Career Blog

Mar 08, 2018

Research Support Numbers

NIH's Michael Lauer looks at the number of grants, their amount, and funding success rates at the agency for last year.

Feb 20, 2018

Broader View

At Nature, Johns Hopkins' Gundula Bosch describes her graduate program that aims to get doctoral students thinking about the big picture.

Feb 05, 2018

Leaky Pipeline, Childcare Funding, and All-Encompassing Roles

Patricia Fara writes about childcare funding, and women in science and science history at NPR.

Jan 25, 2018

See Where They Go

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences researchers have visualized the career paths of former postdocs.

Jan 09, 2018

About Half

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that half of women working in STEM have experienced gender discrimination at work.

Dec 18, 2017

Tuition Waiver Tax Gone

A proposal to tax students' tuition waivers no longer appears in the US tax bill, Vox reports.

Nov 30, 2017

Got the Skills

PhD training imparts professional skills that are important in a range of careers, Science Careers reports.

Nov 08, 2017

Possible Tax Jump for Grad Students

A part of the proposed tax bill in the US could make tuition waivers taxable, Vox reports.

Nov 02, 2017

Follow the Jobs

The New York Times reports that only a subset of STEM worker are in demand.

Oct 25, 2017

Weigh Interests and Hard Work

US News & World Report says students pursuing STEM degrees should consider what they are getting into.

Sep 26, 2017

Evaluation Bias

New study finds bias against female lecturers among student course evaluations, the Economist reports.

Sep 19, 2017

'Not For Me Any Longer'

A research duo finds that science and technology graduate students who turn away from academic careers do so because of changes in their own interests.

Aug 10, 2017

Contagious Interest

Students whose classmates are interested in science are more likely to think about a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a new study says.

Aug 03, 2017

Booming Field

CNBC reports that the genetic counseling field is expected to grow as personalized medicine becomes more common.

Jul 19, 2017

STEM to CEO

Gladys Kong writes at Fortune that her STEM background has helped her as a CEO.

Jul 12, 2017

STEM Group Work

Social scientists report that the image of the 'lone scientist' might be deterring US students from STEM careers.

Jun 29, 2017

Access to Parental Leave Varies

Postdocs supported by external funding are less likely to have access to paid parental leave, Nature News reports.

Jun 09, 2017

NIH Exchanges Cap for New Initiative

The US National Institutes of Health's new plan will bolster support for early- and mid-career investigators.

May 18, 2017

Take It to the Staff

Steven Hyman writes at Nature News that staff scientists could help research institutions take on ambitious research projects.

May 03, 2017

NIH Suggests Limits for Grant Support

The NIH proposes using a Grant Support Index to limit the total amount of grant support any one principal investigator can have.

Apr 14, 2017

More Teaching

A survey of UK academics found that women tended to have higher teaching loads than men, according to Nature News.

Mar 30, 2017

Getting Older

A study appearing in PNAS finds that the mean age of the US scientific workforce is increasing.

Mar 13, 2017

Never Know What You'll Learn

At Science Careers, Princeton University's Julian West advises new researchers to read widely.

Mar 02, 2017

Science Boosters

At Science Careers, a researcher describes how her rejuvenated postdoc science policy committee is promoting science.

Feb 01, 2017

The Penny-Pinching Lab

Bitesize Bio's Gail Seigel offers some tips on running a low-budget lab.

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The Scan

Gene Not Present

Retraction Watch reports that a paper was pulled because it refers to a gene that doesn't exist in mice.

From the Brink?

Researchers were able to generate fertilized northern white rhinoceros eggs, according to Mashable.

Former Employees Raise Testing Issues

Former Orig3n employees raise concerns about its testing at Bloomberg Businessweek.

PLOS Papers Explore HCC MicroRNAs, PCR-Based Schistosomiasis Diagnostics, More

In PLOS this week: microRNA expression changes in hepatocellular carcinoma, real-time PCR-based approach for diagnosing schistosomiasis, and more.