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NSF Rewards Grad Students for Innovation Ideas

The first—and perhaps last—crop of NSF Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge awards went to graduate students who laid out plans for improving their chances for career success.

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Creating a Successful Online Presence

Nowadays, social media is ubiquitous, but you still need to consider how your online presence looks to future employers.

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Getting to the Interview

An essay at Inside Higher Ed by William Helmreich advises job seekers on ways to make their academic job applications stand out.

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Making Evidence-Based Career Decisions

myIDP helps you cut through hearsay and conjecture and base your career choices on solid data and professional experience.

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Defining the Global State of Young Scientists

The Global Young Academy wants to offer a snapshot of the working conditions of young scientists across developed and developing countries.

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Going Online for Research Funding

Crowd-funding could prove to be just a niche funding source, but it could also end up changing how science is done.

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A Research Career in Focus

Philipp Keller is singularly focused on improving quantitative microscopy techniques, no matter where that takes him.

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A Shortcut to Better Grantsmanship

NIH's Early Career Reviewer program gives newly independent scientists a reviewer's perspective on what makes a grant worth funding.

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Lotfi A. Zadeh

A professor emeritus advises young scientists to deemphasize controversial aspects of their work—or to avoid controversy until they are established.

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NIH's Pathway to Independence Award Aims Younger

Eligibility for the K99/R00 "kangaroo" award will cut to 4 years post-Ph.D. to encourage postdocs to apply earlier.

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NSF Rewards Grad Students for Innovation Ideas

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