Softskills and Career
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Career Advice
Interesting collection of material from the science magazine, including example CVs and practical tips for applying:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips/outreach/careers_basics_booklet
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips
Writing a Grant
http://saawww.ucsf.edu/graduate/extramural.htm
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalog.grant_proposal_dyn.show
http://ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/extra/extdocs/gntapp.htm
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/write/index.htm
Applicants may also glean useful advice from the following sources:
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/142/4/274.pdf [PDF]
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/DissPropWorkshop/
http://www.aas.org/grants/hints.html
http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtOfGrants.htm
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html
http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/01/06/1
Soft Skills
http://humboldt-graduate-school.de/pr-en/key-competencies/key-competencies/?set_language=en
http://www.imprs-cbsc.mpg.de/drs.shtml
This company specializes on further qualification of (natural) scientists who persue a career track outside of "classical" academia (German): http://www.wilabonn.de/
10 article series on how to read a scientific paper-its worth reading: http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.dtl
Statistics for non statisticans:
http://www.bmj.com/content/315/7104/364
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7105/422