Early
career researchers from environmental research and monitoring institutions in China and Brazil have joined project participants Professor David Wallom and Dr Sarah Sparrow from the Oxford e-Research Centre, the University of Edinburgh's Professor Simon Tett (LOTUS lead PI) and other researchers from UK institutions for the workshop.
In a number of special sessions, early -
career researchers from African universities will present their research.
For Crystal Brogan, Co-Chair of the conference, «one of the most gratifying aspects of gathering with the ALMA astronomical community is the high rate of attendance by early
career researchers from all over the world, demonstrating the tremendous interest in ALMA, and ensuring that the amazing science discoveries enabled by ALMA will be continued by the next generation.»
Not exact matches
Using longitudinal data
from the nine - decade - long Terman life - cycle study, which has followed the lives and
career outcomes of a group of gifted children since 1922,
researchers Timothy A. Judge of Notre Dame and John D. Kammeyer - Mueller of the University of Florida analyzed the characteristics of the most ambitious among them.
Gaining the correct experience that will help you develop your
career in sustainable agriculture requires dedication, knowledge and sometimes volunteering, but above all else, a group of colleagues and mentors
from a variety of different disciplines and sectors is crucial to growing as a
researcher and scientist.
In a topical lecture delivered at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting, Urry, a former president of the American Astronomical Association, used the story to illustrate how such incidents are driving early -
career researchers away
from the sciences.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute program will support
researchers from underrepresented groups for up to 8 years, including postdoc training and early faculty
career
These include almost 50 case studies of
researchers from a variety of disciplines who have made successful transitions into new
careers.
One answer came
from the European Science Foundation (ESF) in 2003: Offer 25 early
career researchers each year the monetary equivalent of the Nobel Prize, up to $ 1.25 million over 5 years, to cover salary and all the costs of establishing themselves in Europe.
From my perspective, the only downsides to this
career path are (1) you're expected to be mobile during your early (Grade A) training period, and (2) at this point, the salary is not equal to that of a
researcher in academia.
«This provides an obstacle that can dissuade even the brightest young
researchers from pursuing a research
career.»
Özören has been able to triple her salary because of a
career grant
from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), intended for young
researchers setting up their own independent groups, and an EMBO Strategic Development and Integration Grant (SDIG) award, which provides $ 50,000 per year for as many as 5 years, including a contribution to her salary.
MANCHESTER, U.K. —
Researchers from all corners of Europe have flocked to the biennial EuroScience Open Forum this week, where experts are showcasing scientific developments in a broad range of fields and discussing science policy issues — plus offering
career guidance.
Prior to his managerial
career, Sykes was a
researcher, earning a doctorate in 1973
from Bristol University and then working as a microbiologist for many years, both at Glaxo and at Princeton's Squibb Institute for Medical Research.
Robinson sees the VF program as an option for early
career researchers to broaden their professional horizons and take that critical step
from the training phase to permanent job.
More importantly,
from a personal perspective, her role at POST has turned out to be excellent
career match for a thorough
researcher who was never afraid to look outside the box.
From its inception, the Career Development Center for Postdocs and Junior Faculty (CDC) has aimed to fill this deficit by educating young
researchers in the large body of nonscience knowledge that young academic scientists need to advance their
careers and the research infrastructure of the United States.
Early -
career researchers wishing to make a move to industry may face various challenges depending on their subject, Pelisson notes, though the data analysis and statistics skills she gained
from her background in quantum physics made her transition relatively smooth.
If a civilised discussion with your supervisor fails to resolve the problem, you should try to get objective advice
from someone else, says Janet Metcalfe, head of Vitae, an organisation devoted to advancing the
careers of research staff and doctoral
researchers.
Justin Zhan, a computer science professor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, who serves as an ECR, adds, «if you don't even know what is a good evaluation, and what is needed
from a reviewer's perspective, it's hard for early -
career [
researchers] to make a successful proposal.»
Early -
career scientists who wish to win research funding
from federal agencies face a number of obstacles, not least of all the formidable competition: senior
researchers who have spent years improving their grantsmanship skills.
Statistically, many early
career researchers are likely to move away
from lab - based research, says Conlan.
It turns out that the three UCL
researchers on the top 10 list have known each other
from early in their
careers.
Although he received offers
from industry, he desired a
career as an academic
researcher.
