After ecologist Meghan Duffy’s post on the popular blog Dynamic Ecology titled, “You do not need to work 80 hours a week to succeed in academia,” quickly became one of the site’s most popular pieces, Nature further explored how some scientists...
From a recent survey by Nature, approximately half of the grad students who responded wanted an academic job. Unfortunately, only a significantly smaller perceentage of these grad students will acheive their goal. An editorial suggests they...
Postdoc stipends vary signifcantly accross the U.S. That was one of the conclusions by Gary McDowell of Future of Research from a recent survey of postdoc stipends. From his data that Dr. McDowell found that ~80% of postdoc stipends ranged from $...
A critical question is often asked when interviewing for an academic faculty position –
Will your current research be the basis of your research at our intuition? Indeed, your stellar research was an important factor in being selected to...
The life of a postdoc is not an easy one. It is filled with many highs and lows. A recent survey indicates there are more lows than highs. In a F1000 Research journal article (which is awaiting peer review), authors Amir Grinstein & Rou...
