Over the next few months, the Student Affairs Committee of the Society for Conservation Biology North America (SCBNA) will be gathering useful resources and making them available for our members via this page. This effort will be implemented in conjunction with our ongoing Webinar Series and with the input of our speakers and attendees. If you have questions about these resources – or have some to share – please reach out to mail@scbnorthamerica.org.

Oct 13 – Grant Writing & NSF Opportunities:

• Grant-writing PPT from our webinar session – General grant-writing tips from a graduate-student perspective.
• Navigating NSF/BIO Grant Opportunities – General overview of grant opportunities available through the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Oct 30 – Academic Job Applications:

• The Professor Is In – Academic job(s) blog.
• Ecoevojobs List – Online repository of academic job openings in biology/ecology.
• The Chicago Guide for Landing a Job in Academic Biology – Great reading resource for academic job applications.
• Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12) – Grant opportunity available through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs Board – Useful resource for researching academic jobs, including creating “alerts” for specific job types.

Nov 13 – Government Job Applications:

• Department of the Interior’s Career Resources
• Biologist and ecologist’s guide to USA Jobs – good overview of the application process).
• NOAA Webinar on USAJobs – lots of details about how to navigate USAJobs).
• Read about job series/grades and their requirements for USAJobs.
• USAJobs has a lot of information on the home page, including upcoming agency-specific webinars.
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
• Opportunities for current students in Canada (need to be returning to school the following year):
  • FSWEP (all students)
  • Post-Secondary Co-op/Internship Program
  • Research Affiliate Program (grad students)
• Opportunities for PhD graduates in Canada:
  • Postdoctoral Research Program
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Research Council)
  • Research Associate Program (National Research Council)
• Some great recruitment programs/science-policy opportunities in Canada, including PARDP (NRCAN), RPL, APAP:
  • RPL
  • APAP
  • PARDP

April 3 – Undergraduate Coursework & Internships for a Career in Conservation:

• Jobs in botanic gardens.
• Article on writing personalized cover letters.
• Virtual “value sort” activity.
• Graduate advisor email template – recommend that students personalize this as needed.
• “How-to” article on writing emails to graduate advisors.
• Practical guide for informational interviews & informational interview questions.