For Professional Development

For a first pass at looking at potential career resources for physics students, please take a look at our Physics Undergraduate tab for some career resources located at: 

https://physics.osu.edu/ug-careers

Please visit the Graduate School's web page for resources more related to students pursuing Master's and PhDs. This includes a resource they continue to develope called the Versitle Ph.D. which is the first link on their Career Development web page, and is helpful for considering non acadmemic or traditional careers.

http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/career-development2.html

The College of Arts and Sciences has a website that includes many useful links such as for resume writing tips and upcoming career fairs as well as job searching resources. This website has a log of good information available so please take advantage of the assistance it can offer. You can also make an appointment with an advisor in that office for some individualized assistance.

https://asccareerservices.osu.edu/

The American Physical Society and the Americian Institute of Physics both offer rescources specific to the field of Physics and those resources can be found at:

 http://careers.aps.org/    

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    https://www.aip.org/career-resources

The Career Counseling and Support Services web site lists relevant, on and off campus, career resources to assist graduate students in their career decision making processes

   http://ccss.osu.edu/graduate-professional-students/ 

Invitations to Industry

https://www.erdosinstitute.org/invitations-to-industry

Meet our PhDs by speaking at our Invitations to Industry (i2i) Seminars. Designed to connect your organization with top PhD talent from universities in the Erdős Institute network.

CEM Alumni Career Series

http://cem.osu.edu/news/seminars/cem-alumni-career-series/

Learn more about diverse career paths in the STEM disciplines from Ohio State alumni working in industry, national labs, government research, science policy and other career paths. Each semester, Ohio State alumni will share their career-related experiences and provide you with tips and advice on landing that perfect job.

Preparing Future Faculty 

https://gradsch.osu.edu/pursuing-your-degree/career-development/preparing-future-faculty 

The Preparing Future Faculty program is a mentorship and career development program that helps graduate students from any discipline discern whether they are interested in pursuing faculty careers in liberal arts colleges or small universities.

Ohio State Graduate Teaching Development

https://ucat.osu.edu/professional-development/gta/

Find important resources that will help enhance teaching and provide support for GTAs (TA) at The Ohio State University.

Ohio Union Activities Board - Graduate-Professional

https://ouab.osu.edu/grad-prof

The Ohio Union Activities Board (OUAB) strives to provide diverse programs and events that are educational, entertaining, and thought-provoking for students on the Columbus Campus. The Graduate and Professional student committee of OUAB designs and executes over 200 programs that are intentionally created to enhance the graduate and professional student experience. In an effort to provide holistic opportunities, we offer programs in the five key areas listed below.

Research Commons

https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons/

The Research Commons provides a suite of services and a space through which researchers can explore collaborative, interdisciplinary, and emerging research methods and connect with experts for support at any stage of the research process. Browse our focus areas, and let us know how we can support your research!

Three Minute Thesis

https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/05/11/3mt-competition/

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition in which doctoral students attempt to effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience in only three minutes and using only one static slide.

My Individual Development Plan

https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/

myIDP provides:

• Exercises to help you examine your skills, interests, and values
• A list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests
• A tool for setting strategic goals for the coming year, with optional reminders to keep you on track
• Articles and resources to guide you through the process

Versatile PhD

https://gradsch1-dev.org.ohio-state.edu/pursuing-your-degree/career-development/versatile-phd

Developed by Paula Chambers, a PhD alum of Ohio State in English, The Versatile PhD is for members of the graduate community who are interested in exploring non-academic career options.

Buckeye Careers

https://careers.osu.edu/

As part of the Office of Student Life, Buckeye Careers is an university-wide initiative designed to support students throughout their professional development, with a focus on connecting them with local, national and global organizations.

Alumni Fire

https://www.alumnifire.com/

Powered by people, Alumnifire transforms dispersed networks into exclusive communities. With engaged members, open doors, and unique value, Alumnifire turns your network’s noise into signal.

Note: You can find more general information on travel procedure on our Travel Page.

Graduate Travel Funding Requests

As a result of several donations in support of graduate student research and development, the Physics Department is able to offer some funding to help Physics graduate students to present at conferences, workshops, and colloquia. Much more limited travel funding may be available if a presentation will not be given.

Please note that funding for international travel using the David Stroud endowment has already used the FY25 $6k fund disbursement to fund approximately 5 students traveling in July and August 2024. no further funds are available from this source intended to help with funding for international research related travel. 8/12/2024

. Here is some more information about criteria to be used to determine funding awards:

• Students are eligible to ask for a donor sponsored travel award during their graduate career.
• Preference will be given to students who have no other options for funding, or who are able to secure matching funds from other sources.
• Due to limited funding, requests for Dept. funding greater than $1500 will need extra justification.  One time $400 travel awards are available using our Arther Eptstein graduate travel gift fund.  Combining awards is not allowed.
• Travel funding requests must be submitted at least 1 month prior to and no sooner than 1 year before the initial date of travel.
• Students may not receive travel funding more than once for their physics graduate career.
• Recipients of travel funding will be expected to write a thank you note to the donor, including some information about how the funding helped / will help their career.
• At one Donor’s request, preference may be given to students doing research in theoretical or experimental condensed matter research, but travel funding requests from graduate students working in all research areas will be considered. 

Submit your request via email to me as Physics Graduate Studies Chair with copy to the Graduate Program Coordinator, Sierra Brimhall (brimhall.7@osu.edu), and Bob Concitis (concitis.1@osu.edu), and put as the subject “Travel Funding Request from [your name] for [initial date of travel]”.  

Please note that funding for international travel using the David Stroud endowment has already used the FY25 $6k fund disbursement to fund approximately 5 students traveling in July and August 2024. no further funds are available from this source intended to help with funding for international research related travel. 8/12/2024

Fill out the attached .docx file above with the information requested below and attach to the email: 

(1)          Your Name, year you started in the OSU grad program, primary research area, and name of your advisor

(2)          the dates and location and of the conference, workshop, colloquium, or other event

(3)          The tentative title of your presentation 

(4)          A brief statement about how attendance will advance your research or professional development 

(5)          Confirmation that you have requested or been accepted to present a talk or poster. If the presentation has not yet been accepted, provide an estimated date that acceptance will be confirmed.

(6)          The amount requested from Physics travel funds. Requests over $1500 needs additional justification. 

(7)          The amount of funds from other sources (if available) for attendance, and the origin of the other sources (name of travel award, your advisor, etc.)

Guidelines updated 8/12/24

From the Council of Graduate Students:

Ray Travel Award for Service and Scholarship (up to $1000 per academic year)