Supporting Non-Linear Science Careers Strengthens Academia

Andy Fell — September 14, 2023 - 2:42pm

Funding agencies and universities should make it more equitable for early-career investigators with non-traditional career paths to compete for grants and progress in their careers, argue four scholars with non-traditional backgrounds in a paper published Sept. 14 in PLOS Biology.

Solving the Conference/Child Care Career Conundrum

Andy Fell — March 05, 2018 - 3:06pm

A group of female academics is calling on scientific conferences to do more to accommodate nursing mothers and parents to help normalize parenthood in academia — removing a significant barrier to women beginning their careers in science.

“Nursing and child care, most often provided by women, are not a luxury; they are a biological necessity,” said Rebecca Calisi Rodriguez, assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior at the University of California, Davis, who is organizing the effort.

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Supporting Non-Linear Science Careers Strengthens Academia

Solving the Conference/Child Care Career Conundrum