Career Development

Current GSA members may fill out this form to join Genetics Society of America's Peer Support Group discussions, which will occur monthly from May to December 2025.

Join Career Consultant Douglas F. Dluzen to learn best strategies as you prepare your resume to highlight your strengths as you look for new opportunities.

Each of the six workshop sessions will review a specific type of academic writing using live examples from workshop participants. Sections will include abstracts, intro/discussion sections, methods/results sections, teaching statements, and more.

Early Career Investigators from across the world will have the chance to work in interdisciplinary teams, be guided by experienced mentors, and receive funding of up to 1.92 million JPY for their research proposal.

Amanda Larracuente will moderate a workshop featuring panelists Rhea Datta, Soon Goo Lee, Tera Levin, and Ning Wang on how to interpret job postings or ads and prepare custom application materials.

Join career coach and professional development expert CJ Neely for a lively, no-fluff interview training designed for early career researchers and life science professionals.

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

The award will provide registration waivers to the 25th International Worm Meeting for graduate students currently enrolled in an institution located in Korea and Latin America.

Three voting positions on FASEB's Board of Directors and Science Policy Committee (SPC) are reserved for early career scientists.

At "Empowering Graduate and Postdoc Success Through Effective Mentorship," Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will share evidence-based mentorship practices to help participants build strong, sustainable mentoring relationships.

The survey of over 600 postdocs covered 19 issue areas, grouped into four categories: career trajectory, compensation and benefits, an equitable, inclusive and healthy workplace, and role, responsibilities and organizational status.