Career Exploration, Career Specific Development, Professional Development
Faculty, Postdocs, Residents & Clinical Fellows, Grad & Med Students, Administrators
LinkedIn Learning offers on-demand content taught by credible experts in a variety of topics including videos for business, technology, creative skills, and more. All Pitt faculty, staff, students, and postdocs have free access to this resource.
Career Specific Development
Faculty, Postdocs, Residents & Clinical Fellows, Grad & Med Students, Administrators
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System's guide to measuring research impact.
Career Specific Development, Networking, Professional Development
Faculty, Postdocs, Grad & Med Students
Explore on-demand access to the mentoring, tools, and support that trainees and current faculty members need to be successful in the Academy. All Pitt trainees and faculty have free access to a subscription to this resource.
Career Exploration, Career Specific Development, Career Transition, Employment Postings, Professional Development
Postdocs, Grad & Med Students
A great resource for postdocs and graduate students, the National Postdoctoral Association is a non-profit 5013 educational organization in the United States that is dedicated to enhancing the quality of the postdoctoral experience for all participants. To join, go to this page- https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/general/register_member_type.asp? - and sign up as an "Affiliate Individual Member", selecting the option, either postdocs or graduate students, that matches your career stage.
Research, Research Funding
Faculty, Postdocs, Grad & Med Students, Administrators
NIH offers funding for many types of grants, contracts, and even programs that help repay loans for researchers. Learn about these programs, as well as about NIH's budget process, grant funding strategies, and policies, and more.
Career Transition, Job Search Skills, Professional Development, Videos
Faculty, Postdocs, Grad & Med Students
The NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) provides recordings of their programs and lectures that can be viewed at your convenience.
Research
Faculty, Postdocs, Residents & Clinical Fellows, Grad & Med Students, Administrators
A collection of NIH-specific proposal resources.
Research, Research Funding, Videos
Faculty, Postdocs, Grad & Med Students
Are you applying for a NIH grant? The NIH offers a four-part video tutorial series that walks you through the basics of preparing, writing, and submitting your application. These short videos will provide you with a basic overview of the process, as well as a variety of tips for success, and are available to view for free anytime.
Family-friendly
Postdocs, Grad & Med Students, Administrators
This page offers information and resources for postdocs on managing their family lives while furthering their research careers. Some of these resources were developed as part of NPA ADVANCE, a National Science Foundation-funded project to foster the advancement of postdoc women into faculty careers.
Research, Research Funding
Faculty, Postdocs, Grad & Med Students
The National Science Foundation(NSF) funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
