The Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) community unifies
early career researchers in an influential network and communication platform to promote local and global exchange across multiple disciplines related to Earth system sciences.
The YESS community provides an international and multi-disciplinary ECR network and a collective voice for
early career researchers in Earth system science.
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.
Dr Jane Hunter,
an early career researcher in the Centre for Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney was intrigued by the challenge of how teachers effectively embed technologies into learning.
Not exact matches
This article originally appeared
in U.S. Studies Online, a digital forum for postgraduate and
early career researchers associated with the British Association of American Studies (BAAS).
Since then, ERC Starting Grants have continued to support
early -
career scientists as they transition to independence and establish their own groups
in Europe, with the majority of the 7000 grants that the ERC has distributed going to
researchers under 40.
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.
Müller also notes that while the report criticizes the current model
in which all
early -
career researchers must juggle a range of activities and compete for the same achievements, it does not contemplate alternatives to that model.
Of particular concern to young scientists is a possible decline
in funding for research groups, which would affect yet another category of
early -
career researchers: postdocs.
• The lack of funding opportunities was universal, but it was reported most often by
early -
career researchers in Africa (70.3 %), MENA (71.2 %), and the Americas (66.7 %).
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.
The report highlights many important problems that countries like the United Kingdom have been focusing on to provide better support to
early -
career researchers, such as «the multi-facetted role of the
early career researcher and the need for professional development
in areas beyond research such as people management and winning funding,» writes Ellen Pearce, director of Vitae, a U.K. organization that promotes the professional development of
early -
career researchers,
in an email to Science
Careers.
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.
Early -
career researchers in neuroscience and other biological fields are not adequately aware of the issue, Button writes
in her e-mail: «Research methods and statistical inference are key to the current model of bioscience research but their importance is not reflected
in the time dedicated to their teaching
in undergraduate courses.»
And more than 1,600 scientists — most of them
early -
career researchers at UK universities — wrote
in a letter to The Times on July 22 that the government should protect scientists by acting to maintain access to EU funding and ensure the free movement of
researchers.
It covers all disciplines
in the sciences and humanities, employing some 3000
early -
career researchers and accounting for 20 % of Spain's scientific output.
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.
Their plight — which is likely familiar to
early -
career researchers around the world — is illustrated by a recent survey of the French research and higher education sector, including Ph.D. candidates and Ph.D. holders
in a variety of disciplines and roles.
Meanwhile, the report — which adds to the growing body of literature documenting the challenges that
early -
career researchers around the world are facing — also calls for measures to address the problems
in academia.
Interdisciplinary skills, statistical and computational methods, and a holistic understanding of the physiology of animals are lacking among
early -
career researchers in the United Kingdom, according to a national review of vulnerable skills and capabilities published
earlier this year.
Although various programs to address the problems plaguing
early -
career biomedical
researchers are already underway, including some through NIH, the legislation tells junior scientists that lawmakers have heard their concerns and want to take part
in the effort to bring about change.
A: For years, I had been involved
in promoting professional recognition for
early -
career researchers, raising awareness of alternative
careers, and bridging the gap between academia and industry through grassroots associations
in France and the United States.
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.»
Furthermore, relinquishing anonymity allows reviewers to be recognized for their contribution as reviewers, which may be especially valuable for
researchers early in their
careers, who have not yet filled out their CVs with peer - reviewed publications.
Despite the program's name, the point isn't so much to recruit
researchers who are decidedly
early in their
career; rather, it's more a way of expanding NIH's universe of reviewers and skilled applicants.
Among the 30 post-doctoral
researchers chosen each year to participate
in the Leadership Institute are
early -
career and mid-
career scientists.
Even
in a supportive environment, the challenges of doing both at once — becoming a world - class
researcher and commercializing a technology — are so formidable that many
early -
career scientists come to see them as insurmountable.
Banfield may be luckier than he thinks, considering that analysis — Banfield's fallback — is an area
in which
early -
career planetary
researchers are feeling the pinch.
Last Thursday, Vitae — an organization supported by research funding bodies, that promotes the professional development of
early -
career researchers in the United Kingdom — released two reports exploring the working conditions and
career development of research staff (mainly postdocs) and principal investigators (PIs)
in higher education.
It is a prize usually awarded to
researchers early in their
career — and so it is for her.
AAAS celebrated on October 15, 2015, four female
early -
career researchers as the recipients of the Marion Milligan Mason Awards for Women
in the Chemical Sciences.
In the meantime, Beckmann plans to nurture Oregon's nascent biotech industry, particularly by mentoring
early -
career researchers.
These efforts have translated into tangible improvement
in the lives of
early -
career researchers, Jorge says.
In France, then, researchers may obtain a permanent contract much earlier in their careers than in most other countries, but this does not necessarily mean earlier scientific independenc
In France, then,
researchers may obtain a permanent contract much
earlier in their careers than in most other countries, but this does not necessarily mean earlier scientific independenc
in their
careers than
in most other countries, but this does not necessarily mean earlier scientific independenc
in most other countries, but this does not necessarily mean
earlier scientific independence.
ELSO
Early Career Award Annual award, open to early - career researchers in molecular life sciences working in Eu
Early Career Award Annual award, open to
early - career researchers in molecular life sciences working in Eu
early -
career researchers in molecular life sciences working
in Europe.
It turns out that the three UCL
researchers on the top 10 list have known each other from
early in their
careers.
EMBO Gold medal Annual award (a gold medal and $ 10,000 of personal award), open to
early -
career researchers in molecular biology working
in Europe.
In this special feature on young scientists and activism, we invite you to examine some of the reasons that other
early -
career researchers have chosen to become «activists.»
One answer is provided by the Industrial Co-Operative Award
in Science and Engineering (CASE), a U.K. Ph.D. studentship that seeks to build meaningful and sustainable relationships between industry and academia, with
early career researchers at the point of intersection.
Science
Careers spoke with a few of the
early -
career researchers involved
in the work about how they got into this field, what it was like to contribute to the breakthrough, and what they've learned along the way.
«It is therefore
in the best interest of
early career researchers to take these issues seriously and try to do something about them, since they will have to live with the changes.
For today's
early -
career researchers — students, postdocs, faculty members, and staff scientists — doing science
in countries other than their own is an increasingly common experience.
In fact, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) established its
early -
career scientist efforts to help
researchers focus on their laboratory research.
Compared with white American
researchers, black American
researchers are a third less likely to have an
early -
career National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funded, according to an NIH - commissioned study published August 18
in Science.
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 member
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 member
in their online discussions to deepen the feedback between group members.
Rather, crowdfunding can be a complementary source «that can fill gaps or expands access» to funding for
researchers — such as
early career scientists or those working
in meagerly funded fields — who «traditionally wouldn't have had those grant opportunities.»
This funding allows a
researcher to set up his or her own research team, the idea being that, with European funding, he or she will be able to do so
earlier in his / her
career than would have been possible without it.
Among other measures, the package includes «a bill to create a «Next Generation of
Researchers Initiative» within the [National Institutes of Health] Office of the Director to promote early - career researchers — also a priority in the House b
Researchers Initiative» within the [National Institutes of Health] Office of the Director to promote
early -
career researchers — also a priority in the House b
researchers — also a priority
in the House bill.»
Trying their hand at genetics research at an
early stage was an important step
in the
careers of all three
researchers.
Research Fellowships are intended to help
early career researchers to conduct a defined project at a location of their choice
in a country other than Germany and to use it as an opportunity to familiarise themselves with new research methods or to bring a large project to a conclusion.