by Gary McDowell | Jun 7, 2019 | International scientists, News, NIH, Policy
On Wednesday, the United States Senate Finance Committee met to discuss Foreign Threats to Taxpayer – Funded Research: Oversight Opportunities and Policy Solutions. The webpage includes a video of the session (which begins approximately 30 mins in) and written...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 4, 2019 | Ideas for change, NIH, Policy
On Wednesday June 5th at 9.45am Eastern, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on “Foreign Threats to Taxpayer – Funded Research: Oversight Opportunities and Policy Solutions”. This is part of the growing discussion about threats to...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 3, 2019 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Postdoc benefits
The Board of Directors at Future of Research has been preparing a response to the Request for Information (RFI): Institutional Accountability to Promote Inclusive Excellence (Notice Number: NOT-RM-19-001) issued recently by the National Institutes of Health, and due...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 8, 2019 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Sexual Harassment
If you follow academic discussions on Twitter, you may have caught sight of a discussion recently about grad school experiences prompted by Dr Kathryn Milligan-Myhre at the University of Alaska: For those of you who had/are now having a difficult time in grad...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 12, 2019 | Data, News, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
The data above is from our paper “Monitoring the compliance of the academic enterprise with the Fair Labor Standards Act” showing how institutions were expecting to change salaries after the last FLSA update was blocked. The Fair Labor Standards...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 14, 2019 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Policy, Sexual Harassment
This post is a modified and updated version of a post from January 2019. The U.S. Department of Education is reopening submission for comments on changes to Title IX (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal...