by Gary McDowell | Feb 2, 2017 | Events & Networking, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
In a recent post, we discussed the beginning of the Next Generation Researchers Initiative, a new study looking at how the U.S. can create the next generation of independent researchers. Another study that has just begun at the National Academies is the...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 31, 2017 | Events & Networking, Ideas for change
Info about this meeting will be regularly updated at the OpenCon satellite event site here. In November 2016, FoR President Jessica Polka and Executive Director attended OpenCon 2016, (see #OpenCon), a meeting seeking to empower the next generation to advance...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 30, 2017 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, International scientific reforms, Resources
FoR’s mission is to improve the scientific research enterprise. We promote grassroots advocacy amongst junior researchers to discuss the problems they perceive with science, and possible solutions to fix them. We then work on making these solutions a reality, working...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 17, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, Ideas for change, NIH, Resources
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine. The study originated in a...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 6, 2017 | Resources
Holly Hamilton was a travel awardee for the Advocating for Science Symposium and Workshop in Boston, 2016: After completing 23+ years of education, you may come to realize that one thing you do not know is how to land your first job. If after careful...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 4, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
The first FoR meeting in 2017 will be in Vancouver on February 20th, 2017. Information about the meeting is continually being updated here at our FoR Vancouver 2017 page. FoR Vancouver represent early-career researchers from across Vancouver and...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 3, 2017 | Diversity in science, FOR in the press, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Postdoc population size, Resources
One of the key challenges in our work pushing for reform of the academic system and the scientific enterprise is convincing those resistant to change that there is a problem. Part of the issue in dealing with this is the debate about the quality/quantity of data...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 22, 2016 | Ideas for change, Postdoc benefits, Resources
This is a guest post by Adriana Bankston, a volunteer with Future of Research and one of the travel award winners for the Advocating for Science symposium in Boston, 2016. Adriana has been collecting data directly from institutions as part of this effort. ...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 14, 2016 | Postdoc benefits
A guest post by Tammy Barnes, Ph.D., postdoc at the University of Michigan and co-chair of the University of Michigan Postdoctoral Association (UMPDA). I’m a Kentucky gal. Before I moved to Ann Arbor for work as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 9, 2016 | Postdoc benefits
This is a guest post by Dr Sridhar Vedachalam, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Water Institute at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and one of the travel award winners for the Advocating for Science symposium in Boston, 2016. In May...
