by Gary McDowell | Aug 15, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process. This is a chance to send in your thoughts on STEM graduate education (Masters and PhDs), and how to...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 14, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
Among the many roles that scientists play, mentoring younger scientists is one which researchers are rarely trained for. In the current STEM research environment, where lack of funding is but one of the systemic issues faced by young scientists, the roles,...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 3, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, Postdoc population size
This is a post by Executive Director Gary McDowell. In a preprint posted on bioRxiv, Chris Pickett (of Rescuing Biomedical Research), Adriana Bankston (a policy activist at FoR) and myself argue that the NSF’s Survey of Graduate Students and...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 26, 2017 | Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. The mission of the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) is to help members provide career and professional development for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars at GCC...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 24, 2017 | Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. Preprints are on the rise in many different types of sciences, including life sciences. My first extensive exposure to preprints was while co-moderating the ASAPbio subgroup session...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 20, 2017 | Events & Networking, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. The Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) serves as a national voice for graduate-level career and professional development. The 2017 GCC meeting, held at MD Anderson Cancer Center in...
