Organizations and Sites with Career Resources for Scientists and for Those Interested in a Career in STEM

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  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Triple A-S” (AAAS), is the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of SCIENCE. See their Careers page for career path information and career resources.
  • The American Chemical Society — ACS is the world’s largest scientific organization that has been promoting the chemical profession for over 125 years. Their Careers in STEM page provides a place for STEM professionals to grow their careers with training opportunities, networking, and events and listing job openings, internships, and fellowships.
  • The American Society of Civil Engineers has a Careers and Growth page with information on career advancement and workforce issues.
  • Bio Career Center — Articles on various career paths, a job board, and many other resources for job seekers.
  • Bio-Link is the Next Generation National Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. Bio-Link originated in late 1998 with a grant from the National Science Foundation as a National ATE Center for Biotechnology. The ATE program was created to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields that drive the U.S. economy.
  • eGFI from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), committed to promoting and enhancing efforts to improve K-12 STEM and engineering education.
  • Engineer Girl – Learn about engineering careers, read profiles of women engineers, find out what classes to take in high school to prepare you for engineering careers.
  • Girls Code the World – provides resources, role models, and opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)-related fields for women and girls through educational programming, extended mentorships, and intersectional support.
  • Guide for Women in Technology – The goal of this guide is to raise awareness of the many issues preventing greater representation of women in STEM fields and provide information to enrich their careers in IT. It contains entrepreneurial and technological resources as well as information about scholarships and grants.
  • Graduate Certificate Programs in Science Writing, Communication and Journalism – a resource for graduate students and others who would like to learn more about educational opportunities in science writing and communication.
  • Interview Tips – to help you land your dream job.
  • L’Oréal Corporate FoundationL’Oréal USA For Women in Science Program – This fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations.
  • National Science Foundation Visit their career page. https://beta.nsf.gov/careers
  • The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) develops and supports opportunities to recruit, retain, and advance women in biomedical careers, and programs that support both women and men in women’s health and sex differences research careers.
  • PhD Career Guide endeavors to bring to light the many career options available to PhDs, and more importantly, the information necessary to decide which career path would be most rewarding given their particular set of professional interests and career goals.
  • The Re-Ignite Program at Johnson & Johnson — also known as a returnship, Johnson & Johnson’s Re-Ignite return to work program is open to experienced professionals who have taken a career break of two years or more from a STEM2D career.
  • The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center is an ever-expanding resource for anyone interested in exploring career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and healthcare.
  • Try Engineering helps you explore engineering careers and majors.
  • Versatile PhD The Versatile PhD mission is to help graduate students, ABDs and PhDs identify, prepare for and excel in professional careers.