by Jessica Polka | Oct 9, 2014 | FOR meetings
Many thanks to Senator Elizabeth Warren for her virtual presence at our symposium on October 3, 2014! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg4ZWjMnmxs]
by Gary McDowell | Oct 6, 2014 | FOR in the press
The Boston Globe posted an article about our issues and concerns and that young researchers are taking matters into our own hands with the symposium. There is still much work to be done and we wish to carry the momentum forward: remember to please get in touch...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 1, 2014 | FOR meetings
There are now introductory blog posts to each workshop in the symposium: find them in the Background Reading for the Symposium or here at The Node: Training Structure of the Workforce Metrics and Incentives Funding Come with your brains primed ready to engage and...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 20, 2014 | FOR in the press
Two publications have been accepted in the last couple of days, to further draw the attention of the scientific community to the Future of Research Symposium. The first is an open letter to the journal Science that appears in The Winnower: An open letter to AAAS...
by Jessica Polka | Sep 14, 2014 | FOR meetings
We are pleased to announce the finalized list of speakers for the Future of Research Symposium (October 2-3 in Boston). The meeting schedule is also available, as is registration. Henry R. Bourne: “The Future: Make it Work!” (Keynote) Bourne began his...
by Jessica Polka | Sep 2, 2014 | FOR meetings
NOTE: For more information about our October 2-3 symposium in Boston, MA (to which the session described below is a follow-up), please view our schedule. Registration for the October 2-3 symposium is open! The future of research: the sustainability of the...
by Jessica Polka | Aug 28, 2014 | FOR meetings
We are pleased to announce that registration for the Future of Research symposium is now open! Thanks to our generous sponsors, attendance is free of charge to everyone. Please click the button below to proceed to our Eventbrite page.
by futureofresearch | May 21, 2014 | FOR meetings
The landscape of scientific research and funding is in flux, affected by tight budgets, evolving models of both publishing and evaluation, and questions about training and workforce stability. As future leaders, junior scientists are uniquely poised to shape the...