by Gary McDowell | Sep 1, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, International scientific reforms, News, Policy
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process, and they need to hear from you. You can join in in person/watch live (see 1 below) and you can...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 15, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process. This is a chance to send in your thoughts on STEM graduate education (Masters and PhDs), and how to...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 3, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, Postdoc population size
This is a post by Executive Director Gary McDowell. In a preprint posted on bioRxiv, Chris Pickett (of Rescuing Biomedical Research), Adriana Bankston (a policy activist at FoR) and myself argue that the NSF’s Survey of Graduate Students and...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 1, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change
At the recent NIH Council of Councils (viewable in this webcast), Michael Lauer presented the proposed cap on the NIH grants using the Grant Support Index (GSI) (see our previous post on the cap) and the presentation was followed by an active discussion. The talk...
by Gary McDowell | May 24, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Postdoc population size
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston, who moderated this plenary session at the 2017 NPA meeting. In a recent post, we summarized the talk given by Dr. Nancy Calvin-Naylor in one of the plenary sessions at the 2017...
by Gary McDowell | May 22, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Policy, Postdoc population size, Resources
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston, who moderated this plenary session at the 2017 NPA meeting. Postdoctoral scholars make up a large segment of the biomedical workforce, and tracking their career trajectories is imperative...
