OTHER ARTICLES Officials at the National Institutes of Health have revised their grant-application process to try to reduce the amount of time it takes scientists to find out whether their grants have been approved. Under the N.I.H.'s current procedures, grant seekers must include in their applications an itemized budget and information about other grants and awards to be used for the research. C...
The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers NOBCChE held its 29th annual meeting, "Celebrating Thirty Years of Research, Knowledge and Wisdom in Science and Technology," in New Orleans during the week of 24 March 2002. The meeting focused on microfluidics research in an opening forum and exhibit and highlighted research in various areas thro...
Maggie Aderin-Pocock CREDIT: U.K. Resource Center for Women in SET Maggie Aderin-Pocock (U.K. Resource Center for Women in SET) "[Scientists] get more passionate about their work than most, and people don't see that. It's up to [scientists] to go out, maybe back to their own schools, and tell people about what they do." --Maggie Aderin-Pocock Maggie Aderin-Pocock darts through a maze of dark corr...
Traditionally, a graduate student who decides to do an academic postdoc will subsequently seek a career in academia. In a perfect world, upon completion of the postdoc, academia is waiting with open arms. However, today's world is not perfect. Jobs are few, and the competition is fierce. What We Know We know that postdoctoral training is a prerequisite to obtaining most faculty positions. However...
Pursuing a career in science is challenging; it is a race that is long, hard, and almost never-ending. But is it a race worth running? What if your hurdles that spanned the track were higher, the distance to your finish line seemed somehow longer, your trophy appeared somewhat nonexistent? What if the race doesn't seem suited to you at all? This is the world of the minority scientist. Graduate sc...
