Careers and Recruitment: Victims of Success
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Life sciences researchers now need more postdoctorates and graduate students on their teams, who then take longer to complete their training. Younger scientists are finding it more difficult to secure faculty positions, and the National Institutes of Health grant system trends to award grants to faculty, so finding and promoting other pathways may be necessary. Includes graphs on science and engineering PhDs and faculty in 1973, 1983, 1991 and 1999.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Fast track: PhDs
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Students undergoing graduate studies in US and Europe are now forced to finish their graduation and PhDs in four years instead of the longer duration taken earlier. Shorter study means fewer publications, which may be a concern for students in the job market and in certain European countries hanging around in labs is difficult as there is less funding and other requirements complicate and lengthen the PhD process.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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The road to your first full-time position can be long and tortuous. But some researchers have found a shortcut to success
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A report released by the American Society for Cell Biology suggests that, compared with engineering, medicine or business, over the course of their career a bioscientist can lose more than a million dollars because of long stints as graduate students and postdocs. Several ways are mentioned to minimize or skip completely the time spent as a postdoc.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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