Additional Resources

Source: This guide was adapted from original resources created by Minnetta Gardinier (Associate Dean for Recruitment & Professional Development; Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Iowa) and Sacha Patera (Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University) for workshops at the SACNAS and ABRCMS conferences. This has been adapted by Steve Lee and Joseph Brown at Stanford University.

• The University of California provides the “What’s Next” PDF and website
• Leadership Alliance’s Tips for Applying to Graduate School
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation for Big Ten universities: “Applying to Graduate School: Tips, Timeline, and Tools of the Trade”
• Council of Graduate Schools' “Graduate School and You: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students” (If your institution is a member of CGS, someone at your institution should be able to access the PDF for free.)