Individual Development Plans

An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a very useful career exploration tool that helps graduate students and postdoctoral researchers:

• Assess current skills, interests and strengths
• Make a plan for developing skills to meet academic and professional goals
• Communicate with supervisors, advisors and mentors about changing goals and related skills

The IDP is a dynamic document to be revisited again and again, be updated & refined as goals change & come into focus and to record progress & accomplishments. The resources below are designed to support individuals to develop IDPs.

IDP Links

• Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) — myIDP (https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/)
• Humanities and Social Sciences — Imagine PhD (https://www.imaginephd.com/)