Professional Development

Application for Graduate Student Professional Development Award - To apply for an award, please see OGS instructions and deadlines, but be sure to use the department application form link above. The graduate program administrator will upload the documents requesting OGS offer the applicant the award, which the applicant will have to accept and for which they must provide a short report after the conference.

• Graduate School

• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Intellectual Entrepreneurshp Program - Dissertation listserve, career and mentoring services
• Hogg Regional Foundation Library - Excellent resource for grant researchers
• Harry E. and Bernice M. Moore Fellowship
• UT Austin Job Board
• Liberal Arts Career Services - Job talk and research-track employment support
• Dr. Marc Musick's "Presentation Dos and Don'ts"
• Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services
• Faithful Fundraising: Resource Development Guide by Emily Cicchini

• How to Maximize Your Prospects at an R1 School: Tips from Dr. Jennifer Glass
• "Your First Academic Job" (William Helmreich, Inside Higher Ed)
• UT Austin Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) Career Resources
• Versatile Ph.D. - Graduate School site with resources and advice on Alt-Ac careers

• NSF Proposal Writing Guide

• NIH Grant and Funding Opportunities

• Advanced Communication Strategies - ICI Persuasion and Argumentation Techniques
• Applying Policy Tools to Achieve Long-Term Change
• Scholarly Pursuits - Winning Fellowship Proposals
• NIH Annotated R01 Grant Application
• Worksheet - Standard Grant Proposal Outline
• Non-Profit Guides
• Funding for International Field Research by Dr. Cynthia Buckley
• UT Austin Office of Research Support - IRB manual

• American Sociological Association
• ASA Employment
• ASA Journal
• Non-Profit Guides
• The Foundation Center
• Community of Science