ImaginePhD is a career exploration and planning tool for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers and scholars dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. It is a free, online resource that enables you to explore careers by evaluating and reflecting on your own abilities, values and interests that navigates related professional opportunities.

Leverage the Princeton subscription to LinkedIn Learning! You will find more than 5,000 on-demand courses on business, creative and technology skills at no cost.

myIDP is a free, career-planning tool that is designed to meet the needs of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars in the sciences. This tool helps you define and pursue your career goals with exercises to match your skills, interests and values with a variety of scientific professions.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

This list of professional organizations and associations has been compiled by the Princeton University Library—a key resource for Princeton graduate students, and a close partner of GradFUTURES. Many organizations have reduced student membership rates, and joining an organization can help you: network and make connections with others in the field, discover professional development opportunities, get access to listservs that post exclusive job opportunities, feel connected to your discipline and chosen career path, and get started with publishing and presenting. 

The Versatile PhD mission is to help graduate students, ABDs and PhDs identify, prepare for and excel in professional careers. We currently serve many of the leading North American research universities, including their PhD students, post-docs and alums, by providing unique and instructive content, networks, job analytics and readiness tools.

The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) is an interdisciplinary research center that brings together researchers, students, teachers and software developers to engage in technical and scholarly innovation. The CDH helps foster a vibrant digital humanities community among Princeton’s graduate students. We train graduate students in innovative computational analysis, research, and project management skills, and offer opportunities for scholarly and professional growth. Fellowship and funding opportunities are available.

The CST is comprised of dedicated faculty and staff who work to advance STEM literacy across Princeton University and beyond through rigorous course development, creative interdisciplinary programming, and robust educational research.  By developing strong collaborations across disciplines, the CST seeks to ensure that all members of the Princeton University community, regardless of their background, experience, or discipline, can engage with, appreciate, and apply science in their everyday lives, in their careers, and in society. 

The Data Driven Social Science Initiative was established at Princeton University in 2018 with the aim of developing and sharing new methods for quantitative and computational social science. Our goal is to build a community of researchers who share a collective body of knowledge on analytic techniques, novel sources of data, paths for building partnerships with outside organizations, and procedures for safeguarding privacy and maintaining the highest possible standards for data security. We offer two types of funding for innovative quantitative research, depending on the scope and technical requirements of the project. We invite large-scale grant proposals twice a year. Small-scale grant applications are considered on a rolling basis.

OIT is committed to technology support and innovation that enables Princeton to achieve its mission: to advance learning through scholarship, research, and teaching of unsurpassed quality. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply to OIT's Summer Internship program. With eight major departments, we offer students the opportunity to explore and gain professional experience in a variety of technical and administrative roles. 

From the advancement of mathematical theory and sociological understanding to the development of cleaner-burning fuels and novel electronic devices, research at Princeton aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and improve societal well-being. The Dean for Research and the offices that report to the Dean are deeply committed to supporting the University's research community and enabling Princeton's scholars to do their best work. 

Princeton subscribes to Pivot, a comprehensive online resource for finding funding opportunities from an array of global sponsors, including government agencies, corporations, foundations and private entities. Owned by ProQuest, Pivot allows researchers to find, track, and share funding opportunities aligned with their research interests.

• Funding sources: Government, corporations, foundations, and private entities
• Funding types: Research, fellowships, travel, equipment, prizes, and more

Princeton Innovation is a campus-wide initiative that aims to benefit humanity through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our faculty, staff researchers, students and alums combine the pursuit of curiosity-driven knowledge with the desire to solve the major challenges of our time. Princeton Innovation nurtures this enterprising spirit through our programs, spaces and relationships. We support the Princeton community in their innovation and entrepreneurial goals as they translate their discoveries and inventions into technologies and services that have a positive impact on society. Programs for graduate students include: teaching, coaching and education; entrepreneurship and venture assistance; funding and recognition; and assistance with patents and tech transfer.

