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Statement Regarding President Biden’s Travel Ban (National Postdoc Appreciation Week)
Early career researchers, including postdoctoral researchers, are the backbone of the U.S. scientific research enterprise. Currently, international scholars make up over 50% of U.S.-based postdoctoral researchers. While international scholars largely have access to...
NIH ARPA-H Listening Session: FoR Concerns and Recommendations
Hello Dr. Collins, Dr. Tabak, and leadership. I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to speak on behalf of Future of Research and represent the needs of the Early Career Researcher community today with regards to the creation of ARPA-H. That President Biden...
Science Policy in our New Administration: Challenges Facing Early Career Researchers
In the week before he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, then President-elect Biden took the unprecedented step of elevating the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to a cabinet level position. In doing so, Biden...
FoR Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
Dear Future of Research Community, America’s leadership in biomedical research is dependent on our ability to recruit and retain the best talent not only domestically but also from around the world. Immigrants are a key driver of U.S. scientific and technological...
Police Brutality, Racism, and the killing of Black civilians
Dear Future of Research Community, At a time when there is a continued need for as much collective grieving as there is for concrete actions, writing a statement can feel hollow. When so many in the Black community, on a regular basis, decry the systemic,...
(How) do we value early career researchers in academia?
by Adriana Bankston INTRODUCTION Academia often does not value those who are in the research enterprise, thus begging the question of why, how we can change that, and who is responsible for it. We each have a responsibility of ensuring that we are not losing academic...