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Starting New Research
Programs and Building
Collaborations
Prof. Michael Wysession
Department of Earth and Planetary Scien...

Relevant Professional Service:
• Editor of Geophysical
Journals
• NSF Panel Reviewer

Research theme:______________________
Topic A:
New or Continuing
Available Resources: Needed Resources:
Plans for obtainin...

Build a Portfolio of Grants
1. Mixture of types
• Federal vs. private foundations vs. industry
• Instrumentation (do as a ...

Choose a Project Carefully
1. Make sure that your topic is of broad importance
 Don‟t choose a topic that is so narrowly ...

Choose a Project Carefully
5. Do your research to find out what is being done in this
field (it is embarrassing to write a...

Choose a Project Carefully
9. Consider a collaboration
• Collaborative grants, in additional to having the potential
to do...

Choose a Project Carefully
10. Foster a Community
• If you find people doing work that is similar to yours or
what you wan...

Stake Your Claim
1. Let people know what you are doing!
• Reviewers, panel members, and program directors
should know of y...

Professional Synergy
(i.e., Reusing and Recycling)
1. Build upon your previous papers to write your proposals
• but they h...

Plan Ahead
1. Make Plans: Regularly set aside time to carry out
“strategic planning” for your career, without being
distra...

Plan Ahead
3. Chance can be a great thing, but be prepared to seize
the moment when it does
• “Chance favors the prepared”...

5. Have a short-term “To Do” list (deadlines, letters of
recommendation, paper/proposal reviews, class
preparation, commit...

1. Mentor Mindfully: Try to assess what motivates the
students/staff who work for you.
• Is it a carrot or a stick? Tailor...

1. Mentoring a Student Changes over time: At first you
may need to monitor closely, set multiple short
tasks, meet often. ...

1. Have a Variety of Projects: Follow some areas of
research that have long goals and some with short
ones.
• If one gets ...

2. But Don‟t Spread Yourself Too Thin: “A jack of all
trades is a master of none”
• It is important for you to be recogniz...

Do the Research That You Like To Do:
1. After all, you only get to do all of “this” once, so you
might as well enjoy it.
2...

Forbes
Magazine
(from
Careercast.com)

“Since writing the above piece I have received more than 150
comments, many of them outraged, from professors who say thei...

Approach Your Research Plans
Mindfully
How do you establish priorities for your research?

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