Research scientists these days are fully aware that the «publish or perish» mantra is the dominant, and indeed almost the only, factor determining promotion in the profession — particularly in the early
years of a scientific career.
«A story by Fred Pearce in the February 9th online edition of the Guardian («Victory for openness as IPCC climate scientist opens up lab doors») covers some of the more publicized aspects of the last 14
years of my scientific career.
A recent story by Fred Pearce in the February 9th online edition of the Guardian («Victory for openness as IPCC climate scientist opens up lab doors») covers some of the more publicized aspects of the last 14
years of my scientific career.
It dealt primarily with some of the more publicized aspects of the last 14
years of my scientific career.
Not exact matches
The discussion focused on the Ph.D.
career crisis more as a structural issue
of «overproduction» than as a calamity for tens
of thousands
of talented and dedicated aspiring scientists who have invested crucial
years of their lives in the hope
of taking their place among those advancing the nation's
scientific enterprise.
And a February article in Nature Biotechnology summarized the
career outcomes
of 15
years of postdocs at the U.S. National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) using a newly devised taxonomy
of scientific jobs, plus related visualizations.
Mathematician Jennifer Pearl's
scientific career was already taking shape when the American Association for the Advancement
of Science granted her a one -
year fellowship that places hundreds
of scientists and engineers in policy positions spread over each
of the three branches
of government.
Here are 10 tips that I strongly believe can not only make your Ph.D. / postdoc
years prolific, successful, and rewarding, but also one
of the best parts
of your
scientific career!
For the majority
of postdocs, however — those supported by professors» research grants and working in university laboratories — the postdoc
years generally do not provide high - quality mentoring, movement toward
scientific independence, adequate compensation and recognition, or guidance toward establishing a permanent
career.
Özören has been able to triple her salary because
of a
career grant from the
Scientific and Technological Research Council
of Turkey (TÜBITAK), intended for young researchers setting up their own independent groups, and an EMBO Strategic Development and Integration Grant (SDIG) award, which provides $ 50,000 per
year for as many as 5
years, including a contribution to her salary.
New opportunities for early
career scientists to work at the interface
of computer science and other
scientific disciplines are expected to open up in Europe in the coming
years as Microsoft plans to invest big money in European science.
I consciously decided to devote a big fraction
of my
career to it, knowing that if we were successful, it would be an amazing
scientific accomplishment and contribution — well worth the
years.
The postdoctoral and junior - faculty
years correspond with the prime childbearing
years, and most
of the part - time researchers interviewed for this article adapted their work schedules so that they could pursue a
scientific career and raise a family
To help the roughly 40 %
of postdocs who don't wind up working in industry find jobs after their postdocs, Pond says, NIBR is ramping up
career development over the next
year, implementing programs and workshops to instill «soft skills» including
scientific presentation,
scientific writing, and grant writing.
But others
of the same age and
career stage will hold a new kind
of position providing total
scientific independence plus 5
years of guaranteed funding, staff, and lab space in an elegant, state -
of - the - art building.
The commission, to consist
of seven corporate representatives and four science educators, will meet over the course
of a
year to explore what can be done for women, minorities, and people with disabilities who are pursuing
scientific careers.
But he calls it «a valuable addition» to the already crowded toolbox
of metrics for sizing up scientists, such Semantic Scholar, an artificial intelligence tool for analyzing
scientific careers that he debuted earlier this
year.
Description: For postdoctoral scientists returning to a
scientific research
career after a break
of at least 2
years for family commitments.
The great lack in the American
scientific labor market, he and other observers argue, is not top - flight technical talent but attractive
career opportunities for the approximately 30,000 scientists and engineers — about 18,000
of them American citizens — who earn PhDs in the U.S. each
year.
But the real dearth — the lack
of clear pathways into
careers that could enable today's generation
of gifted young Americans to become the researchers who make tomorrow's great discoveries — is convincing more and more
of the nation's best students not to seek
careers in fields such as law, finance, medicine and other fields that offer much better short - and long - term
career prospects instead
of dedicating an average
of seven
years to PhD study plus an additional five
years or more
of postdoctoral training now considered necessary to compete for an academic
career in many
scientific fields.
Likewise, your proposal should highlight information indicating whether your institution serves a student body that would otherwise be unlikely to receive significant
scientific training or whether the graduates
of your institution frequently go on to study science at 4 -
year colleges, or to
scientific or technical
careers.
Her
scientific career, which she reportedly regarded at first as a way for a girl
of humble origins to win admission to Oxford and then later as a way to earn her living, ended for good after those 3
years of industrial laboratory work.
I came to Singapore 5
years ago with the hope
of starting my
scientific career in a place with lots
of enthusiasm but limited
scientific infrastructure.
Finally, we've prepared our own list
of career - related breakthroughs
of the
year in science, what we — the editors
of Science's Next Wave — believe are the most important developments in
scientific careers over the last twelve months.
The partnership between Hsieh, Chen and Carver sprang from
scientific friendships forged during the early
years of each scientist's
career, supported by PCF Young Investigator Awards.
The Office
of Postdoctoral and Graduate Affairs (OPGA) works to ensure that Gladstone postdocs receive the best
scientific training and
career mentoring
year - round.
Still, Browse, who spent 10
years in
scientific research in New Zealand before beginning his
career as a university professor, said his greatest satisfaction is watching graduate students develop into independent scientists and researchers and set off on
careers of their own.
The grants are designed to bolster the nation's
scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early
years of their
careers, when many scientists do their most formative work.
«Supporting talented researchers in their early
career years is one key to building and maintaining an effective
scientific workforce for the nation,» said Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer, acting director
of DOE's Office
of Science.
Matthew has invested much
of his 30 -
year career building relationships within the
scientific, academic, corporate, and investor communities.
24
year - old Emma Craven (Bojana Novakovic) was a recent MIT grad with a promising
career doing
scientific research for a company called Northmoor when she was shot to death in the doorway
of her dad's home.
G: «All
of what I'm saying is based on
scientific peer review, done by people who have undergone
years of scientific training and who put their
careers on the line making these assertions.»
All
of what I'm saying is based on
scientific peer review, done by people who have undergone
years of scientific training and who put their
careers on the line making these assertions.
«As someone who has taught college - level (Advanced Placement) environmental science for nine
years, served on the Board for the Georgia Science Teachers Association, and has inspired dozens
of my students to pursue
scientific careers,» she wrote, «I do not take the condition
of our planet, the tremendous importance
of science education, or the accuracy
of the information I purvey in my classroom lightly.»
While I don't have a
scientific study to cite, I can say that, in my last 10 +
years as a
career coach, I've worked with a lot
of people who've labeled themselves as «introverts» on - the - job.
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