Professional Development Information
This page provides a number of potentially useful links on creating a
professional vita, ethical scientific conduct, advice on setting up a
new laboratory, and other important issues related to scientific and
professional development.
- Links and information on mentoring and being mentored.
Creating a Scientific Vita - Websites that provide information on creating a scientific vita.
-ÌýThis web siteserves as a means for graduate students at Vanderbilt
University to locate various campus resources - offices, programs, and
events - that contribute to student professional and personal
development while enrolled at Vanderbilt.
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For those of you on the job market, this page is intended to provide
timely information to applicants about the status of academic job
searches in all areas of psychology. It not only gives a (partial)
listing of jobs, but it also lets people post anonymously when they get
contacted for interviews or when they get an offer or when they get a
rejection letter.
Non-Academic Jobs - This page includes links to a number of brief articles that discuss non-academic job opportunities for PhD's in psychology.
- Based on courses held in 2002 and 2005 by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
and HHMI, this book is a collection of practical advice and experiences
from seasoned biomedical investigators. The second edition contains
three new chapters on laboratory leadership, project management, and
teaching and course design.
- Beginning scientists face a variety of challenges in launching their
careers. The publications and links on this website can help new
investigators "make the right moves" and assist those who take on the
important task of providing early-career researchers with scientific
management training.
- This book was published by the National Academy of Sciences, National
Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine. Written for beginning
researchers, it describes the ethical foundations of scientific
practices and some of the personal and professional issues that
researchers encounter in their work. It is meant to apply to all forms
of research — whether in academic, industrial, or governmental settings —
and to all scientific disciplines.
- A short list of books on professional and scientific development, teaching, and writing.
- This website is a guide to preparing a large research grant (RO1) for
the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It also contains some general
grant-writing tips.
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Creating a Scientific Vita
Click here for information on creating a Scientific Vita.Ìý
Professional Development Books
Click here for a list of Professional Development Books