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The trouble is that if you start off without much space, your ability to produce good science is seriously compromised.

"If you have already learned how to function independently in a laboratory environment by the time you graduate from your undergraduate institution, then you are really well-prepared for graduate school." --Chris Burge

Science Careers provides direct links to GrantsNet's funding database, so you can find your next science scholarship, internship, or research opportunity.

“The glut of graduate students enticed by the growing support a few years ago have since found it difficult to get their own work funded … and the sudden deceleration in funding has left many researchers feeling slighted even though their funding grew by leaps and bounds in the past decade.” --Yuval Levin

You don’t have to leave scientific training to have an enjoyable (and lucrative) side business as a technical consultant.

"I sometimes think of it as doing a little 'armchair anthropology,' asking what it's like in this lab, and can I thrive here?" --Chris Golde

If they can't influence others positively, they will be relegated to running assays for the next 10 years.

"Faced with falling grant-approval rates, researchers need to work harder and smarter to get their projects funded."

"A strong application always demonstrates an appreciation of the background of the field, with appropriate references to the results of others."

"We hear persistent reports of postdocs and other folks working on grants who are either forbidden to take maternity leave or told that if they do, they'll be fired." --Joan Williams

"Do I need to learn to rely on my own desires, the rest of the world be damned?"

"I, like every other graduate student I knew, developed a sixth sense for knowing when the dean's office had leftover hors d'oeuvres after a reception."

"For the great majority of students, some time off is a good idea." --Deborah Goldberg

I can't help wondering why, if only 15% to 20% of grad students and postdocs go on to academic careers, do we describe the career choices of the other 80% as "alternative"?

"Suzanne is one of the hardest working scientists I know." --Patrick Phillips

"Friendships and work relationships have different social norms, and workplace friendships are fraught with fragility and ambiguity," says organizational psychologist Rachel Morrison.

I'm standing up a little straighter and taller than I used to, wobbling less and faking it less, and caring a little less what other people think.

Spending some time investigating your interests before starting a Ph.D. will improve the likelihood that you pick a project that keeps your interest over several years.

Government grants for technology-based businesses are very similar to those you might win in academia, but because they are given to small businesses, there is an added focus on technology commercialization.