by Gary McDowell | May 30, 2019 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH
The NIH recently issued a request for information (RFI) seeking input on the need for an administrative data enclave. The RFI is here and a blogpost related to the RFI is here. Given the lack of information about the NIH-funded workforce, and particularly the...
by Gary McDowell | May 30, 2019 | FOR meetings, Mentoring
FoR Chicago 2019: Mentoring Future Scientists The importance that departments and institutions attach to supporting good mentorship, and providing mechanisms for accountability and addressing poor mentorship, have become an issue of intense scrutiny for early...
by Gary McDowell | May 13, 2019 | FOR meetings, Mentoring
To ensure that early career researchers are supported in their academic development, we are holding a meeting in Chicago June 14 to place mentoring as a priority at academic institutions. Cooperating with satellite meetings around the country, we will develop a set of...
by Gary McDowell | May 7, 2019 | FOR meetings
Future of Research is organizing a meeting focused on helping departments to center mentorship in their priorities. Registration closes May 14th for the Chicago meeting: register here to donate or here for free registration Registration closes May 14th for the...
by Gary McDowell | May 3, 2019 | Data, FOR meetings, Surveys & Forums
The eLife ECR community currently has a survey open, until June 1st, with the goal of Assessing the quality of mentorship in research environments. They are looking for responses from around the world, from the perspective of early-career researchers. They have...
by Gary McDowell | May 3, 2019 | FOR meetings, Mentoring
Future of Research is organizing a meeting to develop a set of departmental mentoring climate guidelines, with the potential to be used as an assessment tool by departmental leaders wishing to commit to actionable departmental improvement, and by ECRs to establish...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 30, 2019 | Surveys & Forums
June 28th will mark the last day for staff support at Future of Research on our seed grant, and so will see the departure of Executive Director Dr. Gary McDowell. This gives the organization an opportunity to look back over the 3 years of the non-profit’s...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 29, 2019 | Peer Review, Resources, Surveys & Forums
Last year at an ASAPbio meeting on peer review, one discussion centered around the role of early career researchers (ECRs) in peer review, and particularly how frequently ECRs contribute to peer review behind the scenes. This was fueled by a survey in eLife, a journal...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 8, 2019 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Sexual Harassment
If you follow academic discussions on Twitter, you may have caught sight of a discussion recently about grad school experiences prompted by Dr Kathryn Milligan-Myhre at the University of Alaska: For those of you who had/are now having a difficult time in grad...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 22, 2019 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
On March 13th 2019, FoR ED Gary McDowell led a workshop, “Training Transitions: Pathways to Independence in Research” at the University of California Irvine School of Biological Sciences. What does “independence” mean for graduate...