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Beyond the Bench: Expanding Your Skill Set for a Successful Postdoc

If you’ve reached postdoc level as a life scientist, you’ll almost certainly have a wide range of skills and academic experience already under your belt. But which essential skills are still missing from your set? Could you use some help with grant writing? Perhaps your time management could be sharpened up a little? If you […]

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Fully Funded Scholarships for Postdoc, Higher Education (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D) & Jobs

Lewis-Sigler Scholars Program for early Career Scientists in Princeton University, USA Postdoc / PhD (all genders) for Computational Immunology in Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany Postdoctoral Fellow – Molecular at The Francis Crick Institute in London Doctoral Researcher – Translational Oncology / Immunotherapy / Genetic Engineering at German Cancer Research Center in the Helmholtz Association (DKFZ), Germany

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Sample template on how to write your research achievements and results when applying for a fellowship or grant

Sample of my research statement and results below: My Research Goal My research focused on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), specifically on the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in non-hospital environments. My goal is to understand the fate and effect of antibiotic mixtures on soil microbiomes, since the threats and effects of antibiotic mixtures on the

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL TIPS FOR GRANTS & PROJECTS

What is a research proposal? A research proposal is simply defined as a planned and written statement to seek approval from a supervisor, an institution or an organization to carry out a particular project, especially with the intent of seeking financial assistance for the funding of the anticipated research work. However, students in the undergraduate

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Access to scholarship and funding opportunities for conferences, study (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.), postdoctoral fellowships and research grants

As an academic, researcher or student, attending conferences or doing research can be a herculean task if you don’t have access to sustainable funding for your research or further studies. In my experience of about 10 years in Academia, teaching and doing research in the specific priority area of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Nigeria and

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HOW TO CREATE YOUR EUROPASS CV AND EUROPASS COVER LETTER FOR EU APPLICATIONS (JOBS, RESEARCH, EDUCATION)

When applying for a scholarship for further studies abroad (in this case the European Union countries) or for a postdoctoral position or a doctoral position, it is important that you use the required CV format to do so. EUROPASS CV is Europe´s best known CV (curriculum vitae) format for applications within the EU (European Union).

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How to write a COVER LETTER – Faculty, Postgraduate, Postdoc – sample attached

How to write a COVER LETTER – Faculty, Postgraduate, Postdoc – sample attached A cover letter is a communication that you write and attach to your curriculum vitae (CV) when applying for a faculty, postgraduate or postdoctoral positions in research institutions or universities or other institutions of higher learning. The cover letter is usually a

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COMMON MISTAKES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MAKE IN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

6 COMMON MISTAKES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MAKE WHILE APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS OR UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE ADMISSION ABROAD The number of students applying to colleges abroad is going up yearly. UNESCO predicted in 2009 the number may reach 7 million by 2020. Of these, more than a million apply to colleges in the US. Over forty thousand get accepted

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Steps for a Successful Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application, Grant Call or Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies Abroad – A Personal Memoir 

Steps for a Successful Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application, Grant Call or Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies Abroad – A Personal Memoir  It is important that you have this at the back of your mind before applying for a postdoc position. A postdoc position allows you to produce something tangible (e.g., publication, network, research collaboration and experience, etc)

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Important Microbiology Websites for Study & Opportunities

Africa’s largest microbiology website. https://microbiologyclass.net Canadian Society of Microbiologists. https://www.csm-scm.org/index.asp American Society for Microbiology. https://www.asm.org/ Microbiology Society. https://microbiologysociety.org/ Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM). http://societasim.it International Union of Microbiological Societies. https://www.iums.org/ Federation of European Microbiological Societies. https://fems-microbiology.org/ European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. https://www.escmid.org/ Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. http://www.simbhq.org/ Society for Applied

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