by Gary McDowell | Jul 12, 2018 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
Information on the biomedical labor market is necessary both for the formulation of policies that ensure its sustainable future as well as for informing individual career decisions. After announcement in Science, a coalition of universities pledged to release...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 21, 2018 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Surveys & Forums
In Defense of Science: The National Science Policy Network Is Helping the Next Generation of Civic Scientists and Engineers to Organize Nationwide Network Receives More than $100,000 in Grants for Local Work See this op-ed in Scientific American. From...
by Gary McDowell | May 28, 2018 | Data, Events & Networking, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Rigor and Reproducibility, Surveys & Forums
Data from an eLife Early Career Researcher Group survey At a recent meeting about journal peer review, one of the key outcomes was the realization that there needs to be a greater effort to recognize the scholarly contributions of graduate students and...
by Gary McDowell | May 3, 2018 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change
This is a guest post by FoR BoD member Adriana Bankston. During the month of April, Future of Research (FoR) supported multiple efforts towards advocating for science and scientists. FoR BoD member Adriana Bankston and FoR ED Gary McDowell participated in their...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 25, 2018 | Events & Networking, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy
On May 1 at 1-2pm EST FoR will be co-hosting a Tweetchat on “Advocating for science,” where various science policy groups will discuss how to engage early career researchers in advocacy and will also provide resources. How do you get involved in...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 1, 2017 | Data, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, News, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
There is very little information available on how much postdocs are actually paid in the U.S. It is generally assumed that biomedical postdocs in particular are paid roughly in accordance with the NIH NRSA scale and indeed the National Postdoctoral...
