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Resources for Young Investigators

FASEB Resources

• FASEB Career Resources
• Minority Access to Research Careers
• Individual Development Plan (IDP) Provides a planning process that identifies professional development needs and career objectives and serves as a communication tool between postdocs and their mentors
• Faculty/Student Career Development Seminars at Minority Institutions

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

• AAMC’s Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) Group promotes “quality PhD and postdoctoral education in biomedical science.”
• AAMC’s Center for Workforce Studies collects and analyzes data on the physician workforce.
• AAMC's Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors

National Institutes of Health Resources

• Office of Extramural Research
• Resources for New Investigators

National Postdoc Association

• National Postdoc Association Annual Meeting 2006
• Establishing Unified Benefits for Postdoctoral Scholars

National Science Foundation Resources

• Funding Opportunities
• Grant Proposal Guide

 Other Resources

• Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) collects, analyzes and disseminates information on the US science and technology workforce.
• CPST’s STEM Workforce Data Project identifies and distributes statistics on U.S. STEM workers.
• NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of postsecondary education.

REPORTS

FASEB Publications

It's Academic. Or is it? Alternative career workshops growing popular
By Carrie Wolinetz (2005).

Foreign postdocs: the changing face of biomedical science in the U.S.
By Howard Garrison, Andrea Stith and Susan Gerbi (2005).

The Physician-Scientist: Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000
By Tamara Zemlo, Howard Garrison, Nicola Partridge and Timothy Ley (2000).

Education and Employment Patterns of U.S. Ph.D.'s in the Biomedical Sciences
By Howard Garrison and Susan Gerbi (1998).

In an era of scientific opportunity, are there opportunities for biomedical scientists?
By Howard Garrison, Susan Gerbi, and Paul Kincade (2003).

Training Young Investigators

• Advancing the Nation’s Health: NIH Research Training Programs, National Research Council (2005).
• Assessment of NIH Minority Research and Training Programs: Phase 3, National Research Council (2005).
• Bridges to Independence: Fostering the Independence of New Investigators in Biomedical Research, National Research Council (2005).
• The Responsive Ph.D.: Innovations in U.S. Doctoral Education, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (2005).
• Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies, National Research Council (2000).
• Biomedical and Behavioral Research Scientists: Their Training and Supply: Volume III: Commissioned Papers, National Research Council (1989).

Meeting Science and Engineering Workforce Demands

• Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, National Research Council (2005).
• Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States, National Research Council (2005).
• Addressing the Nation’s Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists, National Research Council (2000).
• Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists, National Research Council (1998).
• Meeting the Nation’s Need for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists, National Research Council (1994).
• Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities
  By Michael G. Finn (2001).
• Employment in the Life Sciences: A Mixed Outlook
  By Eleanor L. Babco and Jolene Kay Smith (2005).
• The Best and Brightest for Science: Is There a Policy Problem Here?
  By William Zumeta and Joyce S. Ravelin

National Science Foundation Postgraduate Survey Data

Survey of Earned Doctorates

Survey Doctorate Recipients

Survey of Recent College Graduates

Survey of College Graduates

Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in S&E

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