by Gary McDowell | Oct 2, 2018 | Data, Grassroots movements, Resources
We are about to release our FAQs on unionization for graduate students and postdocs, which attempts to provide the data and evidence around unionization, and fact-check information. As an example, Columbia University recently sent the following talking points to their...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 21, 2018 | Data, Ideas for change, Peer Review, Resources
Please help us by filling out, and sharing, this survey: https://tinyurl.com/ECRs-in-peer-review Our survey of the experiences of researchers in peer review, particularly focused on whether early career researchers can (and should) get recognition for...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 5, 2018 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, News, Peer Review, Policy, Resources, Surveys & Forums
Reminder: our survey on attitudes and experiences in peer review is open until September 21st – please fill it in and urge your peers to do so too! https://tinyurl.com/ECRs-in-peer-review As part of our effort to increase transparency about...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 23, 2018 | Data, Ideas for change, Peer Review, Policy, Resources, Surveys & Forums
We are launching our #ECRPeerReview effort – focused on ensuring the recognition of peer review efforts by early career researchers. Please help us start by filling out, and sharing, this survey: https://tinyurl.com/ECRs-in-peer-review Peer review is...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 12, 2018 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
Information on the biomedical labor market is necessary both for the formulation of policies that ensure its sustainable future as well as for informing individual career decisions. After announcement in Science, a coalition of universities pledged to release...
by Gary McDowell | May 28, 2018 | Data, Events & Networking, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Rigor and Reproducibility, Surveys & Forums
Data from an eLife Early Career Researcher Group survey At a recent meeting about journal peer review, one of the key outcomes was the realization that there needs to be a greater effort to recognize the scholarly contributions of graduate students and...