The only planner just for PhDs!

This 2023-2024 PhD-level planner is your new daily guide for your PhD! Within these pages, you will be able to identify your goals, manifest them with actionable steps, and track your career progress.

Smart, tailored features you need.

The PhD Planner is a dedicated ally designed to empower you on this transformative journey. With The PhD Planner, you have the power to anticipate and prioritize your tasks effectively. Each day, you can meticulously plan your research activities, allocate time for writing, reviewing literature, and attending seminars. You can chart your progress and skills, set goals, and monitor your achievements.

Giving PhDs all the tools they deserve in one place.

It’s easy to see why The PhD Planner is saving PhDs so much wasted time.

  • A place to set your yearly goals and translate them into actionable steps

  • An area to list your mentors, mentees, and frequently used equations and references

  • A checklist to guide you through the stages of your PhD career search

  • A daily, weekly, and monthly plan to organize and list your key events and priorities

  • a surplus of blank pages for your brainstorming and creativity needs!

Reviews

  • "This planner helps a student by having a structured layout with all the key things that they will need to prioritize. This is great if your general nature is 'I just do whatever' because it makes you have a longer term plan."

    Laura Zheng, PhD

  • "As I am finishing my PhD, I think this is a great way to keep my goals on track. I definitely needed this to organize all my ideas/goals. Hoping to stay more organized this way!"

    Andres Donoso

  • "'The PhD Planner' is an incredibly useful resource for anyone pursuing a PhD. The book provides a clear framework for organizing and managing the many tasks that come with pursuing a PhD, from time management and goal setting to dealing with writer's block and maintaining a healthy work-life balance."

    Jacqueline Lavigne

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How To Make Your PhD Work, A Guide for Creating Your Career in Academics and Industry

A modern guide for a challenging modern PhD market!

As of 2022, less than 5% of PhDs attain permanent academic positions, yet books about navigating PhD programs continue to treat permanent academic employment as the assumed norm.

How to Make Your PhD Work meets this need, with concrete, empowering advice with:

  • The pros and cons of taking a postdoc

  • How to Make Your PhD better and decide what to do next

  • Discussion of nonacademic careers, success in industry, and more

  • Transition stories from 12 PhDs (US Citizens and visa-holders) who talk about their relationship with their advisor, their success with their project, and their transition into their careers in government, industry, and more

  • Worksheets and case studies designed to help PhDs map out potential career paths

How to Make Your PhD Work is ideal for any STEM PhD student, prospective student, or early career researcher looking to improve their positions in the job market.

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