by Gary McDowell | Apr 8, 2019 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Sexual Harassment
If you follow academic discussions on Twitter, you may have caught sight of a discussion recently about grad school experiences prompted by Dr Kathryn Milligan-Myhre at the University of Alaska: For those of you who had/are now having a difficult time in grad...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 14, 2019 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Policy, Sexual Harassment
This post is a modified and updated version of a post from January 2019. The U.S. Department of Education is reopening submission for comments on changes to Title IX (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal...
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 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 | Sep 4, 2018 | FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
This is a post by Dr. Adriana Bankston. Future of Research participated in the S|GNS (Science | Government, Institutions & Society) Summit held in Chicago, IL, from July 6-8, 2018. This was an amazing event bringing together members of communities that...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 20, 2018 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Mentoring, News, NIH, Policy
On Thursday, August 23, at 10 AM EDT the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a hearing entitled “Prioritizing Cures: Science and Stewardship at the National Institutes of Health”. The hearing will be webcast here. Last week...
