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17 Apr 2018 | 08:31 GMT

Reshaping the research landscape

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Funding, Postdoc, Report, Research, US

Reshaping the research landscape

The proposal from the advisory body in Washington DC calls for more career counselling at the graduate and postdoctoral levels, better data on career outcomes at those levels, three-year caps on postdocs under principal investigators and new non-tenure track academic research positions, among other changes. To implement all the proposals would require a US$2 billion increase to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s budget, as well as subsequent budget raises to prevent future funding bottlenecks.  Read more

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  • career outcome
  • career paths
  • grant
  • NIH
  • postdoc
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  • United States

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17 Apr 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Being a foreign scientist in Trump’s America

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Careers articles, Diversity, Events, In the news, Mobility, Perspectives, Scientists on the move, US

Being a foreign scientist in Trump’s America

A Spanish bioscience postdoc on a non-immigrant J1 visa, based in California, who wishes to remain anonymous, shares her perspective as a foreigner in the US in the current political climate with science writer Louisa Cockbill.  Read more

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  • house
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  • presidency
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  • spain
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07 Apr 2017 | 13:00 GMT

The worldwide web of science

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, CV, Diversity, Events, Mobility, People Management, Relationships, Research, Scientists on the move, Social media

The worldwide web of science

Early career scientists are often told that networking is important for future career prospects and mobility. Often, this comes in the form of a nudge to attend university seminars, events for local scientific professionals or national conferences. These are typically great for meeting scientists working in your city or country – but developing an international network can often be much more difficult. First, scientists are most often around others working at their university or research centre, making this their primary network. Second, travel to attend international conferences may be cost-prohibitive, especially for early career scientists. Finally, connecting with colleagues outside of the country may not be on the radar of students and postdocs, or may seem overwhelming at that stage of a scientific career.  Read more

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  • Aliyah Weinstein
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  • France
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  • ireland
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  • paris
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  • research
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02 Feb 2012 | 16:50 GMT

US scientists have their say on plans for biomedical workforce

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Academia, Funding, PhD, Postdoc, Tenure, US

Posted on behalf of Gene Russo, Nature Careers editor US biomedical scientists recently had a chance to set their field’s priorities. And what was the most pressing problem they reported? The very real possibility that there are too damn many biomedical scientists. The balance between the supply of biomedical researchers and the demand in terms of available career opportunities should be the biggest priority for reforming the US biomedical workforce, according to a survey response issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Other big priorities that scientists highlighted were PhD characteristics (i.e. PhD curriculum, length of the PhD training  … Read more

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  • United States
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13 Jan 2012 | 12:56 GMT

Women increase their share of biological science PhDs in United States

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Industry, PhD, US

Women continue to be awarded the majority of biological science PhDs in the United States, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Read more

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  • biological sciences
  • National Science Foundation
  • PhD
  • United States
  • women

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02 Nov 2011 | 15:05 GMT

New podcasts on networking and moving to the United States

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: US

During the recent Naturejobs Career Expo in London we recorded interviews with two of our speakers, which are now available as podcasts on naturejobs.com.  Read more

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  • United States

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