PICSciE is an interdisciplinary institute designed to bring together faculty and researchers from diverse backgrounds leveraging their broad expertise to address new and relevant computational problems and thereby contribute to the body of scientific knowledge. PICSciE provides state-of-the-art computing and visualization facilities in collaboration with the Office of Information Technology’s Research Computing, academic departments, and institutional partners. Above all, PICSciE hopes to be of service to the faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students doing computational research on campus.

Computational modeling and analysis has firmly established itself as the third pillar of scientific research, while at the same time the humanities and social sciences have been relying increasingly on information technology to carry out research. Princeton has positioned itself well to excel in this new era, building a centralized infrastructure to support the faculty and researchers with their increasing computational and digital data needs. Princeton Research Computing is a collaborative effort led by the Princeton Institute for Computational Science and  Engineering (PICSciE) and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Research Computing, in partnership with academic departments.

Princeton Research Data Service (PRDS) provides Princeton’s diverse research community with expert services and infrastructure to store, manage, retain, and curate digital research data, and to make their digital research data available to the broader network of academic researchers, as well as the general public. We provide consultations, training, and data curation services to researchers throughout the life cycle of research projects, working with them to make the process of data management and storage as seamless as possible with their current research practices.

Princeton Research Day (PRD) is a celebratory event for undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early career scholars to present their work to the campus community and beyond. Held annually, the event’s program includes research from all four divisions and features scholarship, research and creative works. Presenters communicate the broader impacts of their work to a general audience. The Mainstage event highlights selected presentations and brings together in-person and virtual attendees to celebrate research achievements.

The Survey Research Center’s (SRC) main purpose is to assist students, faculty and administrators with the design and implementation of their own survey research projects. The SRC provides consultation and guidance on study design, sampling, instrument development, data collection and data processing. 

Princeton University Library enriches teaching and learning, facilitates world-class research, and preserves knowledge and cultural heritage by providing dynamic services and diverse collections. The Library aspires to be an active and creative partner within Princeton University and across the global community by curating resources and strategically engaging in new forms of teaching, learning, and research, especially those that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

The CST is comprised of dedicated faculty and staff who work to advance STEM literacy across Princeton University and beyond through rigorous course development, creative interdisciplinary programming, and robust educational research.  By developing strong collaborations across disciplines, the CST seeks to ensure that all members of the Princeton University community, regardless of their background, experience, or discipline, can engage with, appreciate, and apply science in their everyday lives, in their careers, and in society. 

The Keller Center creates societal impact through entrepreneurship, design & design thinking, and innovative education. Based in Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, Keller shares the school's vision for bridging disciplines to ensure that all students are prepared to put science and technology to use in solving critical societal challenges. It serves as a hub, connecting students in engineering, the humanities, arts, social sciences and natural sciences with each other, as well as connecting them with the broader campus community and beyond. Educational opportunities, including curricular and co-curricular programs, bridge engineering and the liberal arts and help shape rewarding career paths.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

The Princeton Entrepreneurship Council offers high quality educational programming, mentoring and connections to funding for entrepreneurs (and the entrepreneurially minded). Graduate students can develop and improve their skills, learn about new trends and industries, and connect with others in the ecosystem.

Princeton Innovation is a campus-wide initiative that aims to benefit humanity through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our faculty, staff researchers, students and alums combine the pursuit of curiosity-driven knowledge with the desire to solve the major challenges of our time. Princeton Innovation nurtures this enterprising spirit through our programs, spaces and relationships. We support the Princeton community in their innovation and entrepreneurial goals as they translate their discoveries and inventions into technologies and services that have a positive impact on society. Programs for graduate students include: teaching, coaching and education; entrepreneurship and venture assistance; funding and recognition; and assistance with patents and tech transfer.

Princeton Innovation Center, powered by BioLabs, provides co-working lab and office space specifically designed to help high-potential high-tech startups go further and faster on limited investment capital. The Center is available to companies formed by Princeton’s faculty, students and alums, as well as by members of the wider New Jersey community.

Graduate students in the humanities who have successfully completed their general examination and who have already demonstrated excellence in teaching as an AI in a previous semester may apply to participate in a pilot initiative that allows them to co-design and co-teach an undergraduate course at Princeton with a faculty mentor. The aim of this initiative is twofold:  first, to facilitate graduate student intellectual development and pedagogical and professional experience under the guidance of a seasoned mentor, specifically through the design and full co-teaching of a course; and second, to provide innovative new team-taught classes for Princeton’s undergraduates.

