Applying for a Ph.D./postdoc Program 

Sample Application Material for Postdoc positions

IISER Sample Paper

Schools in the US which no longer require a GRE

How to make a good C.V

Making CVs, writing professional emails etc - NIH

https://ccd.rice.edu/sites/g/files/bxs1306/f/newsletters/FreshmanResumeGuide.pdf

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/writing-an-effective-academic-cv

https://www.training.nih.gov/assets/Guide_to_Resumes_&_Curricula_Vitae.pdf

Sample Cover letters and CV formats 

Successful PhD application 

https://icc.ucdavis.edu/materials/resume/samples

GRE Prep Material 

To download click here 

Science as a career 

Reasons to choose science as a career 

How to find a job

https://medium.com/@TaliaLerner/observations-from-the-academic-job-market-f303ff249ed0

How to write a good cover letter 

http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2015/05/dear-dr-neufeld

How to write a cover letter for a Postdoctoral position 

http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=48927

Cover letter/CV sample

How to give a good talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp7Id3Yb9XQ

http://www.howtogiveatalk.com/

Writing a research plan 

http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2002/07/writing-research-plan

Negotiating a Job Offer 

http://cen.acs.org/articles/86/i3/Negotiating-Academic-Job-Offer.html

Industrial Postdoc 

Funding opportunities 

Sample grant 

Sample Grant - NIH

Funding opportunities for PHD students in the US

Funding opportunities for Postdoctoral fellows in the US

Funding opportunities for Early Career Scientists 

Grants cheat sheet

Avoiding Plagiarism 

Tips for Young Scientists 

http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(17)30096-X

Small lab or Big lab for a postdoc

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v549/n7673/full/nj7673-553a.html 

Planning a successful research career

planning a scientific career

How to overcome failures in science 

https://www.ted.com/talks/uri_alon_why_truly_innovative_science_demands_a_leap_into_the_unknown#t-285368

How to ask for a recommendation letter

How to write a paper 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02404-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=818&v=2F1ZX5PElNA

https://medium.com/advice-and-help-in-authoring-a-phd-or-non-fiction/how-to-write-paragraphs-80781e2f3054

Ethics and data reproducibility 

How to discuss your research plan with a mentor 

How to discuss your research plan

Training how to use pubmed, etc @NIH

Developing a research question 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACQ7eeFn7g

Nurturing Science 

https://www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/UriAlon/movies/Nurturing%20Science

How to create high quality images for publication

http://b.nanes.org/figures/  

Inspiring scientific interviews and talks

Brain Series https://charlierose.com/collections/3

John Gurdon http://dev.biologists.org/content/144/9/1581?etoc

Eric Weischaus http://dev.biologists.org/content/144/10/1740?etoc

Hiroshi Hamada http://dev.biologists.org/content/144/11/1920?etoc

Huda Zoghbi  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627316307140

Ben Barres (How to pick a graduate advisor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c17MvMjPXtQ

http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(13)00907-0

Mike Bate http://amapress.gen.cam.ac.uk/?p=1326

Kavli Institute talks  https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/talks-wikis-papers

Morphogenesis talks http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/morpho16/

Systems biology talks https://www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/UriAlon/movies/Systems%20Biology%20Course%202014

Proteomics https://www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/UriAlon/movies/Dynamic%20Proteomics

How to review a paper 

http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/09/how-review-paper

Sample Grant for PhD studentship

Writing successful  grants 

http://www.nature.com/news/the-best-kept-secrets-to-winning-grants-1.22038?WT.mc_id=FBK_NA_1705_FHNEWFWINNINGGRANTSECRETS_PORTFOLIO

Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript

Fellowships and Ph.D. programs 

Postdoc early career fellowships

https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-experienced.html

http://www.adb.org/site/careers/japan-scholarship-program/main

http://www.boell.de/en/2015/04/02/application-process-spring-2016

https://www.uni-bonn.de/studying/international-students/phd/admission-to-a-phd-course

https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/hinweise/en/

http://www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-funding/funding-programmes.html

http://www.embl.de/training/eipp/

http://www.dfg.de/en/index.jsp

http://stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/stipendium/doc-doctoral-fellowship-programme-austrian-academy-sciences

