The Society for Neuroscience has published a number of insights for students interested in a career in science policy. These include:
The author provides fuller detail on these and other recommendations. For even more information, they recommend reading the government program management and policy and advocacy career path guides.
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In this Inside Higher Ed article, Adriana Bankston (associate director of fundraising and strategic initiatives at the Future of Research) shares her perspectives on the transition from academe to a nonprofit career. She lists some of the skills that translate from one to the other, including organization, professionalism, dependability, and team work. She also acknowledges difficult aspects of the transition, such as working with much different data and research as well as needing to articulate the bigger picture of that work.
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This Career Services workshop is open to all graduate students and postdocs. The workshop will address:
When: Thursday, November 15th 2018, 12:15 pm
Where: McNeil Building, Conference Room 97, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States