by Gary McDowell | Mar 27, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
The Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research (EMBER) RCN-UBE Incubator Project seeks to generate innovative measures to increase retention and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In June 2017 at Harris-Stowe...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 28, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Resources
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. Introduction Career development for junior scientists remains one of the most important issues in the biomedical research enterprise. Since the perceived notion is that the role of...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 4, 2017 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
The first FoR meeting in 2017 will be in Vancouver on February 20th, 2017. Information about the meeting is continually being updated here at our FoR Vancouver 2017 page. FoR Vancouver represent early-career researchers from across Vancouver and...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 3, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
Register now for the NYU Postdoc Interdisciplinary Symposium (PoIntS) 2016! More information can be found here at the page on the FoR website and at the NYU Postdocs website. This year’s keynote speaker is Paula Stephan, a labor economist who studies...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 31, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
This is a guest post written by Advocating for Science Travel Awardee, Alex Erwin: Even though most of us are happily pursuing what we love, that doesn’t mean that we aren’t frustrated with certain aspects of the scientific enterprise. Concerns about...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 28, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
This is a guest post written by Advocating for Science Travel Awardee, Adriana Bankston: The “Advocating for Science” symposium and workshop took place at MIT on September 16-17, 2016. The meeting was co-organized by the Future of Research and Academics...
