by Gary McDowell | Jul 19, 2016 | Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
The Chronicle of Higher Education has released a report, “Reinventing the Academic Enterprise: College Leaders Consider the Challenges of the New Era”. The results are from a survey of college presidents and academic officers at both public and private...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 13, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH
This new paper, “Policy Implications of Aging in the NIH-Funded Workforce,” has people talking again about the aging biomedical workforce. The authors’ aim was to investigate how this “graying” population is affecting funding of science in the U.S. A key...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 1, 2016 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Surveys & Forums
Revitalizing Biomedical Research: FoR Chicago publishes meeting report Scientists from across the Midwest U.S. – IL, WI, OH, MI, MN – gathered in October 2015 for the Future of Research meeting in Chicago, IL. The meeting, organized by junior...
by Gary McDowell | May 20, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH, Postdoc benefits
Statement from FoR on the Department of Labor Overtime Rule (Fair Labor Standards Act) Earlier this week, the Department of Labor (DoL) increased the threshold at which salaried workers receive overtime payment for working more than 40 hours per week from...
by Gary McDowell | May 11, 2016 | Ideas for change
iBiology, a collection of open-access videos about biology, has added new videos in its series about the future of the U.S. biomedical workforce. In “Creating Opportunities for Young Investigators,” Ron Daniels talks about the challenges facing...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 8, 2015 | FOR meetings, Ideas for change
If you’re tired of wading through publications and policy papers about science, you should look at iBiology, a collection of open-access videos about biology, featuring scientists talking about their work, and also talking about science itself. Included in...
