13th Annual NIH Career Symposium- An ONLINE event
May 08, 2020
This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows.
This year we will be moving the NIH Career to an online event. Look for online panels, taped interviews, and Twitter chats to get the same information to plan your career path. We will keep posting updates here as the schedule coalesces. (updated 5/8/2020)
We invite any postdoc, clinical fellow or PhD-level graduate student to join us, regardless if you are part of the NIH intramural program or not. This event is free to attend.
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Career Symposium 2020 Program (clickable links to recorded videos)
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Career Symposium 2020 Speaker Bios
LIVE on May 8 (Times in Eastern Time Zone)
NOTE, you must register at the links below to access the content
Speakers and more information are posted here: https://www.training.nih.gov/2020_virtual_nih_career_symposium
- NOON:
- Opening Welcome from the OITE & “Hello” from Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH
- 12:30
- Panel 1 (Life as a Faculty Member)
- 1:30
- Panel 2 (Careers in Industry R&D)
- 2:30
- Panel 3 (Careers in Science Administration)
- 3:30
- Panel 4 (Careers in Industry non-bench)
Available on the OITE YouTube Page
- Panels & 1:1 interviews:
- Transitioning to a faculty job
- Government Jobs
- Industry: Making the transition
- Business, Technology Transfer and Patent Careers
- Science Policy
- Careers in Science Communication
- Science Education and Outreach Careers
- Teaching Intensive Faculty Careers
- Non-Faculty Research Intensive Careers
- Careers in Public Health
- (note the careers for clinicians panel has been moved to late summer after consultation with ClinFelComm, more info on that in late-June)
The NIH Career Symposium highlights the diversity of career choices available to your generation of biomedical researchers. Whether you are a new graduate student, postdoc, or clinical fellow just beginning to consider career options or a senior student/fellow ready to look for a job, the NIH Career Symposium is for you. Wondering what the Career Symposium is all about? Check out past events here.