Beginning scientists face a variety of challenges in launching their careers. These publications can help new investigators “make the right moves” and assist those who take on the important task of providing early-career researchers with scientific management training.
Advice from former HHMI President and Nobel laureate Thomas R. Cech on obtaining a faculty position and achieving tenure, leading a research team, mentoring students, balancing research and teaching, and more.
Complete Books Available for Download
You can download the full text of three of our books – Entering Mentoring, Making the Right Moves, and Training Scientists – as well as the popular addendum, Writing a Letter of Recommendation.
- Entering Mentoring: A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists (complete book PDF)
Materials dedicated to improving the mentoring skills of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who may become science faculty. - Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition (complete book PDF)
Management guidance for new investigators preparing to launch independent research laboratories. - Training Scientists to Make the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Developing Programs in Scientific Management (complete book PDF)
Planning resources for training first-time laboratory heads. - Writing a Letter of Recommendation (PDF)
Guidance for writing letters of recommendation pertaining to scholarly work.
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You may use, copy, or distribute Making the Right Moves, Training Scientists to Make the Right Moves, and the video “Starting a Research Group in 1978: Are the Lessons Still Relevant?,” and any excerpts provided that use is for noncommercial educational purposes. Requests beyond that scope should be directed to labmgmt@hhmi.org.
