by Gary McDowell | Mar 8, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, International scientists, News
Future of Research (FoR) is pleased to announce that we are officially partnering with March for Science, the organization driving marches for science at hundreds of locations around the world on April 22. In addition...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 2, 2017 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, Resources
For the attention of women in STEM who are postdoctoral scholars and PhD students – we have received this call for applications to this workshop: “We would like to invite women in STEM who are postdoctoral scholars and PhD students to participate in...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 13, 2017 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements
This post was written by Future of Research board member, Yelena Bernadskaya The NYC Postdoc Coalition (NYCPC) was formed with the goal of connecting postdoc associations throughout New York City. The group got its start following the 2016 National Postdoctoral...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 30, 2017 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, International scientific reforms, Resources
FoR’s mission is to improve the scientific research enterprise. We promote grassroots advocacy amongst junior researchers to discuss the problems they perceive with science, and possible solutions to fix them. We then work on making these solutions a reality, working...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 17, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, Ideas for change, NIH, Resources
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine. The study originated in a...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 3, 2017 | Diversity in science, FOR in the press, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Postdoc population size, Resources
One of the key challenges in our work pushing for reform of the academic system and the scientific enterprise is convincing those resistant to change that there is a problem. Part of the issue in dealing with this is the debate about the quality/quantity of data...
