ASPIRE Module: Management and Business Principles for Scientists, 2021
Business principles affect all organizations. In today’s highly competitive and highly complicated working environments, understanding these principles gives leaders and managers a strategic advantage, enabling them to handle situations more effectively and make decisions more effectively.
In spring semester 2021, the BRET Office of Career Development is offering a module for biomedical PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, Business and Management Principles for Scientists. It is ideal for trainees interested in:
- independent research careers in industry or academia (running a research lab in academia is often compared to owning a small business).
- scientific or management careers in academic core facilities or contract research organizations.
- any career outside the lab which requires business acumen!
The module will run virtually Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30 a.m., January 20-April 14, 2021. The first few weeks of the module is interactive and didactic. In the second part of the module, participants will break into small teams to consult with the director of a VU Core Facility and develop a solution to a business or management challenge faced by the core. This project-based approach will give participants the opportunity to put course principles into practice.
This course is free for biomedical sciences PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. The module is limited to 20 participants and applications are being accepted now. The application deadline is Monday December 14, 2020
Learn more at the website devoted to the course!