by Gary McDowell | Aug 10, 2016 | NIH, Postdoc benefits
The NIH has released their “Projected FY 2017 Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)”. These levels bring the NRSA levels in line with the new salary minimum for overtime...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 9, 2016 | Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, NIH, Surveys & Forums
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on how to catalyze the modernization of biomedical graduate education. You can read the RFI here. The Board of Directors at FoR has...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 4, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
Join us to learn effective scientific advocacy Please save the date – registration and more information to come over the coming days! We are announcing the “Advocating for Science” meeting which will take place at MIT September 16-17,...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 29, 2016 | Ideas for change, International scientific reforms
In July, the Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers – prepared for the Slovak Presidency of the European Union (EU) – was presented to the Council of Ministers responsible for competitiveness (Research) from the 28 EU member states and European Free...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 19, 2016 | Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
The Chronicle of Higher Education has released a report, “Reinventing the Academic Enterprise: College Leaders Consider the Challenges of the New Era”. The results are from a survey of college presidents and academic officers at both public and private...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here at FoR, we’re continuously making calls for more data about junior scientists. There’s often a focus on quantitative data, but it’s just as important to get qualitative information; anecdotes; experiences. Below we are sharing a call for your...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 13, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH
This new paper, “Policy Implications of Aging in the NIH-Funded Workforce,” has people talking again about the aging biomedical workforce. The authors’ aim was to investigate how this “graying” population is affecting funding of science in the U.S. A key...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 1, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
Revitalizing Biomedical Research: FoR Chicago publishes meeting report Scientists from across the Midwest U.S. – IL, WI, OH, MI, MN – gathered in October 2015 for the Future of Research meeting in Chicago, IL. The meeting, organized by junior...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 21, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements
If you are in the San Francisco area, please come along to the Manylabs Summer Open House event on Wednesday June 22nd, 6-8 pm! Manylabs is an open science skunkworks, in which FoR Executive Director Gary McDowell has just arrived to start a 6-month residency...
by Gary McDowell | May 20, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH, Postdoc benefits
Statement from FoR on the Department of Labor Overtime Rule (Fair Labor Standards Act) Earlier this week, the Department of Labor (DoL) increased the threshold at which salaried workers receive overtime payment for working more than 40 hours per week from...
