2012 Fall Conference | My Choice Career, November 1-2, 2012

IUPUI Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Program announces its Fall Conference, My Choice Career, November 1-2, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. This two-day conference offers graduate students, postdoctoral students, faculty, industry and community partners an opportunity to learn and interact with peers and colleagues an increased awareness of and preparation for various career options following completion of an advanced degree. Topics of panel discussions include The Versatile Degree: Graduate Degrees and Careers in Today’s Economy, The Power of Transferrable Skills and Passion, Transitioning from a professional to faculty or faculty to non-academic positions, Teaching at IUPUI, and the Business of Life Sciences.  Small group and interactive workshops allow participants to craft assessment strategies, prepare for a Postdoctoral position or hone an in-progress proposals.  A keynote brunch featuring Dr. J. Michael Durnil, President and CEO of the Simon Youth Foundation, will offer advice and commentary on Professional Transitions and Personal Satisfaction.  View full schedule and presenters:  http://iupuipffp.blogspot.com/p/2012-fall-conference-my-choice-career.html

OPEN TO ALL

Registration: Register online at https://www.research.net/s/PFFP2012. Registration is $35 until October 31 and $50 until November 2. Limited Onsite Registration is available.

Parking & Shuttle:  FREE shuttle transportation is available from the IUPUI campus to the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. Shuttle will circle every 30 minutes from 8am-6pm.  Additional self-pay parking is available in the following at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis and surrounding parking garages.

Hotel Accommodations:  The Hyatt Regency Indianapolis is located at One South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204. A special room rate of $139 is available at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for conference participants.  To make your reservation visit: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/IUUI. 

Contact: pff@iupui.edu |  317.278.4331

AGEP | Not a Retreat but a Forward...To Funding

AGEP Not a Retreat But A Forward…To Funding | January 20, 2012, 1pm - 6pm | University Library Lilly Auditorium, IUPUI campus

The Indiana University Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) is pleased to announce the annual Not a Retreat but a Forward on Friday, January 20, 2012 on the IUPUI campus. This year’s program focuses on funding opportunities and includes an interactive grant writing workshop to assist graduate students and postdocs in learning and practicing the essentials of successful proposals. Topics include: how to seek and secure research funding, writing for the discipline and lay-person reviewer, and review and feedback of participant’s current grant proposals. Dinner Included. Please reserve your seat by Thursday, January 19 at https://www.research.net/s/NotaRetreat. Please contact the IUPUI Graduate Office for additional information. 317.274.1577 or gradoff@iupui.edu.

POSTDOC | NIGMS Workshop Prepares Postdocs for Independent Careers

FASEB Opens Registration for NIGMS Workshop to Prepare Postdocs for Independent Careers
DEADLINE November 30, 2011

Bethesda, MD - On behalf of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is organizing the 2012 Workshop for Postdocs Transitioning to Independent Positions on March 12-13, 2012 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the keynote address.

While the transition to independence is a challenge for all postdocs, young investigators who are members of groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical or behavioral sciences may have an especially difficult time finding and establishing themselves in their first independent positions. To prepare early career investigators of diverse backgrounds for this transformation, the Workshop will bring together 150 postdocs (including a small number of senior graduate students) and a distinguished group of outstanding researchers, prominent scientific administrators and nationally recognized career development experts to discuss key issues related to the cultivation of a successful career in science.

 Topics to be covered will include:

•  Career planning
•  Job application process
•  Funding resources
•  Grant writing
•  Establishing a lab
•  Work/life balance
•  Non-bench careers

The Workshop is intended for postdocs, however senior graduate students (within one year of completion of Ph.D. study) will also be considered, space permitting.
 
To download the Workshop application, please go to http://nigmsworkshop.org. Participants will be required to pay a $25 registration fee upon selection, however all eligible applicants (those not receiving federal funding and other criteria) who are selected to participate will receive travel awards (maximum $1,250). The deadline for registration is November 30, 2011.

For more information regarding meeting logistics, contact Meeting Assistant Danielle King, dking@faseb.org.

FASEB is composed of 24 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of  biomedical research associations in the United States. FASEB enhances the ability of scientists and engineers to improve—through their research—the health, well-being and productivity of all people. Our mission is to  advance health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.

POST ITS | Post It Notes Can Help Improve Your Teaching

Simple Post-its for Teaching Improvement

       by Heather M. Whitney (Originally posted on ProfHacker via
       Chronicle of Higher Education)

What we do and don’t recall easily is a funny thing. I’ve learned a lot of helpful information, science and teaching-wise, at the conferences I’ve attended, but some sticks in my mind without the help of notes and some doesn’t.

One bit of information I recall most readily is a handy tip I learned from attending GradSTEP (Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development) at Vanderbilt University, literally days after I defended my Ph.D. During one of the sessions, a panelist, very new to the professoriate herself, mentioned that immediately after each class, before she does anything else or even touches her computer, she takes a large 5×8″ sticky note and writes down what did or didn’t work well in that class period. She sticks that to her papers from the class and then uses that note the next time she teaches the course to improve her teaching.

Read on for how post its help and find other tips HERE.

CLICK, SCAN & LEARN | Key Sites for Information on Academic Careers

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The links below provide information and insight into the skills needed to advance in an academic career. Click, Scan and Learn:

• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Inside Higher Education
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• AAUP
• PhDs.org Academic Career
• NSF: Employment Statistics Following the Postdoctorate Experience
• Career Outlook for Researchers in Academia
• Professor of Desperation (washingtonpost.com)
• National Postdoctoral Association

Courtesy National Postdoctal Association

 
 

POSTDOC | 2012 Kauffman Foundation Emerging Postdoctral Entrepreneur Award

Nominations Open for the Kauffman Foundation  Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Awards

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2012 Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral and Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur awards. The awards recognize exceptional former and current postdocs who are working to commercialize research. The awards will be presented at the NPA 10th Annual Meeting, March 16-18, 2012, to be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur will receive a $10,000 honorarium and a travel stipend. The Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award will receive a $2,500 honorarium and a travel stipend. To read detailed eligibility requirements and application instructions, click here.

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The Kauffman Foundation Seeks Your Input

The Kauffman Foundation is seeking input on a curriculum currently being developed for a life sciences entrepreneurship conference. The curriculum is being developed to help entrepreneurs in the life sciences transform their ideas and discoveries into commercially viable products or services. The content will initially be presented during a 2-day conference in 2012. Please complete the survey here to help in establishing the educational needs of today's life science entrepreneur.