Sentences with phrase «primarily of academic scientists»

This capture of EPA was not limited to the selection of a few supportive political appointees, but rather penetrated into the career civil service and even to the supposedly non-partisan EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) composed primarily of academic scientists.

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Previous social science research has focused on the views of academic scientists and those working at elite universities while studies of religous views of science have focused primarily on the issue of evolution, said Ecklund.

While research training primarily prepares scientists for academic careers, it also allows young researchers to develop skills that are valued by a range of employers beyond academia.

Through decisions made haphazardly 60 years ago, «we chose as a country to staff our labs primarily with graduate students and postdocs and a few non-tenured staff people, while other countries have permanent ways of staffing their labs,» often with PhD staff scientists in career positions, says Georgia State University economist Paula Stephan, an authority on the academic labor force.