Resources for K Awardees

We recommend the following websites, blogs, and resources to help you make the most out of your k award and advance your career. Do you have another resource to share? Please send it to info@actscience.org.

Academic Writing Club: Learn techniques to become a more productive and prolific writer.

Doctors Without Orders: Highlights of the Sigma XI Postdoc Survey

Entering Mentoring:  A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists.

Exponential Book: Blog that addresses "what is next after graduation?"

Genome Web: News, careers, and resources for k awardees.

Inside Higher Ed: Series of columns dedicated to helping new faculty members advance toward tenure.

Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty

Train: The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network: Was established to create opportunities for medical research innovators to discuss and tackle the challenges that cut across diseases.

Events for K Awardees

ACTS hosted networking and information dinners for k award winners in the New York in Washington DC area in December 2011 and April 2012 respectively. Additional programs are being planned for the near future. View pictures from the New York City K awardee dinner program on the SCTS Facebook page.