You are invited to register for a 12-week series to build effective grant writing habits. Participants will learn the fundamentals of preparing an NIH-style grant, identify key features and resources for major sections of the grant, and begin writing a grant application. This series is designed for researchers who are currently developing a grant application and who have not had independent NIH funding. Each session will include a brief lesson plus approximately an hour devoted to writing. To achieve these objectives, we ask that you commit to participating in the entire series.

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking platform—and an essential tool for PhDs exploring careers beyond academia. If you’re new to LinkedIn or unsure how to use it effectively in an industry job search, this webinar is for you.

We tell ourselves stories about what is happening to us and around us. In this webinar we will explore how our self-talk is generated and look at ways our self-talk can either help us be more resilient or how it can hurt us and hold us back. We will look at two important elements of our self-talk, cognitive distortions and imposter fears and explore ways to recognize internal messages and input from others that distorts our views of our abilities and accomplishments.

This is a 90-minute lecture followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

Join us for this session where you will learn how to use Beyond the Professoriate’s PhD Career Training Platform to explore your career options and launch a successful job search. The session will be held via Zoom and be recorded.

Registration is required to attend.

The NIH Career Symposium is a virtual event highlighting the diversity of career choices available to biomedical researchers. This event provides career exploration and networking opportunities for graduate students, postdocs, and fellows in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Graduate students and postdocs from outside the NIH are also welcome to attend.

Whether you’re a graduate student, a postdoc, clinical fellow, or a senior student looking for a job, this event will help you explore your career options. Come to hear from professionals and peers and learn strategies for navigating the job search process.

We all need to develop the skills needed to be assertive and to advocate for ourselves, especially in hierarchical environments where we sometimes feel we do not have a voice. In this webinar, we will discuss how to set boundaries, communicate expectations, ask for feedback, and discuss difficult issues with friends, mentors, colleagues, and supervisors.

This is a 90-minute lecture followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

We all need feedback to grow and learn but we often become defensive and are unable to learn from the feedback we receive, even if it is delivered well. In this webinar, we will talk about why receiving feedback is so difficult and explore ways to stay calm and engaged when receiving feedback. We will also talk about giving feedback in a calm and assertive way so that our voice can be heard.

This is a 90-minute lecture followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

We all need mentors to support and encourage us throughout our educational and career journey. In this webinar, we will talk about the mentoring relationship in research environments with a focus on improving your relationship with your PI, finding mentors and on improving communication and interpersonal interactions. The webinar will help clarify what you need from your supervisors and mentors and address how to get what you need from these important interactions.

This is a 90-minute lecture followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.