PUPP is a comprehensive college preparation initiative that supports low-income, high achieving high school students from high schools in Mercer County. Our goal is to prepare our students for admission to and success within our nation's top colleges and universities. In addition, PUPP co-leads the Greater Trenton College Access Network, a collaboration among a range of organizations that work on youth development, college access and workforce development. We have nurtured deep relationships with campus partners, local schools and communities, and others in order to provide a high level of strategic and impactful opportunities for young people in the region.

PTI provides credit-bearing college courses to inmates at New Jersey correctional facilities near Princeton’s campus. Courses in several disciplines are taught by volunteer instructors, including Princeton faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, alums, and advanced undergraduates.  Graduate student volunteers have the opportunity to teach their own courses in a nontraditional, meaningful setting through this initiative. 

The Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) fosters relationships that bring community-identified priorities and interests into conversation with academic learning goals through community-based research, empirical analysis, service learning, citizen science, participant observation, public humanities, practicing arts, and other collaborative modalities and methods of knowledge co-creation. ProCES supports academic collaborations between Princeton faculty, staff, students, and community partners that create opportunities to learn from community experience and expertise. Partners include non-profit, public sector, and non-governmental organizations and grassroots community leaders representing a variety of fields as well as racial and environmental justice and social change frameworks.

The Program in Teacher Preparation, commonly referred to as Teacher Prep, prepares students to serve as teachers and educational leaders in our nation’s secondary schools. The program is open to Princeton undergraduates, graduate students, and alums, who may return to Princeton at any time to complete the program. Students completing the program earn a University certificate and are eligible for a New Jersey State teaching license, which is transferable to other states.

Princeton graduate students who will be registered in Dissertation Completion Enrollment (DCE) status are invited to apply for one-year positions as Quin Morton Teaching Fellows through the Princeton Writing Program. Quin Morton Teaching Fellows teach one topic-based writing seminar of their own design each semester and participate in an intensive faculty development program, which includes meetings and workshops on seminar design and writing pedagogy.

ReMatch is a research mentoring program designed to connect undergraduate students and graduate students, two historically unconnected populations at Princeton, through their shared interest in academic research. ReMatch offers fellowship funding for mentorship connections and joint research projects. The graduate student mentors come from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, representing research opportunities of interest to a wide spectrum of undergraduates.

Each of the undergraduate residential colleges at Princeton includes up to ten graduate students who live among the undergraduates within the college and offer academic, intellectual, social, and cultural programming and support to those undergraduates. Residents graduate students (RGSs) are appointed each spring through an interview process managed by the Office of the Dean of the College.

SIFP offers mentorship, academic enrichment, and a welcoming scholarly community to undergraduate students from backgrounds historically underrepresented at Princeton, including first-generation and low-income students as well as military veterans and transfer students.  Graduate Fellows provide individualized mentorship to an undergraduate student leader, as well as co-facilitate monthly mentorship meetings with 10-12 undergraduate students.

Science Outreach was created in 2022 to facilitate mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between Princeton University Science educators and researchers on the one hand, and local K-12 school districts, non-profit organizations, and community stakeholders on the other. Science Outreach serves as a nexus connecting faculty, students, and postdocs with youth, schoolteachers, nonprofit organizations, and the broader community with the goals of increasing engagement, participation, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields.  

The McGraw Center offers extensive programs and services for graduate students and postdoctoral associates related to their development as both scholars and teachers. Programs are based on current research on effective teaching, adult learning, mentoring, and well-being and are led by trained graduate student fellows or by our professional staff. They include: Assistant in Instruction Training and Scholarly Approaches to Teaching. The McGraw Center also offers helpful resources for graduate students.

Engage insight and advice designed for those who are considering teaching or administrative careers.

At the Center for Career Development, we believe career development is an integral part of graduate education. To that end, we help graduate students: develop lifelong career management strategies; integrate their curricular and co-curricular learning in the workplace; and discover opportunities for the exploration of and engagement in meaningful work both within and outside academia. We integrate learning outcomes into career advising and programming so that graduate students have a clear understanding of what they’re learning and have guideposts against which to measure their progress. These learning outcomes equip students with the skills they need to develop at Princeton and beyond.

ImaginePhD is a career exploration and planning tool for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers and scholars dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. It is a free, online resource that enables you to explore careers by evaluating and reflecting on your own abilities, values and interests that navigates related professional opportunities.

Leverage the Princeton subscription to LinkedIn Learning! You will find more than 5,000 on-demand courses on business, creative and technology skills at no cost.

The MLA maintains a range of useful career resources, including academic job market data and job search information and recommendations.

myIDP is a free, career-planning tool that is designed to meet the needs of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars in the sciences. This tool helps you define and pursue your career goals with exercises to match your skills, interests and values with a variety of scientific professions.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

This list of professional organizations and associations has been compiled by the Princeton University Library—a key resource for Princeton graduate students, and a close partner of GradFUTURES. Many organizations have reduced student membership rates, and joining an organization can help you: network and make connections with others in the field, discover professional development opportunities, get access to listservs that post exclusive job opportunities, feel connected to your discipline and chosen career path, and get started with publishing and presenting. 

Campus Recreation engages the Princeton University community in co-curricular experiences to inspire lifelong health and well-being. We aspire to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment where Campus Rec can be the best part of your day!

CPS supports students with counseling, urgent-care services and long-term treatment, mind-body programs, emergency services, and more. They also offer referrals for off-campus services.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

The Office of Religious Life (ORL) at Princeton University promotes religious and spiritual expression and exploration on campus, as well as constructive participation by religious actors in critical issues of human flourishing and of peace building around our region, country, and world. The ORL executes dozens of events per week during the school year, including but not limited to: worship services, meditation, sacred text study, lectures and panels, conferences, summer internships and fall/spring break trips to learn about the intersections between religion and social change. We work for the formation of seekers who are spiritually mature, articulate, and other-aware, and of compassionate educated citizens for a pluralistic and complex world.

The Association of University Presses (Ask UP) is an organization of more than 150 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Since 1937, AUPresses has promoted the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The Ask UP website is designed to help scholars and the broader public learn more about scholarly publishing. From books and journals to digital publishing, the Ask UP site is a resource for finding out more about the full range and value of research generated by university press publishing. The site has been created by members of the AUPresses Faculty Outreach Committee, comprised of members from university presses and other scholarly professional organizations.

Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Government, Graduate Writing Days offer graduate students of all years of study a quiet, comfortable place to write with good food and lots of caffeine. Pre or post-generals graduate students are welcome to work on a dissertation chapter, conference paper, journal article, seminar presentation, chapter, or grant application during Graduate Writing Days. Watch the GSG events calendar for upcoming dates.

Princeton Research Day (PRD) is a celebratory event for undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early career scholars to present their work to the campus community and beyond. Held annually, the event’s program includes research from all four divisions and features scholarship, research and creative works. Presenters communicate the broader impacts of their work to a general audience. The Mainstage event highlights selected presentations and brings together in-person and virtual attendees to celebrate research achievements.

Founded in 1905, Princeton University Press is a nonprofit publisher with close connections to Princeton University. The Press brings influential voices and ideas to the world stage through their academic scholarship, advancing the frontiers of scholarly knowledge and promoting the human conversation. Princeton University Press brings scholarly ideas to the world. As a GradFUTURES partner, the Press offers fellowship opportunities to Princeton graduate students.

Visit our GradFUTURES/Princeton University Press Initiative page to learn more about our partnership.

Writing in Graduate School and beyond brings new challenges.  Not only do writers encounter different settings and documents, they must develop sustainable, self-directed, and productive strategies for managing successful research communications, including: Understanding new audiences and formats such as proposals, abstracts, dissertations, and journal articles; obtaining useful feedback on works in progress and incorporating it into revision; and establishing scholarly practices to maintain motivation and focus over months and years. Whether you’re looking for a single consultation or sustained classroom instruction, the Writing Program offers a variety of opportunities for learning.

• One-on-one consultations in the Writing Center for feedback on any writing project as well as assistance in developing a sustained practice.
• Focused instruction through both individual workshops and half-term graduate courses in Writing in Science and Engineering (WSE), for quantitative researchers, and Writing in Social Sciences and Humanities (WSSH), for qualitative researchers.
• Opportunities for developing sustainable practices in community through Dissertation Boot Camps and Writing Days.
• Opportunities to mentor and teach as a Writing Center, WSE Fellow, and Quin Morton Teaching Fellow.

Princeton Writes was established in 2013 with the goal of enhancing the practical communication skills of Princeton University’s employees and students. Operating under the aegis of the Office of Human Resources and located in the New South Building, this innovative program provides a wide range of general and customized resources for those who wish to strengthen their command of the written and spoken word. Princeton Writes carries out its mission in a number of ways—through regularly scheduled and customized classes, through one-on-one appointments, through practice-based writing and speaking groups, and through special activities that encourage and recognize excellence.

The NSF I-Corps Hub Northeast Region can help you chart the path of your research from the discovery stage to a startup or venture. Their four-session training programs help researchers explore how their scientific or technological discovery can meet the needs of people and industries. Our Hub is open to all academic researchers in the Northeast and is dedicated to inclusive innovation. In the I-Corps program, researchers form teams focused on identifying how their scientific or technological discovery meets customer needs. Teams can include faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and undergraduates.

The Princeton Entrepreneurship Council offers high quality educational programming, mentoring and connections to funding for entrepreneurs (and the entrepreneurially minded). Graduate students can develop and improve their skills, learn about new trends and industries, and connect with others in the ecosystem.

Princeton Innovation is a campus-wide initiative that aims to benefit humanity through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our faculty, staff researchers, students and alums combine the pursuit of curiosity-driven knowledge with the desire to solve the major challenges of our time. Princeton Innovation nurtures this enterprising spirit through our programs, spaces and relationships. We support the Princeton community in their innovation and entrepreneurial goals as they translate their discoveries and inventions into technologies and services that have a positive impact on society. Programs for graduate students include: teaching, coaching and education; entrepreneurship and venture assistance; funding and recognition; and assistance with patents and tech transfer.

Princeton Innovation Center, powered by BioLabs, provides co-working lab and office space specifically designed to help high-potential high-tech startups go further and faster on limited investment capital. The Center is available to companies formed by Princeton’s faculty, students and alums, as well as by members of the wider New Jersey community.

The Keller Center creates societal impact through entrepreneurship, design & design thinking, and innovative education. Based in Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, Keller shares the school's vision for bridging disciplines to ensure that all students are prepared to put science and technology to use in solving critical societal challenges. It serves as a hub, connecting students in engineering, the humanities, arts, social sciences and natural sciences with each other, as well as connecting them with the broader campus community and beyond. Educational opportunities, including curricular and co-curricular programs, bridge engineering and the liberal arts and help shape rewarding career paths.

Princeton’s institutional equity and diversity efforts are designed to promote equal opportunity and campus diversity. The vice provost and her staff lead initiatives to fulfill the University’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and fair treatment of all members of our community, and to monitor compliance with University policies and federal, state and local laws concerning nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action. 

At the Graduate School, we believe that demographic and intellectual diversity drives innovative research and discovery, it expands our capacity for teaching and learning, and it equips us for lives of leadership in an increasingly pluralistic society. To achieve our academic mission, therefore, requires Princeton to identify, attract, and develop the most promising individuals from as many segments of society as possible. To that end, we aspire to be a truly inclusive community in which individuals of every nationality, religion, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, political viewpoint, socioeconomic status, and veteran status can flourish.

SIFP offers mentorship, academic enrichment, and a welcoming scholarly community to undergraduate students from backgrounds historically underrepresented at Princeton, including first-generation and low-income students as well as military veterans and transfer students.  Graduate Fellows provide individualized mentorship to an undergraduate student leader, as well as co-facilitate monthly mentorship meetings with 10-12 undergraduate students.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!