Support Pack for Postdocs

Support Pack for Postdocs

Once you have aced that dissertation defense, and embarked upon your postdoc journey, you will likely encounter a different set of challenges to those you faced during your PhD. But we are here to help! Thanks to some amazing guest authors and our dedicated team at Hello Bio, we have some great resources to help, wherever you are in your postdoc career.

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Steps In Your Postdoc Journey

• Navigating the PhD to Postdoc Transition
• The Life Scientists' Guide To Applying for Postdocs
• Becoming an Assistant Professor - Advice for Science Postdocs

Grants & Funding

• The Life Scientists' Guide to Applying for Grants & Funding
• Crafting a Statement of Purpose for Funding Applications
• Early Career Scientist Grants
• Writing a Winning Travel Grant Application
• The Life Scientists' Guide to Cost Saving in the Lab

New & Useful Skills for Your Postdoc Career

Peer reviewing & paper writing

• The Life Scientists' Guide to Peer Reviewing Scientific Papers
• 6 Top Tips to Prepare You for Peer Review
• The Art of Writing Scientific Papers - Resources for Researchers
• Scientific Papers: Tips for More Productive Writing

Getting creative, developing new skills

• The Life Scientists' Guide to Organizing Events & Conferences
• The Life Scientist’s Guide To Promoting Yourself and Your Work 
• The Life Scientists’ Guide to Examining Your First Dissertation Defense 
• Setting up a New Lab: Overcoming Challenges & Celebrating Success 
• 10 Essential Soft Skills for Life Scientists
• 10 Tips To Create More Efficiency in the Lab
• How Do You Get Started in Science Writing
• How Early Career Scientists Can Use Social Media Effectively
• Mastering Networking for Science: How To Boost Your Profile
• Listen & Learn: How to Start Your Own Podcast
• Check out the full series: The Life Scientists' Guides To...

The Importance of Mentors for Postdocs and How To Be One

• The Importance of Mentoring for Postdoctoral Fellows
• The Importance of Mentoring in Science & Tips for New Mentors
• The Life Scientists' Guide To Mentoring
• Navigating the Mentor-Mentee Relationship
• Why Scientists Need Great Mentors
  
• The 12 Step Guide to Getting the Most From Your Mentors

Your Mental Health & Wellbeing as a Postdoc

• Ten Ways for Scientists to Achieve a Better Work-Life Balance
• How To Manage The Expected Pace Of Work In Scientific Research
• Your mental health and wellbeing
• The Life Scientists’ Guide to Wellbeing
• Identifying & Dealing With Burnout in Academia
• Workplace Wellbeing For Life Scientists
• Work Hard, Play Hard: Finding A Healthy Balance as a Scientist 

Building Resilience & Coping With Rejection

• The Life Scientists’ Guide to Coping With Rejection
• Failure, Resilience & Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
• Getting Accustomed to Rejection
• Resilience & Success In Science: A Researcher’s Perspective
• Building Resilience in Scientific Research & Academia
  

Help & Advice From Your Peers

• What Would Scientists Say to Their Younger Selves?
• Interviews with Scientists: advice from researchers
• LabLifeCon: a new annual virtual event to support early career scientists

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If you enjoyed this article, why not check out the other resources available on our blog. We are passionate about supporting life scientists including early career life scientists, postdocs and PhD students - with really low-priced reagents, antibodies and biochemicals, early career scientist grants, and resources to help with both personal and professional development. We know how tough it is - so we hope you find these helpful!

More General Support for Life Scientists

For advice on wellbeing, dissertations, presenting at conferences, wellbeing, PhD support, networking and lots more, we have a huge range of articles to help - just click below:

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And finally, don't forget to check back in with our blog regularly for our latest articles. If there’s something you’d love to contribute to the community, whether that’s an interview or article, drop us a line at hello@hellobio.com

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