Additional Session Resources

Finding a community and/or mentors:

• EEB Mentor Match: for people from underrepresented groups applying to graduate school or a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Project Short: provides mentors for those applying to graduate school or medical school
• WOC in EEB: an online community for women and non-binary people of color in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and allied fields.

Nuts & Bolts of Grad School

Graduate Degrees and Academic Jargon

• The One-Stop Shop for Academic Jargon Definitions (Ohio State University)
• These Are the Different Types of Grad School Programs (and Why They Matter) (Niche)
• What Are the Different Types of Graduate Degrees? (WayUp)
• Master's vs Doctorate: Which Degree is Right for You? (Franklin University)
• The degree debate: Should you get a master’s or Ph.D.? (USA Today)​

What to Expect in Grad School

• 6 Ways Grad School Is Different From Undergrad (Mental Floss)
• 7 Big Differences Between College and Graduate School (Inquiries Journal)
• Surviving Your Comprehensive Exams (Dynamic Ecology Blog)
  

Academia’s “Hidden Curriculum"

• The Hidden Curriculum (Inside Higher Ed)
• Grad School’s Hidden Curriculum (Scatter Blog)​

Relevant X Accounts to Follow

• PhD Balance (@PhD_Balance)
• PhD Tweets (@PhDspeaks)

Comics about Grad School

• PhD Comics

How to Apply & Timeline

General advice on applying​

• Applying to Biology PhD Programs (Medium)

Master’s programs with funding

• Masters programs encompassing ecology, evolution, and/or organismal biology that provide tuition waivers and stipends (organized by Stacy Farina)​

Servers with posting for advertised graduate student positions

• ECOLOG-L: listserv with postings relevant to members of the Ecological Society of America
• Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Job Board

GRE resources

• Schools that do not require the GRE (may not be complete list)
• GRE accessibility accommodations
• Free GRE studying resources
• A test that fails (Nature)​

Preparing for interviews

• How to Ace Your Graduate School Interview: Communicating Your Research Competently and Confidently (Científico Latino)
• What to Do When They Say, ‘Tell Us About Your Research’ (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• To ace your Ph.D. program interviews, prepare to answer—and ask—these key questions (Science Magazine)​​

​Elevator Pitches

• ​The Elevator Pitch: Presenting Your Research in Conversation (University of Notre Dame)
• Communication: Two minutes to impress (Nature)​

Funding & Grant Writing

Cost of Living​

• MIT Cost of Living Calculator​

Fellowship Resources​

• 2020 Scholarships and fellowships list (Immigrants Rising)
• Internal fellowships (UC Davis)
• ​External Fellowships (UC Davis)
• DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
• USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship
• PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans​
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
• Example GRFP applications in Evolution and Ecology

Finding a Good Fit

Suggested questions for finding a good fit

• Questions to ask yourself based on our top five tips for finding a good fit
• A list of questions to help you find a supportive PI and lab (curated on Twitter)​

Other articles and resources

• Choosing a Ph.D. program – what’s important and what’s not (Sociobiology blog)
• How to choose a PhD program (Dynamic Ecology blog)​
• Finding Your Best-Fit Graduate Program (Columbia University Center for Career Education)
• How to choose an advisor (Students for STEM)
• How to write an email to a prospective advisor (The Contemplative Mammoth blog)​

Is this Right for Me?

Best and Worst Reasons to Attend Grad School​

• Should You Go to Graduate School? (Harvard Business Review)
• A Guide for Potential Graduate Students: Should You Go To Graduate School? (Peterson’s)​

Surveys of PhD Students & Recent Graduates

• Nature’s 2019 PhD Survey
• Where Will A Biology PhD Take You? Infographic (American Society for Cell Biology)
• A Data-Based Guide to the North American Ecology Faculty Job Market (The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America)
• Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce (Nature)​