Not exact matches
Despite the considerable challenges
of a scientific
career — relatively low pay, long hours, a very long
training phase, and a tight job market — scientists say they enjoy the work.
Second, by comparing the number
of faculty in the field to the number doing a postdoc — which besides being a
training phase also serves as a holding pattern for scientists waiting and hoping for faculty jobs — we can get an idea
of whether Ph.D. scientists have access to other
career options they deem acceptable.
Despite the
career - development aspect, being a doctorant - conseil is not a
training phase, writes François Forest, director
of the Information, Structure, and Systems doctoral school at the Montpellier 2 University, in an e-mail.
The BRAIN Initiative K99 / R00 award is intended for individuals from diverse backgrounds (including nationally underrepresented groups) who are working in research areas supported by the BRAIN Initiative, who have no more than five years
of postdoctoral research experience, and who require at least 12 months
of mentored research
training and
career development (K99
phase) before transitioning to the independent research (R00)
phase of the program.
Another common reason why a particular supplement doesn't work for you is that you have no use for it at this
phase of your
training career or you're trying to fix something that isn't broken.