Tips for Early Career Researchers
An early career researcher faces a curious contradiction. On one hand, the current academic climate gives researchers better, broader, and faster access to technology and…
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Can AI-Based Search Tools Replace Google Scholar?
The Industrial Revolution was a time of massive innovation and machine technology. On a grand scale, machines began taking over what used to be human endeavors, bringing efficiency…
You Have a PhD! What Next?
A PhD is the highest qualification you can have and is essential for a career in academia. However, there are many challenges to getting academic jobs as some PhDs have interest in…
How to Choose a Postdoctoral Position
You are 6-12 months from defending your PhD research dissertation. Now, you must decide among your options. Do you want to continue in research? If yes and an academic career is…
Lights, Camera, Action: Can Video Grant Proposals Simplify Grant Funding?
Many researchers at universities need research funding for their various projects. They usually compete for money by writing grant applications. Often, these are long documents…
Navigating the First Three Months of your PhD
The decision to undertake a PhD program is a long-term commitment that requires substantial planning. The source of funding, area of specialization and the intended outcome are…
Life as a Postdoc: Dealing with Challenges and Finding Success
Being a postdoc isn’t easy. Despite their doctoral training and valuable research skills, these highly qualified scientists are often poorly paid and only have limited perspectives…
Industrial PhD or Academic Research PhD: Which Program Should You Choose?
During the past few years, the demand for highly qualified researchers in the industry has increased considerably. This has led to an increased need to prepare PhD students for a…
How Researchers Utilize Reference Resources?
A quick Google search on virtually any topic yields a list of sources of information on the search engine’s first page. Traditionally, scholarly publishing has always relied on the…
How to Share and Reuse Research Data Using FAIR
There has been an explosion in the amount of research data generated by the scientists. More and more scientists are tackling complex questions and often the answers can be found…
A Career in Academia: You have a PhD, Now What?
So, you’ve earned your PhD after years of hard work. Now what? There are many options available depending on your career goals. Of course, you most likely want to have a career…
How to Effectively Read Scientific Papers
The busy schedule of a clinician or researcher typically leaves little time for reading the latest issue of Nature. However, staying abreast of current developments in your…