by Gary McDowell | Oct 8, 2015 | FOR meetings, Ideas for change
If you’re tired of wading through publications and policy papers about science, you should look at iBiology, a collection of open-access videos about biology, featuring scientists talking about their work, and also talking about science itself. Included in...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 6, 2015 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings
On the first evening of the 2015 Boston Future of Research Symposium (register here!) there will be a pub event with the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), more details here: Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Cornwall’s Pub, 654 Beacon...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 19, 2015 | FOR meetings
This year’s Future of Research symposium in Boston will be held on October 22-24, 2015. The theme for this year’s meeting is “How many grads/postdocs?”, focusing on the labor market surrounding the biomedical workforce. Find out more. Registration is also open...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 3, 2015 | Postdoc benefits
A recent change to overtime regulations proposed by President Obama is open for consultation until September 4th, and this regulation will directly affect postdocs. You can read more about the background in this blogpost, but it has the potential to mandate increases...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
A blogpost about the “Future of Research: How Can We Improve Career Awareness and Preparedness?” session recently appeared in the NatureJobs blog post “Future of Research: Career Awareness”. FoR gave the workshop at the NatureJobs Career Expo...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 9, 2015 | FOR meetings
There’s still time to register for FOR SF on July 17: you can register here. Highlights include: A keynote talk from Mike Eisen of UC Berkeley; Panel discussions on: diversity in academia; open and reproducible research; the future of training in...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 6, 2015 | FOR in the press, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
Patricia Goodwin, Kearney Gunsalus, Erica Walsh and Gary McDowell from FoR gave a workshop at the NatureJobs Career Expo in Boston, May 2015, entitled, “Future of Research: How Can We Improve Career Awareness and Preparedness?” You can read a lengthier...
by Jessica Polka | Jun 27, 2015 | Surveys & Forums
Here’s an easy way to make your voice heard about issues important to postdocs and students: ASBMB is running a survey for grad students and postdocs about what resources are important to us. FOR will also receive anonymous data from respondents who indicate...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 6, 2015 | Surveys & Forums
From Sense About Science USA: We want to put together a thorough guide for scientists on what they can expect when they agree to do an interview with a journalist. In preparation for this, we want to know what scientist are curious about. If you have time to help us...
by Jessica Polka | May 11, 2015 | Ideas for change, NIH
There are just a few more days left to submit comments to the NIH’s latest Request for Information (RFI) entitled “Optimizing Funding Policies and Other Strategies to Improve the Impact and Sustainability of Biomedical Research.” This is a tremendous opportunity for...
