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...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 30, 2017 | News
FoR has received a $150,000 Exit Grant from the Open Philanthropy Project, for general support. FoR has enjoyed a good working relationship with the Open Philanthropy Project, who are adjusting their folio and have “devoted less attention to directly funding...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 29, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
FoR Boston 2017: Leadership for Early Career Researchers We are looking for volunteers in the Boston area to help with this year’s meeting, to be held November 17-18 at Boston University. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to help Early Career...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 28, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Webinar
Future of Research is sponsoring a webinar with Union of Concerned Scientists on Thursday August 31st, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, where you can learn strategies for building support for scientist engagement with the public and decision-makers. You can register for the...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Future of Research would like to introduce everyone to the new members of FoR’s Board of Directors, elected recently: This brings the board up to a total of 20, which is large...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 15, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process. This is a chance to send in your thoughts on STEM graduate education (Masters and PhDs), and how to...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 14, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
Among the many roles that scientists play, mentoring younger scientists is one which researchers are rarely trained for. In the current STEM research environment, where lack of funding is but one of the systemic issues faced by young scientists, the roles,...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 3, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, Postdoc population size
This is a post by Executive Director Gary McDowell. In a preprint posted on bioRxiv, Chris Pickett (of Rescuing Biomedical Research), Adriana Bankston (a policy activist at FoR) and myself argue that the NSF’s Survey of Graduate Students and...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 26, 2017 | Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. The mission of the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) is to help members provide career and professional development for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars at GCC...
