlatkovic

The cost of accepting a dead-end job, or working for a bad boss or an employer that isn't going anywhere, can be enormous.

He knew his invention would not have the impact it could have unless he led its introduction into the commercial market.

"Because opportunities are so few and far between, we are in fact sacrificing the future to pay for the present." --Lennard Fisk, space science professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

You don't know what you're getting into until you're in it; even now, I'm not so sure what I'm in.

"I thought, if these people are saying they can go to these places, maybe I can too." -- Lawrence Williams

"Those who succeed are well-grounded people who have seen success and believe they can do it too. They are not the type of people who worry too much or are easily intimidated," says Virginia Tech professor Michael Hochella.

Jones believes that senior scientists have "lost a sense of accountability to the next generation insofar as all of our interests in them are self interests ... so that
our career can get advanced but not necessarily
their career."

Being the best in the world holds little meaning if it is with respect to an infinitesimal niche of science that only you inhabit.