Career Tools

Articles

The career development of scientists has been a central focus in the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s mission since its founding in 1955.  These articles are meant to encourage, inspire, and share best practices among a variety of career themes.

If you have an idea for an article or would like us to focus on a particular topic, please feel free to email us at news@bwfund.org.

Career Development Guides

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund began this series of guides with the publication of Giving Talks: Communicating Science. We continue to take deep dives into areas of interest for scientists and researchers at all levels.

If you have an idea for a career development guide or would like us to focus on a particular topic, please feel free to email us at news@bwfund.org.

Lab Management Guides

Initially based on workshops co-sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and HHMI in the early 2000’s, Making the Right Moves a collection of practical advice and experiences from seasoned biomedical investigators and includes chapters on laboratory leadership, getting funded, project management, and teaching and course design.  An updated version is planned.

Excellence Everywhere is a variation of Making the Right Moves with the intent to focus on labs in developing countries.

Resources

This is an attempt to curate collections of Burroughs Wellcome Fund-supported career development resources. There is a wealth of information available to researchers and scientists through various institutions and societies.

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