April 1-April 5

Day 1: Taking an Active Role in Career Development

·      Illinois Business Consulting  (http://www.ibc.illinois.edu)

·      Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (https://citl.illinois.edu)

·      Preparing for a career in teaching presentation (https://bit.ly/2QKt7qX)

·      Complete and Individual Development Plan (http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/)

Day 2: Taking the next steps in academia

·      “Postdocs: Why and How?” presentation (https://publish.illinois.edu/mcbgrad-gsa/files/2018/06/Convincing-People-Your-Research-Matters-Slides.pdf)

·      Register for the Faculty Job Search Retreat on July 31st (http://go.grad.illinois.edu/fjsr)

·      Search the Fellowship Finder to identify funding opportunities (https://app.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship-finder/)

·      Read this blog post describing how to best use the Fellowship Finder tool (https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/6397/403921)

·      Check out this collection of the best online resources for proposal writing curated by The Graduate College: https://grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/external-resources

·      International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS): https://isss.illinois.edu/

Day 3: Developing your skills away from the bench

·      How to talk about your research presentation (http://go.grad.illinois.edu/MCBslides )

·      CV to Resume presentation (http://go.grad.illinois.edu/MCBslides )

·      Additional resources for CV/Resumes (https://grad.illinois.edu/careers/cv)

·      Make a 30 minute CV or resume review meeting at The Graduate College (https://grad.illinois.edu/careers/advising)

·      Time management resources from Michele Guerra (http://bit.ly/31so3wk)

·      Set SMART goals for time management (https://care.engineering.illinois.edu/time-management/)
(https://fshn.illinois.edu/news/set-smart-goals-healthy-new-year)

·      If you are struggling with time management, you are not alone! The Counseling Center may be a great resource for you (https://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/outreach-consultation-prevention/cultural-diversity-outreach/first-generation-students/studying-time)

Day 4: Entrepreneurship

·      Complete the Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (https://www.igb.illinois.edu/acquainted/fox-family-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-certificate-program)

·      Meet with someone at IllinoisVENTURES (https://illinoisventures.com/)

·      Translating Research From the Lab to the Market presentation from Tom Parkinson, Senior Director at IllinoisVENTURES: (http://bit.ly/2WHX0hj)

·      Research Park, UIUC: (http://researchpark.illinois.edu/)

Day 5: Tech transfer with Dr. Jen Rice

·      Document reviewed during the workshop (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26056274 )

·      Discussion questions: (http://bit.ly/TechTransferQuestions)

·      Office of Technology Management (https://otm.illinois.edu)

·      Harvard Office of Technology Development (https://otd.harvard.edu)