The Science Careers editors provide grant writers with critical lessons for writing a proposal for a grant from the National Institutes of Health's main funding vehicle, the R01 program.
As John Marburger stated in his keynote address at the 2002 Postdoc Network meeting, "bringing data on postdoc issues to the attention of institutional and government officials will inevitably lead to improvements." A credible, quantitative database will serve as the foundation supporting necessary reform initiatives and a baseline from which to track progress. Several articles on postdoc surveys...
This is a selection of articles that have appeared on the Postdoc Network and elsewhere on Science's Next Wave on the subject of women's career progression in the sciences. The underrepresentation of women in science and engineering degree programs and careers is not news. In fact, it is old news. So why do we keep hearing about it? Should we continue to pay attention? Most definitely. It is goin...
