Resources for Academic Career Planning
We often hear from faculty that they feel most comfortable advising trainees who want to pursue a faculty position. While this sentiment may be true for you, you may find that your trainees are seeking a slightly different type of faculty position or that the process has changed since you went through it. In case you may need it, there are resources that UCSF offers to graduate students and postdocs that can assist you with your advising and mentoring needs when it comes to career planning.
Getting Started: Advising Your Trainees for an Academic Career
- In what kind of institution is your trainee interested?
- What factors make an applicant competitive at each type of institution (skills, experiences, publications, mindsets etc.)?
UCSF has a tool for you and your trainees to assess their readiness for faculty positions!
ACRA (Academic Career Readiness Assessment)
Preparation Resources for Trainees
OCPD's Planning Your Academic Career for Upcoming Professors (PAC-UP) programs will help your trainees prepare to apply, interview and negotiate for a faculty position.
What is offered:
- Seminars to find out best practices in the faculty job search
- Workshops to get practice and feedback on specific stages of the job search process
- Online resources and tips to help your trainees prepare
The goal of the Science Teaching Effectiveness Program for Upcoming Professors (STEP-UP) Series is to provide UCSF research trainees with the skills, knowledge and experience they need to be successful as an educator in an academic position.
What is offered:
- Introduction to Pedagogy Course (4 sessions, 4 hours each)
- Opportunities to get teaching experience
- Teaching resources
The goal of the Training Researchers and INterns for Upcoming Professors (TRAIN-UP) Series is to provide life science research trainees with the knowledge and skills to mentor, train and supervise students and staff members from diverse backgrounds. The TRAIN-UP series are co-sponsored by City College of San Francisco's Bridge to Biosciences program and include:
- Introduction to Mentoring course (4 sessions, 4 hours each)
- TRAIN-UP Applied
- This small-group mentoring workshop provides graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with the information they need to address some mentoring issues they may be facing when overseeing other trainees in the laboratory. The workshops are designed to actively apply inclusive strategies to supervise, mentor and educate trainees to real-life situations submitted anonymously by participants.
