Planning Your Scientific Journey | Free Online Course

Planning Your Scientific Journey

How to Develop and Plan a Research Project

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About the Course

Being successful as a scientist requires more than acquiring knowledge and developing experimental skills. It also requires asking a good scientific question, establishing a clear plan of action, and seeking advice along the way. These three topics are the focus of this FREE online course.

By the end of the course, you will have: (1) criteria to evaluate a research question, (2) a plan for how to approach your scientific question and other research goals, and (3) an agenda for a meeting with your mentor to get feedback on your plan.

This course is aimed primarily at life science graduate and undergraduate students, but also useful for postdocs, staff scientists, and others who could benefit from learning or reviewing these topics.

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We've interviewed leaders in the scientific community about doing good science, and we present those interviews to you in this course. Speakers include:

Uri Alon
Angela DePace
Tejal Desai
Keith Yamamoto
Ryan Hernandez
Asia Matthew-Onabanjo
Cynthia Fuhrmann
Ben Vincent
Clarissa Scholes
Randy Schekman
Sabine Petry
Indira Raman
Kassandra Ori-McKenney

Course Directors:

Shannon Behrman
Alexandra Schnoes

Course Staff:

Noah Green
Nina Griffin
Beth Cohon
Chris George
Eric Kornblum
Daniel McQuillen

Course Advisory Team:

Sarah Goodwin
Elliot Kirschner
Ron Vale

Acknowledgments:

Mónica Feliú-Mójer, Rosa Veguilla, Karen Dell, Pam Ronald, Gary McDowell, Ashley Matthew

Funding:

This work is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25GM116704.