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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...
In April 2014, four leaders of the scientific establishment issued
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 of millions of papers finds that junior biomedical researchers tend to work on more innovative topics than their senior colleagues do.
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?
Some early career scholars feel there is not enough support for academics who reach out, say Richard Watermeyer and Jamie Lewis.
Another set of ideas for fixing the funding crisis for young researchers.
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
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.
On the delay in young scientists obtaining NIH grants.
A light-hearted opinion piece about the arbitrariness of academic success.
Share of research funding going to young scientists is declining.
Two reports highlight the plight of postdocs on both sides of the pond aiming for academia and how it might threathen research integrety.
Director Jeremy Farrar on new plans to support more young scientists and ambitious projects, large and small.
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.
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.
Joint winner says move to UK was important to his success and fears impact of government migration controls and funding freeze.
"More people over 65 are funded by research grants than those under 35."
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.
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.
A collection of papers based on workshops at the Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, 3-4th September 2013, Manchester, UK
According to a new report, the answer is "both."
10% of all postdocs stay in academia but nearly 80% hope to pursue an academic career
MacArthur Fellows data shows that creative scientists are highly mobile.
Academia doesn’t make the grade as a training ground for today’s world
Researchers around the world love their work, but tight funding is eroding their spirits.
Sometimes, the brightest stars in science decide to leave. Nature finds out where they go.
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.
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.
