early career

On average, researchers’ impact dropped by one-half to two-thirds over their careers.

Emergency responders arrived at a structure fire in Kansas City to find the two graduate students suffering from “apparent trauma” before they were declared dead at the scene.

The document, which was facilitated by the European Commission, establishes new benchmarks regarding how research assessments should be performed.

A large coalition of colleges and universities aims to change hiring, promotion, and tenure practices to reward collaboration.

A new program will provide 150 early-career scientists committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity up to $8.6 million each.

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation says it hopes that adding a randomization step to its award process will reduce implicit biases in selection and lead to funding more innovative, impactful research.

Postdoctoral fellows faced challenges before COVID-19 changed the way academia functions, and these early career scientists report that things have only gotten harder.

The pandemic continues to make it difficult for researchers to get reagents and other materials in high demand for COVID-19 research and testing, threatening experiments’ progress and scientists’ careers.

A gift of medical books from an unlikely source spurred Chrystal Starbird’s scientific career. She talks about what motivates her research on cell surface receptors and the obstacles she has faced as a Black woman in academia.

The pandemic has forced scientists everywhere to rethink in-person conferences, but some researchers have already been urging changes.  

Junior faculty in particular may lose ground as undergrad students remain barred from university labs.

Early career researchers face unique challenges when a senior collaborator becomes embroiled in allegations of scientific malpractice.

Graduate students and postdocs are left wondering about the implications for their academic careers.

As scores of academic meetings get upended due to COVID-19, researchers are turning to virtual replacements.

Constructively critiquing the scientific literature should be an essential part of the postdoctoral experience, and early career researchers have shown that they are up to the task.

Many early-career clinical scientists receiving support through the NIH’s Loan Repayment Program have accepted disallowed industry funding, Science reveals.

The European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) faces criticism after public allegations emerge that its president engaged in sexual harassment and bullying.

If members don’t explicitly believe gender discrimination exists, they allow implicit stereotypes to sway their decision-making, according to a new analysis of real-world hiring decisions.

A lack of resources ordinarily blocks young researchers on the continent from scholarly independence, but long-term support is no guarantee.