Breaking the Silence
The Unionization of Postdoctoral Workers at the University of California.
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Addressing systemic problems in the biomedical research enterprise: An Update
Last spring, the four of us published an essay in PNAS in which we described the severe problems now faced by scientists working in the US biomedical research system, recommending several steps that might be taken to improve the situation...
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In April 2014, four leaders of the scientific establishment issued
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks
A quantitative understanding of faculty hiring as a system is lacking. Our study suggests that faculty hiring follows a common and steeply hierarchical structure that reflects profound social inequality.
Analysis shows that young scientists lead the way on fresh ideas
Analysis of millions of papers finds that junior biomedical researchers tend to work on more innovative topics than their senior colleagues do.
Is 'academic citizenship' under strain?
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?
Public engagement: hidden costs for research careers?
Some early career scholars feel there is not enough support for academics who reach out, say Richard Watermeyer and Jamie Lewis.
No solutions for a decade-old problem
Another set of ideas for fixing the funding crisis for young researchers.
How to give the next generation of scholars a career boost
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
The not-quite-stated, awful truth
For all but a small percentage of aspiring researchers, doing a postdoc at a university is a lousy idea because it will neither result in an academic job nor otherwise advance one’s career.
A generation at risk: young investigators and the future of the biomedical workforce
A generation at risk: young investigators and the future of the biomedical workforce
On the delay in young scientists obtaining NIH grants.
Pure, stupid luck
A light-hearted opinion piece about the arbitrariness of academic success.
Freezing out young scientists
Share of research funding going to young scientists is declining.
Harsh reality
Two reports highlight the plight of postdocs on both sides of the pond aiming for academia and how it might threathen research integrety.
Wellcome Trust wants research dreams to flourish
Director Jeremy Farrar on new plans to support more young scientists and ambitious projects, large and small.
Aging Researchers and Funding Trends
The proportion of federal research funding going to investigators older than 65 was greater than that going to researchers younger than 35, even if most Nobel recipients made their discoveries before they were 40 years old.
On the changing role of the Postdoc and why publishers should care
It seems that if there’s a market that we ought to be thinking about, it’s postdocs. Guest Post by Phill Jones, Head of Publisher Outreach for Digital Science.
Nobel prizewinner John O'Keefe urges UK to nurture young scientists
Joint winner says move to UK was important to his success and fears impact of government migration controls and funding freeze.
Young, brilliant and underfunded
"More people over 65 are funded by research grants than those under 35."
A congressman's plan to make NIH grantees younger
Congressman wants to order the NIH to bring down the average age at which new investigators receive their first grant by 4 years within a decade.
250 great minds
The University of Leeds is seeking to recruit up to 250 exceptional early career academics to tenure track equivalent Academic Fellowships over the next three years.
The impact of researcher development
A collection of papers based on workshops at the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, 3-4th September 2013, Manchester, UK
Are we producing too few or too many science and technology grads?
According to a new report, the answer is "both."
Should I become a professor? Success rate 3 %
10% of all postdocs stay in academia but nearly 80% hope to pursue an academic career
New data shows creative people move more
MacArthur Fellows data shows that creative scientists are highly mobile.
Want an education in life? Then drop out of university
Academia doesn’t make the grade as a training ground for today’s world
Divided opinions in job satisfaction
Researchers around the world love their work, but tight funding is eroding their spirits.
Life outside the lab: The ones who got away
Sometimes, the brightest stars in science decide to leave. Nature finds out where they go.
There is life after academia
With high numbers of postdocs emerging from universities, prospective PhD students must be prepared for the fact that they will probably not end up with a career in research.
Unzufrieden, weil Zukunftsperspektiven fehlen
Stehen Juniorprofessoren in Deutschland kurz vor dem Sprung in ihre weitere wissenschaftliche Karriere, wächst die Angst, keine Perspektive zu haben. Fast die Hälfte äußert sich "unzufrieden" mit ihrer Situation, klagt über fehlende Tenure-Track-Optionen.
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