by Gary McDowell | Dec 13, 2018 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, News, NIH, Policy, Sexual Harassment
Today in the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NIH will report out the results from the Next Generation Researchers Initiative Working Group (mandated by Congress, responding to the National Academies...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 11, 2018 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Policy, Resources
Today at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)/European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Meeting, the session “Helping the Next Generation of Researchers: Navigating the Challenges and Answering the Call for Change” will discuss the Next...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 4, 2018 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, News, NIH, NSF, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
A plot of the National Institutes of Health’s National Research Service Awards Year 0 stipend by Financial Year. Also includes a comparison of salaries with their approximate value in 2017, using the Personal Consumer Expenditure Index. In 2016, the very...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 27, 2018 | FOR meetings, Fundraising, Ideas for change, Mentoring
Image by Lipofsky: Future of Research members at our first summit in Boston in 2014 Academia is reaching a critical turning point, where effective and positive mentoring is more necessary than ever before. A slew of recommendations, reports and surveys are...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 22, 2018 | Fundraising, Ideas for change, Mentoring
Future of Research is bringing mentoring back to the heart of academia. Mentoring the next generation of scientists is critical to the future of research. Unfortunately, academia has lost its focus on the development and wellbeing of young scientists. This has...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 8, 2018 | Data, Ideas for change, Peer Review, Policy
As part of our effort to increase transparency about the role of early career researchers in peer review, we are trying to collect data on the policies that journals have implemented with respect to involvement of early career researchers. Particularly we are looking...