- POSTDOC ISSUES
To Eurodoc or Not Eurodoc
(^1) For general tips, see http://pingu.salk.edu/%7Eforsburg/bio.html.
(^2) Funding sources include the NIH, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund,
Human Frontiers, National Science Foundation, American Cancer Society, and the French
Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM). Grantsnet (http://www.grantsnet.org/) provides
information about fellowships without international restrictions. Speak with your sponsor
about institutional, national or European fellowships for which you are eligible.
(^3) Janet Chenevert (Ville Franche).
(^4) Christine Blaumueller (European Molecular Biology Laboratory).
(^5) Kelly McNagy (University of British Columbia).
(^6) Karla Neugebauer (Max Planck Institute).
(^7) Laura Machesky (University of Birmingham).
(^8) Judy White (University of Virginia).
- CAREER TRANSITION
Salary Negotiation
(^1) Abbott, Langer and Associates publishes Compensation in the Life Sciences that tabulates
salaries for life scientists in all sectors as a function of rank, type of work, type of organization,
and geographical location. Radford Surveys publishes a similar report for the biotechnology
sector. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) publishes an Annual Report
on the Economic Status of the Profession. Similarly, the American Association of Medical Colleges
tracks salaries for basic scientists at U.S. medical schools.
What Else Can I Do?: Exploring Opportunities in Business and Management
Author served as Director of MBA Admissions at the Graduate School of Business
at Stanford University from 1981 to 1985.
(^1) http://www.amanet.org.
Late Career Opportunities and Challenges
(^1) For an audiotape of a 2001 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting panel
on Late Career Options, see http://ascb.org/audio/audio01mtg.html.
(^2) For an analysis of the policies found in many American universities, see
http://www.aaup.org/Issues/retirement/retrpt.htm.
(^3) J. Handelsman et al., Science304: 521-522 (2004).
(^4) See, for example, http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/library/UMPERG-2001-12.
(^5) See, for example, http://www.nas.edu/rise/.
(^6) http://www.tiaa-cref.org/.
(^7) http://www.iie.org/.
(^8) http://www.peacecorps.gov/.
(^9) http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ or http://www.iearn.org/.
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