Tilghman, Rockey, and the others in the working group laid out several
recommendations aimed at shortening and diversifying doctoral programs and
postdoc positions, increasing the proportion of trainees supported by training grants and fellowships instead of research grants, collecting more data on career outcomes, improving
postdoc salaries, and promoting the staff scientist career path.
For years, there have been
recommendations that
postdoc salaries be raised to $ 50,000 - higher than the level they will be raised to on Dec 1st - across a wide consensus of academic stakeholders.