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Budding Scientists Inherit Career Success — or the Lack of it — from Their Mentors

Budding Scientists Inherit Career Success — or the Lack of it — from Their Mentors

Great Gatsby Curve, which outlines generational wealth, has a corollary in academia, researchers find

Researcher Parents Are Paying a High Price for Conference Travel - Here's How to Fix It

Researcher Parents Are Paying a High Price for Conference Travel - Here's How to Fix It

Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences.

Japan to Boost Financial Aid for Young Researchers to Revitalize Japan's Global Standing in Technology Research

Japan to Boost Financial Aid for Young Researchers to Revitalize Japan's Global Standing in Technology Research

With the aim of boosting Japan's slumping research capabilities, the education ministry is planning to launch financial support for groups of young researchers engaged in international collaborative research in advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and medicine. The support from the ministry will include travel expenses from Japan and costs for organizing research conferences. The ministry hopes the initiative will enhance Japan's research capabilities by facilitating interactions with leading researchers abroad, thus achieving results in promising collaborative research.

Fewer U.S. Scientists are Pursuing Postdoc Positions, New Data Show

Fewer U.S. Scientists are Pursuing Postdoc Positions, New Data Show

New data released by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) reveal a sharp drop in the number of U.S. citizens working as postdocs, especially in the biological and biomedical sciences. 

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The Meaning of a Word

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The Meaning of a Word

A fraught exchange on social media leads a PhD student to reconsider how she conducts research on neuroinclusivity while being neurodivergent herself.

How to Find Meaning in Your Science Career: Six Expert Tips

How to Find Meaning in Your Science Career: Six Expert Tips

Philosophers, social scientists and a Nobel-prizewinning economist on how researchers can get satisfaction from their work - and make a difference to the world.

How to Make Academic Hiring Fair: Database Lists Innovative Policies

How to Make Academic Hiring Fair: Database Lists Innovative Policies

Reformscape is designed to inspire university leaders by collecting examples of responsible career assessment.

Announcing Reformscape: a New Online Tool to Explore Responsible Academic Career Assessment and Drive Positive Change | DORA

Announcing Reformscape: a New Online Tool to Explore Responsible Academic Career Assessment and Drive Positive Change | DORA

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is delighted to announce the launch of Reformscape – a new online resource enabling the global academic community to explore and share examples of how to make hiring, promotion and tenure fairer, more robust and more diverse.

EU Ministers Take Small Steps Towards Improving Research Career Structures

EU Ministers Take Small Steps Towards Improving Research Career Structures

EU ministers have adopted joint recommendations on what the bloc should do to improve research careers, taking a small step towards meaningful change.

Council Backs Moves to Attract and Retain Researchers

Council Backs Moves to Attract and Retain Researchers

Research ministers endorse recommendations on research careers and approve conclusions on using R&I in policymaking

Why We Swapped PhD Research for Secondary-school Teaching

Why We Swapped PhD Research for Secondary-school Teaching

Students value being taught by real-life scientists with lived experience of life in the lab, say researchers who switched career.

Among U.S. postdoc applicants, researchers of color often fare worst

Among U.S. postdoc applicants, researchers of color often fare worst

Many researchers of color are at a disadvantage when applying for postdoctoral positions. That’s one of the main findings of a new study of 22,098 applications for 769 scientific postdoc positions at nine U.S. universities. 

EU Proposal on Research Careers Seen As a Step in Right Direction, but Falling Short on Ambition

EU Proposal on Research Careers Seen As a Step in Right Direction, but Falling Short on Ambition

The European Commission's long-awaited proposal to improve career pathways for researchers put forward last week is viewed an important step in the right direction, but advocates want to see more ambition and political pressure to usher in change.

'Industry Scientists Are Often Misunderstood: Here’s Why I Chose This Path'

'Industry Scientists Are Often Misunderstood: Here’s Why I Chose This Path'

"I don’t think industry would be a good fit for me,” the student said, “I’m not money-motivated.” As an industry scientist myself, I struggled to hide my surprise.

To Increase Women in STEM Jobs, Increase Female Leadership

To Increase Women in STEM Jobs, Increase Female Leadership

New research suggests that women remain underrepresented in STEM fields in federal jobs. But one factor seems to make a difference in women's STEM employment levels: more women in supervisory positions.

"If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We're in Big Trouble."

"If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We're in Big Trouble."

Mathematician and educator Freeman A. Hrabowski III talks about the importance of the humanities, culture change in academia, and much more. He has led groundbreaking efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout his career. As president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for three decades, Hrabowski transformed a regional commuter school into a top-tier research university.