Nextwave Archive: October 2004,
January 2005
April 2005 Feature:
Career Update from Science’s Next Wave Want to find out about applying your scientific training in a non-traditional science career? Or learn how to balance a dual career or multiple professional interests?
The following award may be found in GrantsNet www.grantsnet.org :
The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology http://www.eppendorf.com/prize. The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology acknowledges the increasing importance of this research in advancing our understanding of how the brain and nervous system function - a quest that seems destined for dramatic expansion in the coming decades. This international prize, established in 2002, is intended to encourage and support the work of promising young neurobiologists who have received their PhD or MD within the past 10 years.The winner is awarded $25,000. This is a personal gift. The grand prize winner's essay is published in Science and on Science Online. Furthermore, the winner receives a free, five-year subscription to Science and Science Online and approximately $1,000 in free Eppendorf products. Deadline: 6/15/2005
Feature: Science Careers in Extreme Environments
nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/04/07/1
Scientists who carry out studies in the Arctic, tropical forests, or on active volcanoes face unique, and rather exciting challenges. Next Wave explores what life is like for scientists who work in extreme environments.
- Science Careers in Extreme Environments - Resources
nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/04/07/2
Are you up to the challenge of science at the extremes? Here is a list of research centres devoted to extreme science studies
- Find a Fellowship
nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/04/14/3
Several government and private organizations offer fellowships to bridge the divide from postdoc to independent investigator, providing salary and other support.
- The FICA/Fellowship Mess
nextwave.sciencemag.org/feature/careerblog.shtml#2005041401
Two weeks ago we claimed that new IRS rules probably required postdoc fellows and their institutions to pay FICA--social security and medicare tax. Two weeks after those new rules went into effect, opinion seems to be swinging the other way
- International Grants and Fellowships Index
nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2003/01/15/4
The International Grants and Fellowships Index gives the latest listing of funding opportunities and competitions happening outside the United States.
- April 2005 Funding News
nextwave.sciencemag.org/awards.dtl
The Funding News provides the latest index of research funding, scholarships, fellowships, and internships for postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates, as well as listings of U.S. government funding opportunities
- Careers in Science Web Log
nextwave.sciencemag.org/feature/careerblog.shtml
Breaking news and observations related to science careers, updated throughout the week.
