Through the Avenir initiative — a program started in 2001 but the effects of which are only now being felt — INSERM awards 20 grants to
tenured early career scientists and 20 to nontenured ones.
Not exact matches
Rethinking the Retirement Bottleneck 05 February 2014 Senior professors» refusal to retire isn't the only thing — or even the main thing — keeping
early -
career scientists off the
tenure track.
Not many
scientists have the audacity to change research directions in the
early stages of their independent research
career, and fewer still have the courage to leave a
tenure - track position for a postdoc.
Relevant to
early -
career scientists are sections on choosing an adviser and a dissertation committee; finishing the dissertation; preparing to succeed at an interview, job talk, or meeting presentation; what to expect from your mentor and committee and what to do if they fall short; how to create effective cover letters and CVs; what to focus on while working toward
tenure; what to do if your English is not perfect; what errors to avoid in grant proposals; and much more.
While Mandia sees a need for
scientists to get legal savvy, he also fears the message it sends to
early -
career scientists unprotected by
tenure or institutions.
For Campos, as for many of the thousands of
early -
career scientists currently aiming for
tenure - track positions, the depressed job market prompted a change in course.
First, you must recognize that the current structure of medical schools and universities, with their anachronistic, rigid «up or out» promotion and
tenure systems, were designed to accommodate the male physician -
scientist of
earlier generations whose
career ambitions were supported by stay - at - home wives who assumed all household and child - rearing responsibilities.
During his
tenure, Josh was a leader in elevating the participation of students and
early career scientists in AAS's annual Congressional Visits Day and organized the Society's first congressional briefings on the astronomical sciences in over a decade.
Trainees and
early -
career scientists interested in
tenure - track academic research
careers should investigate other opportunities.