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27 Jun 2018 | 13:00 GMT

How could universities and funders improve the situation for postdoctoral scientists?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, In the news, Postdoc

How could universities and funders improve the situation for postdoctoral scientists?

I’ve already written about how PhDs can prepare for and decide whether or not they should pursue a postdoc. Here, I will discuss what more universities and funding agencies should be doing as stakeholders in training and employing researchers.  Read more

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  • better postdoc
  • david bogle
  • funding
  • postdoc
  • postdoc experience
  • research institutes
  • research system
  • researcher training
  • universities

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20 Jun 2018 | 13:00 GMT

Want to find investors for your research idea? Change the way you pitch

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Business, Career paths, Funding, Research, US

Want to find investors for your research idea? Change the way you pitch

Many scientists hope to translate their discoveries into something useful and financially profitable. A biologist, for example, might hope to create a new line of health care products. Many use special grants or family resources to establish small companies. However, given the enormous challenges in the healthcare market, virtually every nascent enterprise needs outside funding; whether from wealthy “angel investors,” venture capital, or investment from large pharmaceutical and device developers.  Read more

Tags:

  • David Rubenson
  • elevator pitch
  • engineers
  • entrepreneur pitch
  • funding
  • funding pitch
  • fundraising
  • life scientists
  • ned perkins
  • pitch
  • pitch perfect
  • wendie johnson

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25 May 2018 | 13:00 GMT

More to science: working as a Research Funding Manager

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Career paths, Funding, Research, Scientists on the move

More to science: working as a Research Funding Manager

This piece was originally published on the BioMed Central blog network, part of Springer Nature.  Read more

Tags:

  • anne helme
  • biomed central
  • BMC
  • cancer
  • Cancer Research UK
  • dana berry
  • funding
  • funding manager
  • more to science
  • oncology
  • research funding
  • science careers

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14 Mar 2018 | 13:00 GMT

Where are the female first and last authors?

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Communication, CV, Data, Diversity, Faculty, Funding, Publishing, Research, Tenure, US

Where are the female first and last authors?

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle gathered names of first and last authors from papers published from 2005-2017 in 15 major science and neuroscience journals, including Nature, Science, PNAS, Nature Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Review. Nearly 10% of the names were excluded because they were relatively gender neutral, but the rest told a clear story: In these journals, authorship is a male-dominated enterprise.  Read more

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  • authorship
  • double-blind review
  • first author
  • funding
  • gender
  • gender bias
  • grant
  • high-impact journal
  • journal
  • last author
  • manuscript
  • manuscript editor
  • peer review
  • publication
  • publishing
  • tenure
  • women in science

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06 Mar 2018 | 14:00 GMT

Coming to the US for a postdoc? – If I had known, part II

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Postdoc, Research, US

Coming to the US for a postdoc? – If I had known, part II

Like many other European researchers, I moved to the US for my postdoc.  While some stay in the US, and others return to Europe after their postdocs, I’m almost certain that anyone who has followed this path will have encountered a few shocks along the way. Choosing the right fit for your postdoctoral training is just as important to choosing the right lab for your PhD. Based on my experiences, here is a list of the things that I think are worth checking in advance to avoid thinking “I wish I had known” too often.  Read more

Tags:

  • benefits
  • career development
  • elena blanco-suarez
  • fellowship
  • finances
  • funding
  • health care
  • lab policy
  • lab size
  • moving country
  • postdoc
  • research
  • US

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21 Feb 2018 | 13:00 GMT

The extra bits of a grant application: a cheat sheet

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Funding, Research

The extra bits of a grant application: a cheat sheet

These guidelines provide some generic tips for the extra bits that go with a grant application. These are not about the science, but about managing the process and dealing with the bits that are about the applicant personally.  Read more

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  • application
  • experience
  • funding
  • grant
  • grant application
  • kate christian
  • research

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11 Dec 2017 | 13:00 GMT

The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Funding, In the news, PhD, Research, US

The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor

Recently the House of Representatives essentially voted to destroy graduate education in the United States. By taxing tuition waivers as income — and therefore treating their taxable income as two to three times the amount graduate students are actually paid — the Republican tax bill would effectively put graduate study outside of the reach of all but the independently wealthy. While the Senate version of the tax bill does not include this provision, it is far from certain what the final bill after the reconciliation process will look like.  Read more

Tags:

  • academia
  • emmerich davies
  • employment
  • funding
  • future
  • graduate
  • industry
  • j wesley boyd
  • security
  • student finances
  • tax
  • tuition fees
  • tuition waivers
  • universities
  • US

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08 Dec 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Changes to the U.S. tax code will harm graduate student mobility and career prospects

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Funding, In the news, Research, US

Changes to the U.S. tax code will harm graduate student mobility and career prospects

A recent editorial in Nature described the harm that newly proposed changes to the United States tax code will have on graduate student finances. If passed, these regulations — ostensibly designed to simplify tax calculations — will eliminate benefits previously given to students. Of particular harm to graduate students and the scientific world would be the elimination of the tax-free status of tuition waivers.  Read more

Tags:

  • academia
  • Aliyah Weinstein
  • employment
  • funding
  • future
  • industry
  • PhD
  • security
  • STEM
  • student finances
  • tax
  • tuition fees
  • tuition waivers
  • university
  • US

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15 Nov 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Abandon ship, or learn to swim: the gamble young scientists must make

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Funding, PhD, Postdoc, Research

Abandon ship, or learn to swim: the gamble young scientists must make

Job stability and a career in research are rarely put together. Science is a windy, grueling, uphill climb that might end abruptly at the edge of a cliff. Halloween is a particularly scary time for Australian scientists, as it signals the release of #NHMRC project grant results. Right now, many laboratories are facing difficult decisions due to rejected funding for next year. It’s not a surprise — we see it everywhere — yet it’s a shock that affects the entire scientific community. For early career researchers across the globe, it’s a timely reminder to carefully consider and plan for the future.  Read more

Tags:

  • academia
  • atma ivancevic
  • career path
  • early career researchers
  • ecrs
  • funding
  • grant
  • grant funding
  • grant rejection
  • industry
  • PhD
  • postdoc
  • research
  • stability

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02 Aug 2017 | 13:00 GMT

ERC grants competition opens

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Collaboration, Competition, Europe, Faculty, Funding, Research, Uncategorized

ERC grants competition opens

Applications for two grant schemes open on 3 August, including ‘Starting’ grants of up to €1.5 million for up to 5 years for PIs who earned their PhD within 2-7 years ago; and a new collaborative programme, the ‘Synergy’ grant, which will fund 2-4 PIs in a cross-disciplinary project. The Synergy scheme, which awards up to €10 million for 6 years, was piloted in 2012 and 2013. The deadline is 17 October for Starting grant applications and 14 November for Synergy applications.  Read more

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  • early-career researcher
  • European Research Council
  • funding
  • g
  • grant
  • principal investigator

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