by Gary McDowell | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
As the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ruling on the minimum salary for overtime exemption comes into effect on Dec 1st, institutions are starting to indicate how they will change postdoc salaries in response. For example, Boston University (BU) is raising...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here at FoR, we’re continuously making calls for more data about junior scientists. There’s often a focus on quantitative data, but it’s just as important to get qualitative information; anecdotes; experiences. Below we are sharing a call for your...
by Gary McDowell | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
On May 18th come to our session on developing career development resources, for both yourself and a national effort! Read more here!
by Gary McDowell | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Future of Research is a U.S.-based organization designed to educate, advocate for and promote early career scientists. With the changing structure and distribution of funding in Canada, there is a worry that growth and sustainability of the biomedical...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
A very active discussion of interest to many members of the Future of Research community is how to shape the future of publishing in science. The #ASAPBio meeting, discussing ways to incentivize the use of pre-prints in biology research, is coming up at Howard Hughes...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) has issued a statement congratulating Future of Research on its recent award of “People of the Year” by Science Careers. You can read the statement here; many thanks to the NPA!
