In a 14 May Next Wave article, NIH's Ruth Kirschstein and colleagues noted that «portable or transitional grant awards to promising fellows should be considered as a means of facilitating their advancement into independent
positions at academic institutions»; this, indeed, is one of several proposals «under consideration by the senior staff of NIH and the Advisory Committee to the director of NIH.»
«I had always assumed that I could come back to Germany, work here at the DKFZ for 5 years, but afterwards still be able find a new 5 - year
position at another academic institution within the country.»
Not exact matches
NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in
academic medicine
positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee
positions at that
institution.
If a permanent
position has advantages over a postdoc, a job
at a public research
institution in France also has advantages over the typical
academic post.
Not all scientists
at the conference intend to struggle for an
academic position; those interested in alternative career paths met representatives of industry and nonacademic research
institutions at a series of workshops.
In most cases, it is next to impossible for a U.S. citizen to work as a paid member of the scientific staff in a career
position at either an
academic institution or European laboratory such as a Max Plank institute or the European synchrotron light sources.
Even though there are more
academic positions available, the increase in the number of foreign nationals recruited for these
positions limits the number of
positions that remain open for U.S. citizens
at Ph.D. - granting
institutions.
The Applicant will be a researcher with between 3 - 15 years» experience beyond the award of their PhD or equivalent qualification, who
at the time of application will be either in a permanent, full - time
academic position (either within the
institution at which they wish to base their CDA - funded research or another elsewhere in Ireland or overseas), or employed on a temporary (fixed - term) contract.
This of course does not go for
academic positions at climate research departments or meteorological
institutions.
The majority of us have a Ph.D. and hold
positions as professors
at academic institutions where we teach about relationships, conduct and publish our own research findings in peer - reviewed
academic journals, write books, and serve as reviewers or editorial board members for the major journals in our field.