I’ve just been finishing off my final piece for the Nature Post-doc Journal, and it occurred to me that they’re probably looking for people to replace me next year. Sure enough, they are:
The Postdoc Journal gives four postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to each write a monthly journal entry for Naturejobs. They will chart their ups and downs over the course of a year and describe how their experiences shape their future career choices. Some occasional blogging may be requested as well.
We ask that applicants provide three things:
- A cover letter saying why you want to be considered and what would make you a good journal keeper. Include your institutional affiliation, general area of research, the focus of your graduate degree, and how long you’ve been a postdoc.
- A sample first entry, 250 words long, that introduces yourself, identifies the biggest career question you will face in the upcoming year and how you plan to search for an answer.
- Your CV.
Deadline for applications is December 17, 2007.
More details, including how to apply, are found on the competition page. I really should have looked this up sooner, because there’s less than a week to go before the final deadline, but if the idea of writing in Nature appeals to any postdocs out there, you should definitely consider giving it a go (if it makes you feel any better, I still hadn’t written my audition piece at a similar stage last year). Who knows, next year it could be you.
Nice plan for content warnings on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Now you need a Mastodon/Fediverse button on this blog.