Resources & Links
This page aggregates resources for academics, especially undergraduates interested in research, graduate students, and new PIs that I have accumulated from many places!
Inspired by this page from Nicole Ackermans (@AckermansNicole)Â
Funding & Grant Writing Advice
Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Funding List
Advice on writing an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal thread
Advice on Grant Writing thread
Turning a Good Proposal into an Excellent Proposal
Field Work Sites & Field Work Advice
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Science
Project BioDiversify
Black in Biological Anthropology
African Americans in Evolutionary Science
How the entire scientific community can confront gender bias in the workplace - Plus the twitter thread that led to this article
Organization, Career Planning, & Professional Development
Why engage in self-study? twitter thread
My famous "How to Organize Your Academic Life" thread
Tips for a NewPI twitter thread
How to email a faculty if you are applying to graduate school
Organizational tips for setting up your lab thread
Applying for a Faculty job is a full-time job blog post
How to read/write a scientific paper
Reading articles 'cheat sheet' thread
How to find scientific papers thread
Interviews with PIs on their First Paper
What is writing podcast episode
What makes scientific writing hard and how to make it easier
Why you don't have to write every day
How to approach your writing like a project manager podcast episode
How to create a positive relationship with your writing podcast episode
How to find time to write podcast episode
Everything you learned about academic writing is wrong podcast episode
Controlling your career with publications podcast episode
It's a pipeline not a funnel podcast episode
5 clues writing is on the sidelines podcast episode
Planning re-entry into writing podcast episode
Writing Sprint Breakdown podcast episode
Data & Analysis
Data organization & Computing Workflows
Talks & Posters
Imposter Syndrome, Reject, & Confidence in Academia
Tell the negative committee to shut up
Personal & Work-Life Tightrope
Bring back the 40-hour work week or why you should NOT try to work more than 40 hours a week
On being an academic in a non-academic family
Coping with the challenges in a PhD
List of Work-Life Balance opinion pieces at Science
Resist the Catch-up mentality podcast episode
Combating Writing Guilt podcast episode
Act your salary in academia podcast episode
The danger of twin scarcities podcast episode
How to stop working weekends podcast episode
General links
An AMAZING page of advice links by Dr. Raul Pacheco
Ask a Manager Blog