by Gary McDowell | Sep 6, 2017 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, News, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
If you’ve been following along with out FLSA and postdocs resource, you’ll know that on December 1st, 2016, the threshold at which salaried workers (including all postdocs, regardless of visa or fellowship status) receive overtime payment for working more...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 5, 2017 | Grassroots movements, International scientists, News
The U.S. administration has announced moves to end DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, by March 5th. In a previous post, “How international scientists can advocate, and how U.S. scientists can support them”, we pointed out that there are...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 4, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Personal perspectives, Policy, Resources
On Sept 12, from 1-2pm EST Future of Research (@FORsymp) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (@SciNetUCS) will co-host a Tweetchat on “Mentoring the future,” talking about what mentoring in science is/should be, and how we should change the...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 1, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, International scientific reforms, News, Policy
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process, and they need to hear from you. You can join in in person/watch live (see 1 below) and you can...