List of J&K scientists in North America / Canada / Europe

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c6OE8X4lIg3ECokJKCLZWe5dBqsBMIZCyW3CsJMpdDQ/edit

Chemistry Biology and Physics lectures for 10+2 students 

Access Free Lectures Here 

Classroom material

What next 10th +2 (Career booklet by MHRD India)

Career Booklet for 10 +2 students 

Indian Neuroscientists 

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rEIkT9elsUqsRZgPlsPorkCd93NGMaF0P1mB64h4QTY/edit#gid=634347005

List of some research institute in India and abroad (Courtesy IndiaBioscience)

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• Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research AcSIR

• Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in CancerACTREC

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal AIIMS, Bhopal

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar AIIMS, Bhubaneswar

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur AIIMS, Jodhpur

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi AIIMS, New Delhi

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna AIIMS, Patna

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur AIIMS, Raipur

• Alexander Humboldt Foundation

• Acharya Narendra Dev College ANDC

• Agharkar Research Institute ARI

• Australian Government

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation AVH

• Azim Premji Foundation

• Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

• British Council BC

• Biotech Consortium India Limited BCIL

• Banaras Hindu University BHU

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• Biocon

• Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council BIRAC

• brazil council

• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms C-CAMP

• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CCMB

• Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics CDFD

• CEFIPRA Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) CEFIPRA

• Corbett Foundation

• Central Silk Board CSB

• Centre for Science and Environment CSE

• Council of Scientific & Industrial Research CSIR

• CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology CSIR-IGIB

• Indian Institute of Chemical Biology CSIR-IICB

• CSIR- National Institue of Science Communication And Information Resources CSIR-NISCAIR

• Department of Atomic Energy DAE

• Dakshin Foundation

• Department of Biotechnology DBT

• Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

• Department of Science and Technology DST

• University of Delhi DU

• German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH New Delhi) DWIH

• European Commission EC

• EMBO

• Employees State Insurance Corporation ESIC

• EURAXESS Links India

• EyeStem Research Private Limited EyeStem

• french council

• Freie Universität Berlin, New Delhi Office FUB

• Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education HBCSE

• HDFD

• HHMI Janelia Research Campus

• Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science IACS

• Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology IBAB

• International Brain Research Organization IBRO

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR

• The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyICGEB- Delhi

• Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR

• The Institute of Cancer Research ICR

• Institute of Chemical Technology ICT

• International Centre for Theoretical Sciences ICTS

• Indian Institute of Science IISc

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal IISER, Bhopal

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata IISER, Kolkata

• Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research-Mohali IISER, Mohali

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune IISER, Pune

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, ThiruvananthapuramIISER, Thiruvananthapuram

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Tirupati IISER,Tirupati

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay IIT, Bombay

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi IIT, Delhi

• Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur IIT, Jodhpur

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur IIT, Kanpur

• IIT, Kharagpur

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras IIT, Madras

• Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi IIT, Mandi

• Institute of Life Sciences ILS

• Institute of Life Sciences ILS

• Institute of Mathematical Sciences IMSc

• Indian National Science Academy INSA

• Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine inStem

• Institute for Advanced Study

• Indo-US Science and Technology Forum IUSSTF

• Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute

• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research JNCASR

• Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU

• Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies KUFOS

• L'OREAL

• Lady Tata Memorial Trust

• Lordcultural Resources Private Limited

• M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

• Matsumae International Foundation (MIF)

• Merck

• Ministry of Science and Technology

• Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology MNNIT

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MOEF

• Max Planck Gesellschaft MPG

• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology MRC

• National Institute of Virology

• National Brain Research Centre NBRC

• National Centre for Biological Sciences NCBS

  • IndiaBioscience

  • Simon centre for study of living machines

• National Centre for Cell Sciences NCCS

• Nature Conservation Foundation NCF