Career Skills Short Seminar Series
The purpose of this Career Skills Short Session Seminar Series is to discuss best practices for research skills essential for early stage faculty and senior postdoctoral fellows career development. This series will include bi-monthly short sessions that are no longer than 30 minutes (20 minute lecture followed by 10 minutes of questions and answers). Each session will cover a topic related to grant writing, scientific communication, and career advancement.
Please note: faculty, fellows and postdocs are welcome to attend every session in the series or single sessions of interest.
- Figures for Your Grant Applications
- Selecting a Journal for Publication
- Organizing and Optimizing Your Writing
- Holding Effective Mentor Meetings
- Writing a Compelling Specific Aims Page
- Communicating with NIH Program Officers and Grants Management Specialists
- Letters of Support for an NIH K Application
- Increasing your Research Visibility and Impact
- Maximizing the Design of Your Scientific Illustrations
- Creating a Lab Website
- Identifying Sources of Funding for your Research
- Holding Effective Lab Meetings
- Introduction to PIVOT Funding Database
To receive access to the slides and recordings for this seminar series, please contact Stacie Mendoza, Program Director, at smendoza@som.umaryland.edu.