STEM PhD Pathways

Selected Yale Resources

• Center for Biotechnology Innovation and Technology
• Career Network for Student Scientists and Postdocs at Yale
• Yale Science Diplomats
• Women in Science at Yale
• Yale Society of Women Engineers
• Equity in the Job Search Symposium
• What Can You Be with a PhD? (co-sponsored by OCS)

STEM Peer Professionalization Groups (OCS)

The OCS STEM Peer Professionalization Group (PPG) is a peer mentoring program, which pairs small groups of graduate students from STEM-related fields who are interested in actively developing their professional and career plans. This program combines monthly small group meetings with large on-campus and off-campus events each semester to provide a format that is flexible for the busy schedule of graduate students. Click here to learn more!

STEM-Focused Career Resources

Many academic associations and other organizations offer a wealth of information on diverse career paths for STEM graduate students and postdocs. For example, see:

• MyIDP (AAAS)
• ChemIDP (American Chemical Society)
• NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Careers Blog and YouTube Channel
• BioCT Career Center (All Yale students and postdocs are members)
• MassBio  (All Yale students and postdocs are members)
• “From Bench Science to..” Series
• NatureJobs
• ScienceCareers
• New York Academy of Sciences
• American Physical Society Careers in Physics
• New Scientist career guides
• Cell &  Molecular Biology Online
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Careers

Ways to Test STEM Careers

• Office of Cooperative Research grad student programs
• InterSECT Job Simulations – Science Sims
• PreScouter Global Scholars program
• Datahack@Yale
• Yale Healthcare Hackathon
• Internships in industry