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 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 | Feb 20, 2017 | Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. There are “internal problems rooted in the culture of science,” write Arturo Casadevall and Ferric C. Fang in a 2017 post for The Baltimore Sun entitled “Is science in crisis?” Arturo...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 15, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Postdoc benefits, Resources
In the wake of the injunction against updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which affected postdoctoral researchers, a number of institutions initially indicating that they would raise salaries to comply with the new minimum have reversed their plans to do...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 2, 2017 | Events & Networking, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
In a recent post, we discussed the beginning of the Next Generation Researchers Initiative, a new study looking at how the U.S. can create the next generation of independent researchers. Another study that has just begun at the National Academies is the...
