Career Development

Early-career representatives will be selected to serve a two-year term, beginning July 1, 2026. GSA members are eligible to apply.

This $1,000 award supports geneticists in their graduate or postdoctoral career stages by subsidizing participation in conferences and laboratory courses.

Interns, who are undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional students, work side-by-side with leading policy experts to learn strategies for advancing national science and technology policy and obtain practical experience in policy analyses and development.

This NAS one-day public symposium will examine cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral strategies to strengthen U.S. STEM workforce readiness in the face of rapid technological change.

This award is presented by GSA to recognize outstanding achievements by students and recent PhDs conducting population, evolutionary, or quantitative genetics research.

Join the first session of a quarterly GSA-led LGBTQIA+ peer support group. Discussion among participants will be moderated by a GSA member volunteer.

The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications from exceptional candidates for the exciting position of Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Webinar panelists will discuss how to navigate the intersection of science, business, and innovation, and share lessons learned from building ventures rooted in academic research.

Building on the 2024 National Academies report on Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM, presenters will share actionable steps they and others have taken for family caregivers and answer audience questions. A webcast of the event will be streamed.

The National Postdoc Association is hosting a webinar on how to access care through the U.S. healthcare system and make sense of your healthcare plan. GSA members can attend for free through FASEB's partnership with NPA.

To explore training and career development of STEMM graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a Summit in July 2025. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the summit.