Career Resources
BNL Mentoring Program
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s postdoc mentoring program is designed to to stimulate and maintain innovative research by providing a development roadmap for our postdocs. Activities focus on the skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective researcher along with optimizing the mentoring experience with experiential learning opportunities that contribute to career advancement.
National Postdoc Association
Has the mission to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting a culture of inclusive connection. At the individual, organizational, and national levels, it aims at facilitate enhanced professional growth, raise awareness, and collaborate with stakeholders in the postdoctoral community.
BNL Proposal Center
Provides principal investigators with various support options for proposal preparation. These support services range from basic editing/formatting to providing full scale proposal management for all funding opportunities. Contact the Proposal Center at Ext. 4656.
Postdoc community resources
INet – Association for International Scientists– INet NYC is here to provide support and professional guidance for all international graduate students and research fellows in STEM fields, that are or will be affiliated to any institution in the NYC area, to expand their skill set and career development0 opportunities. We also provide the opportunity to engage in a strong international peer network. Become a member today- it’s free!
500 Women Scientists is a non-profit group dedicated to making science open, inclusive, and accessible. To achieve this mission, they work to increase scientific literacy through public engagement, advocate for science and equity, and provide self-identifying women with the tools and support they need to reach their full potential.
IAPS – International Association of Physics Students is an association of physics students and student societies from around the globe, working to promote peaceful collaborations amongst them.
Teaching/Mentoring Opportunities
- Individual Development Plans, http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
- BNL mentoring program https://www.bnl.gov/training/professional-development/mentor.php
Networking Resources
- SBU Office of the Provost, http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bnl/
Learned societies
- OPTICA (former OSA – Optical Society of America) Online events https://www.optica.org/en-us/meetings/
- Professional development webinars https://www.optica.org/en-us/careers/professional_development/webinar_series/
- SPIE
- APS – American Physical Society
- Educational and minority programs https://www.aps.org/programs/index.cfm
- Career resources and professional development https://www.aps.org/careers/index.cfm
- ACS (American Chemical Society)
Research Funding/Grant Writing
- Research Staff Section, https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-research/research-staff/research-staff
- Writing a Research Proposal (doctorate), https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-research/doing-a-doctorate/starting-a-doctorate/writing-a-research-proposal
- Research Funding (post doc), https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researcher-careers/pursuing-an-academic-career/research-funding
- Apply for research funding (first time PIs), https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-research/leadership-development-for-principal-investigators-pis/leading-a-research-project/applying-for-research-funding/applying-for-research-funding
Presentations on Job Searching and Interviewing
Research Possible Careers and Salary Information
- PhD & Postdoc positions in High Energy Physics https://inspirehep.net/
- Science Careers, from the Journal Science, http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, http://www.bls.gov/oco/
- Monster, http://career-advice.monster.com/
- Salary, http://www.salary.com/
General Job Search Engines
- Online Engineering Degrees and Careers, http://oedb.org/rankings/online-engineering-programs/
- NPA Career Center, http://careers.nationalpostdoc.org/
- Green Jobs, http://www.greenjobs.net/
- Indeed, http://www.indeed.com/
- Simons Foundation
- US Government Jobs, http://www.usajobs.gov/
Academic Job Listings
- PhD & Postdoc positions in High Energy Physics https://inspirehep.net/
- American Association of Physics Teachers, http://careers.aapt.org/
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/
- Higher Ed Jobs, http://www.higheredjobs.com/
- National Association of Independent Schools, http://careers.nais.org/search.cfm
Job Listings by Discipline
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine, http://careers.aapm.org/
- American Chemical Society, http://chemistryjobs.acs.org/jobs
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, http://careerengineer.aiche.org/c/search.cfm?site_id=1932
- American Physical Society, http://careers.aps.org/
- American Society for Cell Biology, http://jobboard.ascb.org/
- American Vacuum Society, http://careers.avs.org/
- Association for Computing Machinery, http://jobs.acm.org/
- BioCareers, http://stonybrook.biocareers.com/
- Biospace, http://www.biospace.com/jobs/search-results/
- DICE, http://www.dice.com/
- Engineering in Medicine and Biology, https://www.jobtarget.com/
- IEEE, http://careers.ieee.org/
- New Scientist, http://jobs.newscientist.com/
- Physics Today, http://www.physicstoday.org/jobs
- Sigma Pi Sigma, http://jobs.spsnational.org/
