by Gary McDowell | Nov 3, 2017 | Data, Postdoc benefits, Resources
UPDATE: Corrected data was received from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is discussed at the end. UPDATE: This post has now been updated with the name of a department that has raised salaries, and some analyses kindly sent over by UIC. There...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 2, 2017 | Data, Postdoc benefits, Postdoc population size, Resources
There is very little information available on how much postdocs are actually paid in the U.S., beyond data on institutional salary policies gathered by the National Postdoctoral Association. Following on from recent discussions about postdoc salaries changing as a...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 1, 2017 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, News, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
There is very little information available on how much postdocs are actually paid in the U.S. It is generally assumed that biomedical postdocs in particular are paid roughly in accordance with the NIH NRSA scale and indeed the National Postdoctoral...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 25, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change
*UPDATE: Contact the NIH and submit your opinions on this issue – see how here* This is a guest post by Future of Research board member, Adriana Bankston. The NIH Grant Support Index (GSI) program was first announced by Dr. Francis Collins, NIH...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 2, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, International scientists, Mentoring, News, NIH, Non-academic careers, Policy, Surveys & Forums
The Board of Future of Research has submitted the following to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine study, the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative”. As Executive Director Gary McDowell and President Jessica Polka are both members...
by Gary McDowell | Sep 28, 2017 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Personal perspectives, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
This is a guest post by Future of Research board member, Adriana Bankston. It is the second of two posts (the first post can be found here). Our paper on the effect of the FLSA on postdoc salaries has now been updated here, with analysis of how the injunction and...
