Useful Links for Postdocs

General Postdoc Resources

CAMPUS RESOURCES:

 The Duke University Postdoctoral Association (DUPA) website provides information about DUPA sponsored events and programs, including professional development seminars, mentoring programs, research events and socials.  The site also has a message board for postdocs and provides links to a number of useful sites with information for new Duke postdocs regarding housing, vehicle registration, child-care, etc. 

Duke Human Resources - information for employees of Duke University and the Duke University Medical Center on topics including  university policies and employee benefits

FOR FOREIGN POSTDOCS:

 International House -  a variety of information for foreign students and postdocs at Duke

Duke University International Office -  for information about visas and other legal issues


MISCELLANEOUS:

The National Postdoctoral Association was recently founded to form a national voice for postdoctoral researchers in the United States and to improve the postdoctoral experience

Phds.org is a resource with a variety of career information, postdoc-related statistics and policies, and lists of postdoctoral organizations and fellowships

Science's Next Wave Postdoc Network has weekly articles on various postdoc issues, career development and provides many useful links to other postdoc resources

Career Development
JOB POSTING SITES:

Life Sciences

The American Society for Cell Biology has a Job Board listing positions in academia, industry and government
BioMedNet has a job exchange with detailed search engine.

The Career Center of Bio Online posts employment opportunities in industry.

Biospace.com has a search engine for biotech jobs

Biotechfind is a directory of international links covering the fields of biotechnologies and including a Biotechnology Career Center

Bioview is a site for biopharmaceutical jobs, news and resources

Medzilla.com has a search engine for jobs in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, health care and science

Nature Jobs has articles about career development and a search engine for job listings

Sciencejobs.com has a search engine for science-related jobs in the U.S. and international

Science Magazine's Nextwave has a job posting site with many resources including automated email updates of new positions in your field.


Academic

Academic Careers Online lists teaching and administrative jobs in colleges and universities.

The Academic Position Network is a very clear and concise web listing of positions, primarily in the United States.

The Chronicle of Higher Education's Career Network has a listing of academic positions in the U.S. and many other career resources.

HigherEdJobs.com has a search engine with faculty and administrative university positions.


Government

USA JOBS and America's Job Bank are job listing sites for the US Office of Personnel Management and the US Department of Labor. While both and are broad sites, they do advertise some advance research positions with Federal and State entities.

The National Science Foundation has a listing of vacancy announcements in all areas of administration and science.

The National Institutes for Health posts job openings with their CareerHere search engine.

The Center for Disease Control also posts employment opportunities.


General job listing sites

Monster.com is one of the leading online career networks.

Jobsnet is a leading provider of cost-effective online recruitment solutions for employers worldwide.

The JobNext Career Network provides job search and free resume services, targeting mostly recent graduates.

Careerbuilder.com and Employmentguide.com are other good sites.



GENERAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

Career Development Center for Postdocs and Junior Faculty is a resource site produced by Science's Next Wave. It has great advice on job hunting, career transitions, scientific salaries, funding, lab management and many other topics important to an aspiring scientist.

Employment Links for Biomed Scientists is a comprehensive list of links to job vacancies and career information.

Beyond the Ivory Tower, from the Chronicle of Higher Education has a large number of articles regarding nonacademic careers for PhDs.

Re-envisioning the PhD, has an extensive list of professional development and career resources

Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows from FASEB. This document will get you thinking about your career plan and provides you with talking points for discussions with your PI.



REPORTS ON POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists A 1998 National Research Council study.

Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering A National Science Foundation (NSF) report from annually gathered data on employment trends for scientific fields.

Addressing the nation's changing needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists (2000), from the National Academies of  Science

Funding Opportunities and Resources
GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP DATABASES

Community of Science funding database

CRISP, Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects, is a database of information on federally funded biomedical research.

GrantsNet is one of the best and most comprehensive databases of both federal and private funding sources.

The Grant Source Library at UNC provides useful lists of funding sources

ScienceWise.com has the FEDIX database of federally funded programs.


FEDERAL FUNDING RESOURCES

National Institutes of Health (NIH):
 National Science Foundation (NSF):
FOUNDATION AND ORGANIZATION HOMEPAGES
GRANT WRITING RESOURCES

A Guide for Proposal Writing from the NSF

How to Apply for an NRSA and Resources for NRSA Applications are two useful sites by Laura Stark, PhD in the career services office of UPenn

Proposal Writing the University of Pittsburgh Office of Research manages this resource site which offers simple tips on grant writing. Most helpful is their list of selected web sites.

Proposal Writer's Guide from Don Thackrey, Michigan State University

Grants and Grant Writing from Science's Next Wave magazine

"All about grants" tutorials from the NIH

A Quick Guide for Grant Applications from the National Cancer Institute

Hints for writing successful NIH grants from Professor Ellen Barrett at the University of Miami