Career Development
Come learn about the Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Grant Program at our April 26 Meet & Eat! You'll hear from four PhD students in the Materials Department (Victoria Christensen, Jordan Smith, Ryan White, and Matthew Wong) about their professional development experiences funded by the IPS grant. Sign up today!
Come learn about the Individualized Professionalâ Skills (IPS) Grant Program at âour âApril 26 Meet & Eat! âYou'll hear from four PhD students in the Materials âDepartment (Victoria Christensen, âJordan Smith, Ryan White, and Matthew Wong) about their professional development experiences funded by the IPS âgrant.
The IPS Program is designed to award up to $1000 in grant funding to eligible graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who wish to individually tailor their career paths with outside professional development opportunities. These opportunities include but are not limited to: attending workshops, conferences, industry trade shows, trainings, certificates, and other professional events; visits to potential industries and companies; visits to job shadow potential mentors or others in a chosen industry; professional organization events; and more. To find out more about the program, click here.
The Individualized Professional Skills Grant Program is a pilot project funded by the NSF Mentoring Program at the Graduate Division, the Professional Development Series at the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, and the UCSB Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiative (formerly SEED-SB), and in partnership with Career Services, the Center for Bioengineering, and the Graduate Student Resource Center.