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View ArticleHow could universities and funders improve the situation for postdoctoral...
What the research system needs to be doing to improve the world that postdocs face By David Bogle I’ve already written about how PhDs can prepare for and decide whether or not they should pursue a...
View ArticleWant to find investors for your research idea? Change the way you pitch
A fundraising pitch involves vastly different style and substance than a scientific talk. Entrepreneurial scientists and engineers need to understand and manage the differences. In a funding pitch,...
View ArticleMore to science: working as a Research Funding Manager
This piece was originally published on the BioMed Central blog network, part of Springer Nature. Pixabay There’s more to science than being a scientist! Next in our ‘Science > Careers’ series Anne...
View ArticleWhere are the female first and last authors?
Women remain under-represented in many areas of science, but they are especially scarce in the pages of high-impact journals, according to an analysis published online 2 March in bioRxiv. Researchers...
View ArticleComing to the US for a postdoc? – If I had known, part II
Is moving to the US for a postdoc worth it? Elena Blanco-Suárez shares her tips on how to make the best decision for you. Like many other European researchers, I moved to the US for my postdoc. While...
View ArticleThe extra bits of a grant application: a cheat sheet
Generic tips for your approach to a grant application By Kate Christian These guidelines provide some generic tips for the extra bits that go with a grant application. These are not about the science,...
View ArticleThe urgent need to recognize and value academic labor
Two Harvard professors share their thoughts on the latest from the US Republican Party’s tuition waiver tax plan. Recently the House of Representatives essentially voted to destroy graduate education...
View ArticleChanges to the U.S. tax code will harm graduate student mobility and career...
Increased financial burden for students will harm science in the long run, says Aliyah Weinstein. A recent editorial in Nature described the harm that newly proposed changes to the United States tax...
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For scientists, there’s nothing more frightening than a major grant rejection. With the scarcity of funding at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts, it’s time to talk about options, says Atma...
View ArticleERC grants competition opens
The European Research Council (ERC) in Brussels, an independent funding body supported by the European Commission, has announced €1.86 billion (US$2.2 billion) in four types of 2018 grants for early-...
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