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Career Development & Grantsmanship. Academic Careers: Key Issues To PhD or not to PhD: I wish I knew If no… what’s next? If yes… a. Where? b. How? c.

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1 Career Development & Grantsmanship

2 Academic Careers: Key Issues To PhD or not to PhD: I wish I knew If no… what’s next? If yes… a. Where? b. How? c. Who? d. When?

3 I wish I knew… Any money in this game? http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/e nglish/publications/salary disclosure/2005/univer05. htmlhttp://www.fin.gov.on.ca/e nglish/publications/salary disclosure/2005/univer05. html What do professors do? Research Teaching Service Flexibility: Any 70 hours a week

4 If not a PhD… then What? MSc as focused expertise Specialist vs. MBA generalist Put together with experience base The DBA as a PhD alternative

5 If PhD… Where? Not where you want to end up unless more than one school in town Trickle down of graduates http://rankings.ft.com/ rankings/mba/ranking s.htmlhttp://rankings.ft.com/ rankings/mba/ranking s.html AACSB

6 If PhD… How? Coursework Model – North American – Residential – Coursework + Comps + Diss Non-coursework Model – Europe & Australia – Nonresidential is possible – Proposal + Diss

7 If PhD… Who? By your supervisor shall ye be known… All faculty are risky but junior faculty are particularly risky Supervisor interruptus is survivable Look for depth in area vs. single star

8 If Phd… when? “Daddy, will I be still going to school when I’m as old as you?” Many come late to academia – esp in business Work/family balance Pension / mandatory retirement

9 Life as a PhD Student? “The serious doctoral student should think twice about having a pet.” Larry Cummings article Poem by Amy Kenworthy

10 OK, I’m ABD… now what? DON’T LEAVE!!!! Teaching experience Presentations / Pubs Go on the market Your supervisor should contact his/her network Go to your area’s recruiting conference http://www.aomonline.org/

11 Successful Grantsmanship Turning Words into Dollars

12 Standard Research Grants Programmatic research Detailed (do-able) method Budget that is heavy on grad student salaries and light on course buy-outs, travel and toys

13 Standard Grants: Multi-disciplinary Dynamic and evolutionary models of urban and regional systems Principal Investigator: Roger White (Geography, Memorial University) Status: Co-investigator Location: Memorial University; Research Institute for Knowledge Systems - Maastricht, The Netherlands; Los Alamos National Laboratories - New Mexico, USA Awarded budget: $128,000.00 New SSHRC Core Value: Interactive Engagement Few and far between Meaningful, intensive and connected: Networking Shared infrastructure Global presence

14 Strategic Themes Challenges and Opportunities in the Knowledge Based Economy Principal Investigator: Wade Locke (Economics, Memorial University) Status: Co-investigator Location: Memorial University (Arts & Science and Business Administration) and Dept. of Development & Rural Renewal, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Awarded budget: $495,000.00 New SSHRC Core Value: Maximum Knowledge Impact What good is it? Political agenda Targeted programs Initiative on the New Economy Community-University Research Alliances Identify and work with knowledge ‘users’

15 More Questions ???


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