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Negotiating a Postdoc Position

Apr 29

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Tuesday, April 30th 2013 – 6 p.m central! ONLINE!

Join a webinar hosted by the Institute for Broadening Participation on Tuesday, April 30th at 6 p/m/ CENTRAL (7 p.m. Eastern time). An experienced panel (both current postdocs and faculty members) will share their perspectives on this topic, followed by a Question & Answer period. Preregistration is requested! Simply sign up for the event below, through EDGE and we’ll send you the information you need.

You can submit questions before the webinar, online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VG86QR7

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Peer Educator Positions Available!

Mar 25

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Get on Board with NASA

Nov 20

Posted by Ashley Horn in External Grants, Research Resources, Resources | No Comments

NASA wants you! Log on to the “One Stop Shop” to apply for fellowships that include 12 months of funding and 10 weeks of research at one of NASA’s HQ locations.  Get a proposal together and have a professor review it to get the EDGE on your competition.

The application deadline is March 16, 2012.

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Post-Doc Season has Arrived

Oct 23

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The Institute for Broadening Participation (supported by NSF and NASA) has just started gearing gearing up for their annual reminder to students and mentors about upcoming post-doctoral openings.  Search em’ and see what you find.  Check back often because institutions are still in the process of submitting new openings to IBP.

The early bird gets the funding!

IBP is dedicated to helping students successfully pursue careers in the sciences– particularly underrepresented students.

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And the NSF Student Poster Symposium Award goes to…

Oct 19

Posted by Ashley Horn in Conferences, External Grants, Travel | No Comments

Mr. ARN Sakib! Congratulations!

Mr. Sakib received the NSF Student Poster Symposium Award (Prof. Adnan, Advisor).  His entry was competitively selected as one of the best among a record-breaking 342 applications. Sakib will present his poster on November 14th at the upcoming ASME IMECE 2012 conference in Houston.   Trophy

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Where to Look for Funding

Oct 12

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A few good places to start:

1. National Science Foundation.  Don’t be fooled, even though this site has many a STEM fellowship, Anthropology and Humanities fellowships are listed on this site as well.  If you are doing research, then its SCIENCE!

2. Pivot.  This site connects graduate students to moo-lah, big time.  You can search thousands of funding opportunities using key words.  The best part is that its FREE, (unlike other major funding aggregators).

3. Professional Organizations:  Locate orgs in the industry in which you are focusing your research.  The National Press Club awards fellowships to journalism majors, the Coordinating Council for Women in History awards fellowships to (female) history majors, and the Mycological Society of America awards fellowships to… mycology majors! (Well, bio majors studying all things fungi.)    

Once you find fellowships that fit well with your research, be sure to attend an EDGE Writing Workshop for External Funding.  Attend one or all three parts of this series to ensure that your application is complete and competitive.  Now that you have this handy-dandy list, in the words of Wordsworth, “To begin, BEGIN!”

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Apply for a Travel Grant ASAP

Oct 11

Posted by Ashley Horn in Conferences, Financial Assistance, Resources, Travel, UTA Grants & Scholarships | No Comments

Travel grant applications for sustainability research are due Monday Oct. 15th. Travel Support Grants of up to $500 per person will be awarded to students for conferences, seminars, workshops, and/or related student engagement in activities on sustainability and the environment.  Already went to an event?  If you went between Sept. 1 – Oct. 15, 2012 then you qualify for reimbursement!  Apps go to the University Sustainability Committee.  For more information, visit Campus Sustainability or contact Chris Morris at morris@uta.edu.

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Webinar: Presidential Management Fellows Application Process

Oct 9

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Attend a webinar that gives you the inside scoop on landing a prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship.  The fellowship is open to any graduate student who plans to graduate in the 2012-13 academic year. 

New fellows and agency PMF recruiters will discuss the makings of a strong application and finally you will know what happens after you upload you application into cyberpace! Free. Tues. Oct 16, 2012. 3-4 p.m., Room 140, Business Building. For more info, please visit the Career Center Blog.

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Funding your Education

Jun 21

Posted by Lisa Berry in External Grants, Financial Assistance | No Comments

Cornell University Graduate School has an awesome database to search for fellowships to support your graduate education. Check it out…and thanks Cornell!

Fellowship Database

Find your mentor match! Friday, March 4, 2011

Feb 22

Posted by Lisa Berry in Financial Assistance, UTA Grants & Scholarships, Uncategorized | No Comments

Doctoral/doctoral-bound graduate students and junior/senior undergraduate students are invited to attend the I Engage Mentoring (IM) Program Information Session:

Friday, March 4, 2011
Room 303 Chemistry & Physics Building
5:30 pm until 6:30 pm

Graduate and undergraduate students interested in the program are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting.

The information session provides graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to learn more about the program and to meet potential mentors and mentees. The graduate student mentor-undergraduate mentee pair must self identify at the time of application to the program. Accepted graduate students receive a stipend and undergraduate students receive a scholarship to cover the cost of 3-hours of tuition. Please review program specific information on the program website.

The deadline for completed applications is April 21, 2011.

If you are unable to attend the information session, please visit the I Engage Program website for application forms and instructions. You may also contact Lisa Berry, lberry@uta.edu, if you have any questions about the IM Program.