Regional Career Development Conference at the Chemistry-Biology Interface

化学-生物界面区域职业发展会议

• 批准号: 8660411
• 负责人: WILFRED A. VAN DER DONK
• 金额: $ 0.87万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8660411
• 关键词: Academia; Address; Area; Awareness; Biological; Biology; Biomedical Research; Businesses; Capital; Capitalism; Chemicals; Chemistry; Chicago; Communication; Discipline; Economics; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Entrepreneurship; Event; Funding; Funding Agency; Gender; Goals; Government; Grant; Grant Review Process; Housing; Illinois; Individual; Industry; Institution; Kansas; Laboratories; Laws; Legal patent; Letters; Marketing; Michigan; Minnesota; Occupations; Ohio; Oral; Participant; Partner in relationship; Pharmacologic Substance; Postdoctoral Fellow; Principal Investigator; Private Sector; Process; Publishing; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Science; Scientist; Students; Training; United States; Universities; Wisconsin; Work; Writing; biological research; career; career development; experience; graduate student; improved; insight; interest; meetings; peer; posters; programs; skills; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Effective career training is essential for graduate students and postdoctoral associates to be successful in today's changing job market. This is especially true for researchers that work at interfaces between traditional disciplines such as the chemistry-biology interface. Existing career training mechanisms often do not address the career opportunities and the skills required for career opportunities at interfaces. This application proposes to improve career training at the chemistry-biology interface by organizing an annual conference focused on providing students and postdoctoral associates with information as to how to best prepare for certain career paths. In addition, the conference will strive to illustrate different potential careers at the chemistry- biology interface and to providea forum for students at the interface to communicate and network. The conference will be held annually, each year at a different Midwest institution with a strong program at the chemistry-biology interface to reach a broad audience, and the organizers will strive for a diverse make-up of attendees and work-shop leaders on all levels. The format will consist of career development workshops focused on diverse career paths such as careers in academic research institutions, teaching institutions, government laboratories, large biotech firms, start-up biotech firms, large pharmaceutical companies, large chemical companies, science writer/scientific publishing houses, funding agencies, venture capital firms, and patent law firms. Workshops will also provide training into successful grant writing and insights into the grant review process. Workshop leaders with successful careers in these diverse areas will provide specific insights into the actual experience of these career paths and, more importantly, explain to students how they can best prepare for a certain career path. In turn, biomedical research in the United States will benefit from more informed and prepared young scientists entering the workforce.

描述（由申请人提供）：有效的职业培训是研究生和博士后助理在当今不断变化的就业市场取得成功的关键。这对于那些在传统学科之间的界面上工作的研究人员来说尤其如此，例如 化学-生物学界面。现有的职业培训机制往往不涉及职业机会和界面职业机会所需的技能。该申请旨在通过组织年度会议来改善化学-生物学界面的职业培训，该年度会议的重点是为学生和博士后提供有关如何为某些职业道路做好最佳准备的信息。此外，会议将努力说明不同的潜在职业在化学-生物学接口，并提供一个论坛，为学生在接口沟通和网络。该会议将每年举行一次，每年在不同的中西部机构与强大的计划在化学生物学接口，以达到广泛的观众，组织者将努力为与会者和各级车间领导人的多元化化妆。该格式将包括职业发展研讨会，侧重于不同的职业道路，如学术研究机构，教学机构，政府实验室，大型生物技术公司，初创生物技术公司，大型制药公司，大型化工公司，科学作家/科学出版社，资助机构，风险投资公司和专利律师事务所的职业生涯。讲习班还将提供成功撰写赠款的培训，并深入了解赠款审查过程。在这些不同领域有着成功职业生涯的研讨会负责人将提供这些职业道路的实际经验的具体见解，更重要的是，向学生解释他们如何才能最好地为特定的职业道路做好准备。反过来，美国的生物医学研究将受益于更多见多识广和准备充分的年轻科学家进入劳动力市场。