by Gary McDowell | Mar 10, 2017 | Events & Networking, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to advance science for the benefit of all people....
by Gary McDowell | Mar 8, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, International scientists, News
Future of Research (FoR) is pleased to announce that we are officially partnering with March for Science, the organization driving marches for science at hundreds of locations around the world on April 22. In addition...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 4, 2017 | International scientists, News
DISCLAIMER: This is not legal advice but information that we understand to be the case regarding H-1B visas and the 6-month suspension of premium processing beginning April 3. Anyone possibly affected by this should contact their institution for legal advice. We will...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 2, 2017 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, Resources
For the attention of women in STEM who are postdoctoral scholars and PhD students – we have received this call for applications to this workshop: “We would like to invite women in STEM who are postdoctoral scholars and PhD students to participate in...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 28, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Resources
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. Introduction Career development for junior scientists remains one of the most important issues in the biomedical research enterprise. Since the perceived notion is that the role of...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 20, 2017 | Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. There are “internal problems rooted in the culture of science,” write Arturo Casadevall and Ferric C. Fang in a 2017 post for The Baltimore Sun entitled “Is science in crisis?” Arturo...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
The first Future of Research Vancouver meeting will be held on February 20th, 2017, at the SFU Harbour Centre, bringing together early-career researchers from across British Columbia to discuss challenges facing the future of Canadian science. There have...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 15, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Postdoc benefits, Resources
In the wake of the injunction against updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which affected postdoctoral researchers, a number of institutions initially indicating that they would raise salaries to comply with the new minimum have reversed their plans to do...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 14, 2017 | Personal perspectives
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. Growing up in Romania in a family of scientists was unusual in the 80s and 90s. For my parents, both scientists, doing research without many grant opportunities or lab supplies was...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 13, 2017 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements
This post was written by Future of Research board member, Yelena Bernadskaya The NYC Postdoc Coalition (NYCPC) was formed with the goal of connecting postdoc associations throughout New York City. The group got its start following the 2016 National Postdoctoral...