He suggested that the first vice-chancellor to make the commitment to
career progression «will be onto a winner» — having the leverage to attract the very best
researchers away
from Oxbridge.
In reality, «substantially more scientists and engineers graduate
from U.S. universities than can find attractive
career openings in the U.S. work force [and] the postdoc population, which has grown very rapidly in U.S. universities and is recruited increasingly
from abroad, looks more like a pool of low - cost research lab workers with limited
career prospects than a high - quality training program for soon - to - be academic
researchers,» he continued.
The
researchers used information
from these interviews to create a survey that asked programmers about various aspects of their jobs, including which skills they found to be most valuable in their
careers.
From the research councils» point of view, the scheme not only fosters rich training for early
career researchers, but it also promotes «a closer long term collaboration between academia and industry.»
A new analysis
from the National Institutes of Health puts in stark relief the widening imbalance between men and women
researchers as their
careers progress.
Researchers who spend part of their
career abroad — even if it's just a few hundred kilometers
from home — can find themselves paying into a variety of supplemental plans, often resulting in lower benefits than they would enjoy if they just stayed put.
In working with a group of 34 early
career teachers, cognitive and learning sciences
researcher Joshua Ellis
from Michigan Tech and his co-authors asked participants to use role - play in their online discussions to deepen the feedback between group members.
Although both initiatives are still in the development stage, they reflect a renewed political interest in U.K. energy research and herald future — and affirm current —
career opportunities for early
career researchers in areas ranging
from nuclear to renewable energy.
The transition
from trainee to independent investigator is a particularly vulnerable point in a translational
researcher's
career.
Even with endorsements
from established and early
career researchers, science faculty might be reluctant to commit their own or their trainees» time to a business workshop.
It says bright graduates are turning away
from careers in science because
researchers in academia are paid too little; science teaching in schools is often poor; and good research which takes time to show its worth is being nipped in the bud by short - term pressures.
The terrible state of academic
careers resulted not
from sequestration but
from the fundamental structure of a funding system that has long used graduate students and postdocs as cheap labor for grant - supported research, and as a consequence has produced too many Ph.D.
researchers for the existing
career opportunities.
The Harvard settlement, announced last week by U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, stems
from $ 5.5 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and
career development grants overseen between 1994 and 1999 by Jeanne Wei, a
researcher who studies aging.
As a result, he says, damage to the
researchers»
careers may not stem entirely
from actions by the institutions.
In 2015, Neill and two MSKCC colleagues published their method for considering
researchers in different areas and stages in their
careers, using data
from Scopus and other sources.
Professor von Itzstein's research team composed of Ms Larissa Dirr, an international PhD student originally
from Germany, and early
career researchers and co-senior authors Dr Ibrahim El - Deeb,
from Egypt, and Dr Patrice Guillon
from France.
Though they come
from all over and have taken different paths to get to Argonne, these early -
career investigators are now all part of the same dynamic fleet of battery
researchers at the laboratory.
While the research experience is the primary component, the program also provides comprehensive training such as interactive ethics course and professional development training exercises including the preparation of personal
career documents, interactions with
researchers from both industry and nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, interactive panel discussions, and seminar series to prepare you for future endeavors.
It will also include 18 post-doctoral, early -
career researchers who have been carefully selected
from around the world.
«Talented
researchers emerge
from the TRTH program with the knowledge and professional network that will position them for success as they continue to grow their
careers in the important discipline of translational research,» said ASH President Dr. Charles S. Abrams of the University of Pennsylvania.
LA JOLLA — Clodagh O'Shea, an associate professor in the Salk Institute's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, is among the first recipients of a grant
from the Faculty Scholars Program, a new partnership of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Simons Foundation for early
career researchers whose work shows the potential for groundbreaking contributions in their fields.
The fellowships enable early -
career researchers to join a project team
from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.
«We had specialists in enzymes and mimics, scientists who were established in their fields and early in their
careers, experimental
researchers and computer modelers, all
from around the world.»
In total 37 early
career researchers (19
from the UK and 18
from Japan)
from various fields including Medicine, Psychology and Education participated.
For the second year in a row, seven Clemson
researchers received
CAREER awards
from the National Science Foundation.
Jeffrey D. Rudolf, a postdoctoral
researcher on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), has been awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99 / R00), a highly competitive
career transition grant
from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences.