Resources
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Academic Advice
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Mentor + Mentee Resources
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Graduate School
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill's advice: So, you want to go to grad school? Nail the inquiry email
Dr. Chris Golde's Questions To Ask When Thinking About Pursuing a Ph.D.
Dr. Spencer Hall's library of resources for graduate students, including advice on being a graduate student.
Dr. Walter Carson's 1999 "A Primer On How To Apply To And Get Admitted To Graduate School In Ecology And Evolutionary Biology" published in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.
Dr. Meghan Duffy's "Thoughts on Applying to Grad School (for prospective students and their mentors)", and see the links to references therein.
A Guide to Graduate School for Students at Minority Serving Institutions from the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at University of Pennsylvania
Resources available from PHDs.org
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Books
Chandler, C. R., L. M. Wolfe, and D. E. Promislow. 2007. The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
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Tools to develop and manage your career
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Advice on applying, interviewing, & keeping a faculty position
General Advice
Advice on Interviewing for Academic Positions | UW Career Center
Advice on Interviews for Academic Positions | Office of Postdoctoral Studies at Cornell University.
"Applying for a Job, Haggling for a Job and Keeping a Job" | Notes from Dr. Louis Gross
On-Campus Visit
Dr. Karen's Rules of the Campus Visit | The Professor is In
Sample Interview Questions
Sample interview questions | Brian Inouye, Nora Underwood, Dan Doak, and Peter Kareiva
Job Talk
Collected Wisdom on Job Talks | Some pointers on how to give a job talk from Dr. Josh Tewksbury
Chalk Talk
Teaching Porfolio
Dr. Olivia K. Lima's Teaching Porfolio, Augustana College
Tenure & Promotion
Tips for success on your path to tenure | Dr. Rohde
Using Altmetrics fro Tenure and Promotion | Altmetric blog
HOWTO: Get Tenure | Dr. Matt Might
The Right Metrics for Generation Open: a guide to getting credit for Open Science | Impact Story
More Resources
Advice on getting a faculty job | Resources maintained by Dr. Spencer Hall
Grant & Job Resources | Resources maintained by Dr. Marissa Baskett
Useful links related to tenure track job searches in ecology | Dr. Meghan Duffy
Workshops & Courses | National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity for Postdocs
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Academic Jobs
Vitae, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Job Board, Texas A &M University
Job Board, Society for Conservation Biology
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What's out there?
400+ Tools and innovations in scholarly communication
Digital Research Tools - registry of digital research tools for scholarly use
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Project & Lab Management
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Brainstorming Tools
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Digital Ecology
Dr. Emilio Bruna's list of apps, wikis, and social media for ecology.
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Graduate Students + Postdocs
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Graduate Students
A comprehensive list from Integrative Biology at the University of Berkeley
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Postdoctoral Positions
Spreadsheet of Ecology Postdoc Fellowships maintained by Allison Barner
Marie Curie Actions - European research grants for scientists of any nationality
Natural Science of the Environment Postdoctoral Fellowships in UK
Postdoctoral Fellowship in UK for U.S. citizens
Grants to conduct research in UK
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral opportunities in Germany
Postdoctoral opportunities in the Netherlands
Microsoft Research Postdoctoral Positions
Funding for Women from L'Oreal
Opportunities at the National Academies
Omidyar Fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Biology at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Smith Fellow at the Society for Conservation Biology
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Earth Institute, Columbia Unversity
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
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Women in Science
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Crowdfunding Science
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Other funding opportunities
Equipment for field research through Idea Wild
Committee for Research and Exploration Grant from National Geographic
Citizen Science through Earthwatch
Human Frontier Science Program
List of Fellowships & Scholarships maintained at The Earth Institute, Columbia University
The Darwin Initiative- "assists countries that are rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to meet their objectives under one or more of the three major biodiversity Conventions: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES); and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), through the funding of collaborative projects which draw on UK biodiversity expertise."
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Field Stations
Cedar Creek Natural History Area
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Institutes for Mathematical Biology
NIMBioS: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
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Synthesis Institutes
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Meredith, D. 2010. Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work. Oxford University Press.
Montgomery, S. L. 2003. The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
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Cafe Scientifique
Join a scientific discussion near you!
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Public Outreach in Ohio
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STEAM Factory
Located at 400 West Rich Street , the STEAM Factory is a space for OSU faculty, postdocs, and staff from science, technology, engineering, arts, and math to discuss their work with the Columbus community and create interdisciplinary collaborations.
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Science Sundays
During Science Sundays, speakers from around the world share their research with the public at the Ohio Union, US Bank Conference Theater. Check the schedule for upcoming talks.
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Science Buzz
Science Buzz through The Science Museum of Minnesota is a venue for members of the community to ask scientists about their research. I was the Scientist on the Spot in July 2007.
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Tree of Life Web Project
Interested in learning about biodiversity? Check out the Tree of Life Web Project.
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Mathematical modeling
Interested in learning more about mathematical modeling? Check out this blog.
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Nature Camp
Nature Camp is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA. As youth explore the outdoors, they are engaged in natural history and environmental science.
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General
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Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University
Teaching Excellence & Eductional Innovation | Carnegie Mellon University
Science in the Classroom | AAAS - Annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials
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Ecology
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Online resources
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Books
Case, T. 1999. An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology
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Mathematics
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Online resources
Spatio-Temporal Models in Ecology: Dr. Powell's introduction to integro-difference equations
Games to Teach Mathematical Modeling
Videos | Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Dr. Zhou's youtube series on linear algebra
Complexity Explorer | Santa Fe Institute - online courses and educational materials about complexity science.
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Books
Case, T. 1999. An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology
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Statistics & R
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Online Resources
R - the software environment for statistical computing & graphics
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Books
Bolker, B. 2008. Ecological Models and Data in R
Clark, J. S. 2007. Models for Ecological Data
Crawley, M. J. 2012. The R Book
Faraway. J. 2002. Practical Regression and Anova using R
Gelman, A. and M. Mangel. 1997. The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data
Hilborn, R. and S. Stafford. 2002. Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research
McGarigal K., E. Landguth, and S. Stafford. 2002. Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research
Pinheiro, J. and D. Bates. 2009. Mixed-effects models in S and S-Plus
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Teaching with Writing
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Online Resources
Coaching Groups for Grant Proposal Writing throught the National Mentoring Network
Resources for written communication, including grant writing, from CLIMB at Northwestern University.
Dr. Marissa Baskett's comprehensive list of links and resources for writing & presenting.
Guides to Getting Published and Peer Review in Ecology and Evolution | BES
The Habits of Successful Ecologists: How to write right, right!? | Dr. Simon Queenborough
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Books
Barrass, R. 2002. Scientists Must Write: A guide to better writing for scientists, engineers, and students. 2nd edition. Routledge.
Day, R. A. and B. Gastel. 2012. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper.
Silva, P. J. 2007. How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing.
Schimel, J. 2011. Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded
Strunk Jr., W. and E. B. White. 1999. Elements of Style. 4th edition. Longman.
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Autism Society of NC
Autism Society of NC supports people with autism in NC and educates communities on autism.