Nancy's Collection of Resources for Grad School and Beyond

• Guidance for undergraduates planning for grad school and current graduate students.
  • The Graduate Student Information Guide (pdf) is filled with advice on planning for graduate school and what to do to succeed once you get there. (contains chapters on "Advantages of Obtaining an Advanced Degree," "Choosing the Right Graduate School," "The Graduate School Application Process," "Financing Graduate Study," "Mattriculation," "Resources: Sources of Financial Support") Although written for women, it is an excellent guide to anyone considering advanced study.

  • This page lists some national fellowships and scholarships that are for undergraduate and graduate students.

  • The CRA for Students page contains information of interest to undergraduates such as grad school options and financing, undergraduate reserach opportunities, etc.

  • You might also want to check out Dave Patterson's advice on issues such as how to be a good grad student, how to write a good paper, including his by now infamous talk "How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia".

• Guidance for graduate students, new PhDs, and professionals at all levels
  • CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops Booklet (pdf) (contains chapters on "Getting a Job," "Building a Research Career," "Obtaining Federal Funding," "Networking," "Tenure," "Perspective from Smaller Schools," "Time management and Family Issues"). Although written for women, it is an excellent guide for everyone.

  • The CRA for Students page contains information of interest to graduate students such as job hunting, career building, etc..

  • The CRA and CRA-W sponsor career mentoring workshops that give useful advice on having a successful research career in academia or in an industrial or government research lab. In both cases, they publish useful information on their websites. The CRA-W workshops are targeted to women and are held approximately every other year, and the CRA workshops are held approximately every other year in Washington, DC.

  • You might also want to check out Dave Patterson's advice on issues such as how to be a good grad student, how to write a good paper, including his by now infamous talk "How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia".