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Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:
- Spotlight: Career Design Lab
- Events: Startup Speaker Series: A Fireside Chat on AI, Health and Venture Capital, How to Decide Between an Academic and Nonacademic Career (Beyond the Professoriate Live Webinar Series)
- Opportunities: GRS096: Reimagining Career Possibilities for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Advanced Degrees, CONNECT: Masters, PhD, and Postdoctoral Applications
- Who's Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs: Graduate School Office of Career and Life Design, D.E. Shaw Group (New York), Environmental Research Group
More information and links to register can be found below.
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Looking for fresh ways to think about your career? Join us for the Career Design Lab, an interactive workshop open to graduate students and postdocs at all stages. During this half-day workshop you’ll reflect on your own experiences, hear stories from others and explore practical tools to guide future career decisions.
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CONNECT: Masters, PhD, and Postdoctoral Applications Now Open
UT CONNECT is a Graduate School fellowship program that matches Masters and PhD students and Postdoctoral scholars with community organizations to assist in research, data and program evaluation projects. Submit your application to be matched with an organization that needs your skill set. Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 Cohort.
The MilliporeSigma x Nucleate Future Leaders Fellowship
A 12-week paid experiential program ($3,600 stipend) designed to expose emerging life science leaders to the commercial side of biotechnology. Participants will work directly with MilliporeSigma professionals, receive mentorship and training, and complete a guided project connected to their local life science ecosystem. Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
Microsoft Research Fellowship
This fellowship brings together academia and industrial researchers across disciplines to shape the future through open research collaborations. Microsoft Research’s global labs offer deep technical expertise, cutting-edge academic inquiry and real-world application.
Are you a graduate student or postdoc in the Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences (HASS)? This interactive spring course helps you explore career options, clarify goals and design actionable plans using a life design approach. Meets in-person on Fridays from 10:30–11:45 a.m. during the spring semester. This is a zero-credit hour course, graded on a credit/no credit basis.
2026 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Summit will be held April 7-9, 2026, at the Gaylord Pacific near San Diego, California. The Summit’s Student Program is for the next generation of energy entrepreneurs and researchers who want to drive American innovation.
Selected students receive:
- Individualized panel sessions and programming
- Access to industry recruiters looking to hire talented energy professionals;
- The opportunity to pitch your research at the Student PITCHES Competition.
Find more information about the Student Program. The application deadline is January 7, 2026.
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Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?
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| Graduate School Office of Career and Life Design
Global Impact Graduate Consultant
D.E. Shaw Group (New York)
Software Developer PhD Intern, Summer 2026
Quantitative Analyst Intern, Summer 2026
Environmental Research Group
Environmental Scientist
Evident Change
Policy and Reporting Analyst
Realtor.com
Data Scientist
RTI International, Health Care Systems Research
PhD Research Economist
Savvas Learning Company
Curriculum Specialist, K-12 Literacy/Humanities
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Quantitative Portfolio Management Senior Analyst
Texas Historical Commission
Historic Project Reviewer, Federal and State Review Program
VISA
Manager, Global Loyalty Content Operations & Analytics
Staff Software Engineer
Welligence Energy Analytics
Energy Research Analyst
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