Grants, funding, and finances

From Sociobiology

• Ten tips for writing successful NSF full proposals from a recent panelist

From Dynamic Ecology

• They're just not that into you: the no-excuses truth to understanding proposal reviews

From Prof-like substance

• The grant game: momma said there'd be days like this

From Contemplative Mammoth

• Crowd-funded science: thoughts after 185 people gave us $10,733 for research

From Dynamic Ecology

• Communicating about lab finances

From Dynamic Ecology

• Keeping track of lab finances

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Data management

From Dynamic Ecology

• ​Ten commandments for good data management

From Dynamic Ecology

• Collecting, storing, analyzing, and publishing lab data

From Dynamic Ecology

• Setting up a lab data management system

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The primary literature

From Dynamic Ecology

• Selective journals vs. social networks: alternative ways of filtering the literature

​​From Jabberwocky Ecology

• Using Google Scholar to keep up with the literature

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Science writing

From Dynamic Ecology

• Last and corresponding authorship practices in ecology: Part 1

From Dynamic Ecology

• The 5 pivotal paragraphs in a paper

From Dynamic Ecology

• Don't introduce your paper by saying that many people have long been interested in the topic

From Dynamic Ecology

• How to write a good introduction section

From Functional Ecology

• The Functional Ecology short guide to scientific writing

From Dynamic Ecology

• Some well-known tricks for clear writing

From BioDiverse Perspectives

• How to write good science well.

From Dr. Inger Mewburn

• Write that journal article (in seven days)

​From The Thesis Whisperer

• How to write faster

From Pubs and Publications

• When your shitty draft becomes a ball and chain

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Publishing your science

From Nature Jobs

• ​How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips

From Dynamic Ecology

• Writing a response to reviewer comments

From Nature

• Scientists offer advice on how best to respond to reviewers

From Enquist Lab

• A plea for reasoned reviews - advice for writing a review

From Small Pond Science

• Writing a review: thoughts from the trenches

From Small Pond Science

• How many rejections should scientists aim for?

​From Literary Hub

• Why you should aim for 100 rejections a year

From Dynamic Ecology

• Follow the money - what really matters when choosing a journal

​From The Kaspari Lab

• What journal gets the first peek at your manuscript?

​From Dynamic Ecology

• Advice: how to decide where to submit your paper

​From Dynamic Ecology

• Why fit is more important than impact factor in choosing a journal to submit to

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​Communicating your science - presentations, posters, and the elevator pitch

From Dynamic Ecology

• Perfecting the elevator pitch

From Geoffrey Aguirre Lab

• The "elevator pitch" for scientists

From Mike Kaspari

• Your academic elevator speach

From Forbes

• 9 tips for communicating science to people who are not scientists​

From Jonathan Shewchuk

• Giving an academic talk

From Dynamic Ecology

• How not to start your next ecology or evolution talk

From RajLab

• Some thoughts on how to structure a talk​

From Dynamic Ecology

• The big mistake almost every scientific poster makes

From Scientific American

• The PhD's guide to academic conferences

From Dynamic Ecology

• Advice for the summer conference season

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Communicating your science - social media and dealing with the media

From Tenure, She Wrote

• Social media as professional development

From Hope Jahren Sure Can Write

• What I say when my colleagues ask me if they should be on Twitter

From ASBMBTODAY

• Carolyn Bertozzi isn’t afraid to discuss ‘the petty humiliations of life’ on social media

From Cal Newport in the New York Times

• Quit social media.  Your career may depend on it.

From Inside Higher Ed

• A defense of academic Twitter

From Science - Elisabeth Pain

• Your research in the headlines: dealing with the media

From Sarah Myhre

• Hey scientist!  Are you ready to talk to the media...?

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Mentorship

From Small Pond Science

• Accessibility isn't the key to mentorship​

From Dynamic Ecology

• Advice on writing reference letters

University of Arizona - Commission on the Status of Women

• Avoiding gender bias in reference writing

From Nash Turley

• Acknowledging and addressing mental health issues among graduate students

From Quartz

• There's an awful cost to getting a PhD that no one talks about

From Business Insider

• 9 things bosses do that make great employees quit

From NPR

• Yay, it's time for my performance review! (said no one ever)

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Undergraduate research

From Dynamic Ecology

• How intensively do you mentor undergrads working in your lab?

​From Dynamic Ecology

• Make a spreadsheet with info on your lab undergrads!

From SciCurious

• Undergrad herding

From Professor Snarky's Unsolicited Advice

• So you got a job with your prof: advice for undergrads

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Collegiality and networking

From The Serial Mentor

• How to schedule a committee meeting

From the Kaspari Lab

• How to schedule a committee meeting

From The Kaspari Lab

• On the salutary effect of the kudos email

From Dynamic Ecology

• How to network at conferences

From Psyc Girl

• Discombobulation, please think about the impacts of health, and need for academic kindness

From The Wall Street Journal

• Civility at work helps everyone get ahead

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Lab meetings

From Small Pond Science

• ​What do you do in lab meetings?

From Dynamic Ecology

• What to do at lab meetings?

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Productivity - organization, efficiency, resiliency, decision-making

From Time Magazine

• 6 things the most productive people do everyday

From Quartz

• The ultimate efficiency hack: have kids

From WP Curve

• 14 surprising morning routines of entrepreneurs and creatives

From The Muse

• A Better To Do List: the 1-3-5 rule

From Business Record

• How to make strong choices

From National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

• The Sunday Meeting

From Fear and Loathing in Academia

• 12 guidelines for surviving science​ ​

From The Thesis Whisperer

• Super charged academic productivity?

From Christine Carter

• Why I aim to be a "deeply disciplined half-ass"

From Dynamic Ecology

• Good Enough

From Happier

• 7 ways to deal when life throws you a curve ball

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Productivity - work-life balance

From Times Higher Ed

• ​Work less, do more, live better

From On Being with Krista Tippett

• The Disease of Being Busy (Omid Safi)

From the BBC

• Why you feel busy all the time (when you're actually not)

From Christien Carter

• Are you busy or productive?

From Dynamic Ecology

• You do not need to work 80 hours a week to succeed in academia

From Dynamic Ecology

• Strategies (and reasons) for being more productive with fewer hours

From Inside Higher Ed

• 9 to 5: it's possible to be a successful academic without working more than 40 hours a week

From The New York Times

• The benefits of a lunch hour walk 

From NPR

• We're not taking enough lunch breaks.  Why that's bad for business.

From Greater Good in Action

• Walking meditation

From Christine Carter

• Why staring into space is an important strategy for success​

From International Game Developers Association

• Why crunch modes don't work: six lessons

​From Morgan on Science

• Has academia brain-washed you into living your life later?

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Productivity - focus

From The Coffeelicious by Christine Carter

• Three tricks to find your flow

From the Greater Good Science Center

• Please stop interrupting me!

​From The Thesis Whisperer

• How to be a cognitive miser (in a good way)

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Productivity - email strategies and etiquette

From Dynamic Ecology

• Inbox insanity

From The Thesis Whisperer

• Top five ways to avoid death by email

From The Next Web

• Forget 'inbox zero': your empty email account means nothing
  

From Gap junction science

• Apologies for the delay? (email responses)

From Fast Company

• What is an appropriate response time to email?​

From Inside Higher Ed

• ​Advice for students so they don't sound silly in emails

From Tenure, She Wrote

• Your emails should contain a greeting and a closing

​From The Thesis Whisperer

• How to email your supervisor (or, the tyranny of tiny tasks and what you can do about it)