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) 

Funding & Grant Writing Advice

National Institute of Health

National Science Foundation

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

Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve

Duke Lemur Center


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

Managing your Postdoc Years

Surviving Pre-tenure

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

How to Edit

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

Better Posters


Imposter Syndrome, Reject, & Confidence in Academia

The Shadow CV

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

Accounting for Career Breaks

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

Andrew Hendry's How To List including links for how to choose a journal, pick a study system, succeed in graduate school, respond to reviewers, etc

An AMAZING page of advice links by Dr. Raul Pacheco

The Molecular Ecologist Blog

Dynamic Ecology Blog

Drug Monkey Blog

Eco-Evo-Evo-Eco Blog

Small Pond Science Blog

The Thesis Whisperer Blog

Scientist Sees Squirrel Blog

Ask a Manager Blog