by futureofresearch | Feb 7, 2021 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, News
In the week before he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, then President-elect Biden took the unprecedented step of elevating the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to a cabinet level position. In doing so, Biden...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 13, 2019 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Mentoring
FoR Chicago 2019: Mentoring Future Scientists The importance that departments and institutions attach to supporting good mentorship, and providing mechanisms for accountability and addressing poor mentorship, have become an issue of intense scrutiny for early career...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 4, 2019 | Ideas for change, NIH, Policy
On Wednesday June 5th at 9.45am Eastern, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on “Foreign Threats to Taxpayer – Funded Research: Oversight Opportunities and Policy Solutions”. This is part of the growing discussion about threats to...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 3, 2019 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Postdoc benefits
The Board of Directors at Future of Research has been preparing a response to the Request for Information (RFI): Institutional Accountability to Promote Inclusive Excellence (Notice Number: NOT-RM-19-001) issued recently by the National Institutes of Health, and due...
by Gary McDowell | May 30, 2019 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH
The NIH recently issued a request for information (RFI) seeking input on the need for an administrative data enclave. The RFI is here and a blogpost related to the RFI is here. Given the lack of information about the NIH-funded workforce, and particularly the...
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...
