For the first time, a postdoctoral fellow has been appointed to serve as a member of the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Among other things, these websites should be sharing the lab’s protocols and disclosing the career progression of its researchers.
Two of the most useful and underrated things in the world of academic science are support and trust. Both can make such a huge difference at key moments of one’s career, and parental leave should be no exception.
These are just a few of the ways that men and women can help to balance the gender scales in academic science.
As Dave starts his second parental leave, we look back at what the Black Hole has been writing about for the last six months.
The reality for many externally-funded research group leaders is that we will leave the institution that gave us our start.
Some practical and achievable ways that every male scientist can help balance the gender scales in 2019.
These relatively recent initiatives deserve recognition for helping the scientific community.
By committing to this exercise, we might better understand why and how some grants get funded despite fatal flaws.
Contrary to current thinking in Canadian circles, David Kent says it is absolutely essential to tie the program to funding.
The current academic career structure rewards short-term deliverables rather than high-risk, high-reward research.
