Mentoring
- Onboarding tips for new postdocs
- Postdoc mentoring guidelines – for the mentor and the postdoc
- Postdoctoral Affairs Office – professional development and career resources
- Monday Motivator – weekly email with productivity tip: free sign-up
Teaching
- Teaching policies
- Policy on grades – for undergraduate courses
- Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
- Additional teaching resources
Teaching observations and letters
Each semester, please ask your research mentor or course supervisor or another faculty member to observe one of your classes. The observer can:
1) provide feedback and suggestions for improving your teaching success and enjoyment,
2) send their observations to the Associate Chair for Instruction (Vadim Zharnitsky) for him to incorporate later into a “teaching” letter of recommendation.
Travel grant
- AMS-Simons Travel grant (February) – 2-year travel grant, PhD received within last four years
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships (October) – 1st and 2nd year postdocs can apply. US only. Advice is here and here.
- NSF-LEAPS (January) – to launch the careers of pre-tenure faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and Carnegie Research 2 (R2) universities. Finishing postdocs or graduate students can apply.
- NRC Research Associateships (February, May, August, November) – research postdocs at participating government agencies. NIST and many other agencies have projects suitable for mathematicians. Search the list for project titles of interest.
Career planning
What kind of career are you aiming for? The Graduate College Career Development office works with postdocs and offers free resources and consultations. Sign up for their GradLinks mailing list to be notified of career development workshops for resume writing, interviewing, and more, for both academic and industry jobs.
Academic careers
- Early Career section of AMS Notices (e.g. great article on preparing talks)
- Project NExT (October and April) – for new or recent PhD’s, teaching-focused
Industry and government careers
- BIG Math Network – panel discussions and career change articles
- BIG Jobs Guide – career guide for mathematical scientists
- Handshake @ Illinois – career fairs, recruiter visits, job listings
Discuss your industry or government career goals with Richard Laugesen (Associate Chair for Faculty), preferably before the final year of your position.
General
- Departmental policies – Box folder
- Departmental resources (incl. letterhead and presentation templates)