Developing a Research Program

Starting a research program at your new institution can be exciting, but daunting. These resources are designed to give you information and advice on building on or moving beyond your graduate research and on starting up a new lab. This includes setting up your lab space and getting instruments/equipment as well as attracting quality graduate students. Subsequent pages provide information and tips on finding funding and on getting published.

Workshop and Conference Presentations

Explore presentations and resources from various Minority Faculty Development Workshops. Watch directly, or download available content below.

Building Your Lab - Transitioning to Independence
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Building Your Lab - Transitioning to Independence

This handout, by Rebekah Drezek (Rice University), was presented at the 2008 Minority Faculty Development workshop. The one-page handout provides helpful tips for building your lab, including how to cultivate mentors and colleagues, gaining recognition and an independent identity in your research, developing and improving upon your leadership and management skills, staffing your lab, and time management.

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Sowing the Seeds of a Solid Research Program
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Sowing the Seeds of a Solid Research Program

This presentation was given by Christine Ortiz (MIT) at the 2010 Minority Faculty Development workshop. The presentation slides offer information and advice for current trends in research, how research is evaluated, how to select and construct a coherent research project, writing a grant proposal, and tips on networking with and/or finding mentors, collaborators, and graduate students.

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