‘Mentor Relationship’
Applications open for BRAINS 2017: symposium for early career neuroscientists
Apr. 28, 2017—BRAINS – Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators inNeuroSciences BRAINS is a national program to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented groups. The BRAINS program was awarded renewal funding through 2021 from NIH’s National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Applications for the 2017 cohort will be accepted through 9...
ASPIRE Internship: SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Scientific Advisor (To start Summer 2017 or Fall 2017)
Mar. 17, 2017—ASPIRE Internship Opportunity: SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program Scientific Advisor Vanderbilt University Campus The SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program (sybbure.org) supports the year-round research of a diverse group of students and provides a culture of creativity, innovation, and teamwork that serves to incubate the minds of the next generation of scientists, engineers, researchers, and inventors. Positions...
ASPIRE Internship: SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Scientific Advisor (Sp 2016)
Apr. 28, 2016—ASPIRE Internship Opportunity: SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program Scientific Advisor Vanderbilt University Campus The SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program (sybbure.org) supports the year-round research of a diverse group of students and provides a culture of creativity, innovation, and teamwork that serves to incubate the minds of the next generation of scientists, engineers, researchers, and inventors. Positions...
Yes, you can attend that career event, says the U.S. government
Jan. 9, 2015—Graduate students and postdocs: You now have official permission from the U.S. government to attend that career event. That’s the message of a recent policy clarification from the Council on Financial Assistance Reform, which was created in 2011 by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The clarification states that graduate students and postdocs...
How do I tell my PI?
Apr. 21, 2014—Grad students and postdocs are often apprehensive about talking to their faculty adviser about their career interests, especially if their interests lie outside the “traditional” career path of becoming a tenure-track professor at a university. But did you know that only ~15% of biomedical sciences PhDs go on to become tenure-track professors? That’s right… 85%...
PhD Career Connections: Taking Charge of Your Career: Reflections of a Mentor-Scientist
Jan. 14, 2014—PhD Career Connections presents Taking Charge of Your Career: Reflections of a Mentor-Scientist A discussion withDr. Kathy GouldAssociate Dean for Biomedical Sciences Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:30-9:30am Location: Preston Research Building Room 206 Advance registration requested. Kathy Gould, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, the Director of the Vanderbilt International Scholar Program,...
How to be a Great Mentor
Aug. 22, 2013—How to Be a Great Mentor, from Inside Higher Ed A Mentoring Manifesto Kerry Ann Rockquemore sums up the themes of her series on how best to help new professors. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/career-advice/how-be-great-mentor#ixzz2ciAqrVJt Cultivate Belonging It’s about asking the right questions, learning to pronounce your new colleagues’ names and sharing unwritten rules, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Read...