Preparing to Complete Graduate Training

Guides | Employment | Funding

CAREER GUIDES

NIH Career Resources
(Developing Career Skills, Postdoctoral Scholar’s Associations, Additional Resources…)

A Guide to the Postdoctoral Experience at UW-Madison
(UW-Madison Graduate School Site including career resources)

Grad Student to Post Doctoral Fellow Transition: Handout
(The details of preparing to become a postdoc, applying for a postdoc, and tips for once you've started in a postdoc. Developed by Ann Miller, PhD. Ann is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Bill Bement's lab at UW-Madison and is a member of the ASBMB Educational and Professional Development Committee)

EMPLOYMENT

(Academic, Industry, Government…)
Available Postdoctoral Positions at UW-Madison
(UW-Madison Graduate School site with links to Postdoctoral positions posted centrally on campus, and on various Department and Center web sites...)

Postdoc Jobs
(Site for job seekers and employers: search hundreds of postdoctoral positions worldwide, including academic, industry and government. Post resume, search postdoctoral fellowships...)

Obtaining Employment for Postdocs
(U. Of Washington’s guide, includes researching career fields, preparing application packages, career advice, job searching, posted job opportunities…)

Science Jobs
(Industry, academic, government, and post doc jobs in a range of disciplines; can search by region and sector…)

Faculty for the Future
(“…Website dedicated to linking a diverse pool of women and under-represented minority candidates from engineering, science, and business with faculty and research positions at universities across the country.”)

American Society for Cell Biology
(ASCB job board, career strategy articles, and general career information...)

Science Careers
(Careers, job postings, meetings, and events...)

USA Jobs
(Official Job Site for U.S. Federal Government Positions)

State of Wisconsin Government Jobs

Local
Local Jobs
(Wisconsin-based employment site that allows you to search “local” job openings by your state of interest across the U.S.)

Biotech
Wisconsin Technology Network
(Regional source for news, commentary & analysis for science and technology, including articles about many local biotech firms)

Biotech Company Profiles
(Bio.com –commercial site for biotech companies and news)

FUNDING

Grants Net
(One-stop resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education; includes national and international, supported by HHMI and AAAS)

List of Fellowship Sources
(Compiled by the MIT Biology Postdoc Association)

Research Resources and Funding Opportunities
(UW-Madison Graduate School links to fellowship and grant sources for postdoctoral scholars)

Federal Grants
(Find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies on grants.gov)

NIH Fellowship Information for Postdocs
(Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award)
Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (F32)
Fellowship Application Forms and Instructions

NSF Fellowship Information for Graduate Students & Postdocs
(NSF listing of available fellowship opportunities for Graduate Students & Postdocs; applications are submitted on-line on the Fastlane system.)

Budget Templates for Grant Preparation
(Provided by the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs)

Non-federal funding opportunities
(CALS website with links to various sources of non-federal funding)