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"People who go through the Pharm.D. training have a knowledge of the chemicals and the development process, and how it interacts with the patient, that adds a tremendous dimension to the clinical trials." --David Cooper

Franck Diafouka found at the EMEA the opportunity to study the impact of drugs in real life and work in a multinational and multicultural environment.

"My passion is helping patients, and their care comes first in my job. For me, it's all about attaining loyalty and trust." --Heather Free

My attitude is that if you are stuck, you should do anything you can to get unstuck as long as it's not illegal, unethical, or obviously foolish.

"The priority for most researchers is an independent career in research. For me, the next step is either another postdoc or getting my own funding. But if the funding doesn't come through, I'll probably quit." --John Bothwell

“Used properly, this tool will encourage you, and your lab mates, to operate outside your normal mode of thinking.”

“Our recent personal history teaches us that what we will most likely receive when we seek guidance is a swift kick in the pants.”

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

For students brave enough to dust off their passports in seeking a Ph.D., the rewards can be great.

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.

Diana Marques followed her passion for painting and biology separately until one day she saw an ad for a scientific illustration workshop.

"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.

It's a safe bet that some people in your lab are a lot different from you. A first step in getting along with your lab mates (or anyone, for that matter) is acknowledging that they may be hard-wired to approach problems in a certain way.

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

"The best applications ... have a plan of research ... that is ... realistic [and] at the same time has this visionary quality," says Anders Björklund, chair of the Neurosciences ERC panel.